Great! Let me know what you think.

OpenRift wrote on 2025-08-27, 19:30:

Hey, I'm in the market for a good MS-DOS VGA capture solution that isn't too expensive. I haven't read all 75 pages of this thread (I don't even know what I should be looking for at this point), but I've gathered some bits and pieces. The Sewell Manta and Startech VGA2HDMIPRO seem to be really solid options, but neither seem to be available for purchase anymore, new nor used. I wish the RetroTink 4K CE was something I could get, but even being the reduced cost model, $475 is still pretty steep for something I don't even know if I'll use enough.

Are there any other solid solutions that I've glossed over?

I use a Datapath VisionAV HD PCIe capture card on Windows 11 with the final windows release of VCS and have no complaints. I haven't found a video signal yet that it couldn't handle; DOS is no problem, Sync-on-Green at a weird resolution from the S24 card in the SPARCstation 5 was fine, the weird VGA output from the RS/6000 that no IP-KVM or LCD monitor I've tried can handle did need a little tweaking to get the picture on screen properly but once that was done its been fine. I've not tried EGA/CGA but I've heard that it should work with a few extra bits to deal with signal levels.

The cards are still available for purchase new but cost a fortune. I got mine second-hand on ebay for US$70.

Dusko wrote on 2025-08-29, 06:12:

Great! Let me know what you think.

Just got it in the mail today and it works great!! The auto-adjust feature puts a lot of my worries about the scaling and image fitting to rest. I will say, my one complaint is that the color isn't all that great, with the whites and blacks not being as bright/dark as they are on my CRT. Is there a way to fix that? It's not a huge dealbreaker or anything, but if I can fix it with some kind of LUT or something, it would be much appreciated.