

It does heat up a small bit while in use, but not enough to be uncomfortable or dangerous to the touch.


The wire lengths and size make it just as ideal for carrying around in a laptop bag as it is for home usage. Also included is an adapter for converting a SCART port (for any European hardware) to the supported standard composite jacks. The device itself is small and lightweight, with a USB connector for the PC, and composite outs as well as S-Video. It is one of the best tv accessories to buy. iPhones and iPods are also supported, allowing you to take any video you may have taken with these devices and convert them into formats that are easier to share and distribute amongst friends. With the Elgato Video Capture, any computer running Mac OS X or Windows 7 can now convert these antiquated black video monoliths into the sleek, convenient digital age. While it’s been long enough that some of us have probably sold our VCRs at garage sales or tossed them with all of our tapes in the garbage long ago, there are still a select few (myself included) who have hung on to some of those VHS cassettes for sentimental value or to hold on to personally-recorded memories of events and family gatherings.
