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Epiphan Systems manufactures a wide range of DVI/HDMI¹ and DVI/HDMI/VGA frame grabbers. The Epiphan DVI and DVI/VGA frame grabbers allow the user to capture, record, or broadcast a high resolution and high frame rate video source using an Epiphan frame grabber with their image capturing computer. Ephiphan's frame grabber capture cards are available with various data uplinks such as USB, Ethernet or PCIe. Some DVI models also support VGA and other video inputs.

DVI Frame Grabber Comparison table

Video Format Options
	DVI2USB 3.0	DVI2PCIe	DVI2USB	DVI2USB Solo	DVI2USB Duo
	$ 699.95	$ 999.95	$ 999.95	$ 700.00	$ 2000.00

Interface	USB 3.0 and 2.0	PCI Express 1.1	USB 2.0 and 1.1	USB 2.0	USB 2.0
Video Source Input	DVI / HDMI¹ / VGA			DVI / HDMI¹	DVI / Dual Link DVI / HDMI¹
Analog:	R,G,B plus separate HSYNC and VSYNC; R,G,B plus CSYNC; R,G,B with Sync-on-Green synchronization.			N/A	N/A
Digital:	TDMS Single Link
Resolution	VESA modes up to 1920x1200	VESA modes up to 1920x1200	VESA modes up to 1920x1200²	VESA modes up to 1920x1200	VESA modes up to 2048x2048; 2560x1600
Frame Acquisition Rate (frames per second)
Resolution			Frame rate varies depending on content
640x480	60 fps	85 fps	30.0 - 60 fps	30.0 - 60 fps	30.0 - 60 fps
1024x768	60 fps	85 fps	15.0 - 60 fps	15.0 - 60 fps	15.0 - 60 fps
1280x1024	30 fps	85 fps	10.0 - 52 fps	10.0 - 52 fps	10.0 - 52 fps
1600x1200	30 fps	85 fps	8.0 - 34 fps	8.0 - 34 fps	8.0 - 34 fps
1920x1080	30 fps	60 fps	5.2 - 33 fps	5.2 - 33 fps	5.2 - 33 fps
1920x1200	30 fps	60 fps	5.2 - 32 fps	5.2 - 32 fps	5.2 - 32 fps
2048x1536	—	—	—	—	5.1 - 17 fps
2560x1600	—	—	—	—	5.0 - 14 fps
2048x2048	—	—	—	—	4.8 - 12 fps
Sampling Mode	Progressive	Progressive	Progressive	Progressive	Progressive
Integrated Board Features	On-board cropping, Color space conversion, USB Transfer Accelerator™, Compression Booster Filters™
Color Resolution	RGB24 (8:8:8), RGB16 (5:6:5), RGB8 (2:3:3), 8 bits per pixel, 256-grey scale format; 16 bits per pixel, YUY2(422), UYVY;
Operating Systems	Windows 7, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista (x86, amd64), Mac OS X 10.3 and up, Linux (i386, x86_64),
Programming Interfaces	Windows: DirectShow API, Proprietary API (C/C++, VB 6, C#, Delphi, Java) Linux: Video4Linux API, Proprietary API (C/C++, Java) Mac OS X: Quicktime API, Proprietary API (C/C++, Java)
Product Weight	135 g	82 g	335 g	165 g	300 g
Dimensions	3.54"×2.36" 90×60 mm	5.5"×2.53" 140×64 mm	6.7"×4.3"×1.2" 170×109×30 mm	4.57"×2.36"×0.91" 116×60×23 mm	6.7"×4.3"×1.2" 170×109×30 mm
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Epiphan DVI Frame Grabber Comparison

The Epiphan DVI frame grabbers can also emulate a hi-res camera compatible with DirectShow on Windows, QuickTime on Mac OS X, Video4Linux on Linux, Epiphan's software and other third-party applications that support cameras or frame grabbers as a video input source. This open architecture for Epiphan frame grabber devices enables seamless integration with applications such as Adobe Premiere, Final Cut, Windows Video Encoder, QuickTime Pro , Skype, and many other 3rd party applications.

All of our DVI frame grabbers are compatible with non-protected HDMI video sources, providing the appropriate HDMI-to-DVI adapter is used.

The DVI Comparison diagram below illustrates frame rate to resolution the trade-offs between frame rates and maximum display source resolution. To select the optimal device for your task from DVI capture cards, please consult the comparison chart and table below.

DVI and HDMI Frame Grabbers Comparison Chart

Notes:

DVI2USB 3.0, DVI2PCIe and VGA2Ethernet are multi mode, supporting VGA, DVI, HDMI in the same device
the color coding of performance curves are shaded with the color of the frame grabber to illustrate the ideal nominal operating ranges. Clicking on the product icon will direct you to more detailed specifications for the Epiphan frame grabber product in question
certain frame grabbers will perform interlacing at certain resolution ranges
DVI2USB 3.0 is our most versatile portable frame grabber and allows you to perform HDMI, VGA, and DVI capture at resolutions up to 1920×1200
For VGA Frame Grabber Selection, please visit VGA Frame Grabber Selection Guide
For a summary of all DVI and VGA Frame Grabbers please visit Frame Grabber Catalog

Reasons to choose Epiphan DVI frame grabbers:

Compact external devices, easy to transport between different locations, rugged enough
to withstand the stresses of an industrial environment
Support for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux
Interfaces to multiple 3rd party applications compatible with DirectShow on Windows, QuickTime on Mac OS X and V4L (Video4Linux) on Linux
Free SDK and API with examples letting you use frame grabbers as part of your own solution
USB or Ethernet-based solutions that work with virtually every modern computer
Free software that lets you capture, record, and broadcast any VGA or DVI stream in resolutions
up to 2048×2048 and rates in excess of 60 frames per second

More Information

Integrated Recording Servers and Appliances	Epiphan provides integrated systems and portable appliances that capture, encode and recording to multiple audio video streaming formats such as MPEG4, MS-MPEG4v2, H.264, MPEG2, MJPEG. ( More Info)
Integrated Streaming Servers and Appliances	Epiphan provides integrated systems and portable appliances that capture, encode and broadcast to multiple audio video streaming formats such as H.264, MJPEG and Apple Live Streaming for iOS. ( More Info)

¹Requires HDMI to DVI adapter cable. HDMI support limited to non copy protected content, and does not include digital audio source, but VGA2Ethernet device can capture analog audio source
²Max DVI resolution 1920 x1200, max VGA resolution 1920x1080