Products

Epiphan Systems manufactures a wide range of VGA capture cards, also known as VGA grabbers or RGB capture cards, that allow the user to capture, record, or broadcast a high resolution and high frame rate VGA signal using their computer.

Whether you need to record the video from a computerized device, such as an ultrasound machine or even a Microsoft X-Box 360, Epiphan manufactures a frame grabber that will fit your needs. Furthermore, our frame grabbers integrate seamlessly into applications such as Adobe Premiere, Windows Video Encoder, and QuickTime. If you are developing your own custom solution that involves video capture, Epiphan offers a free SDK and API with examples to help you with development.

When choosing your video capture card, make sure that it suits your specifications by comparing the different devices listed below. Don't hesitate to consult our support team via live chat if you have any questions.

Comparison table

Video Format Options
	VGA2USB	VGA2USB LR	VGA2USB HR	VGA2USB Pro	VGA2PCIe	VGA2Ethernet	VGA2Eth. Pro
	$ 299.95	$ 799.95	$ 1600.00	$ 2000.00	$800.00	$ 1600.00	$ 2000.00
Interface	USB 2.0	USB 1.1 and 2.0			PCI-E 1.1	Gigabit Ethernet
Input	VGA					VGA / DVI	VGA
Analog:	R,G,B plus separate HSYNC and VSYNC signals	R,G,B plus separate HSYNC and VSYNC signals; R,G,B plus CSYNC signal; R,G,B with Sync-on-Green synchronization.
Digital:	—					TDMS Single Link HDCP ready	—
Resolution, VESA modes:	up to 2048×1536	up to 1280×1024	up to 1600×1200	up to 2048×2048	up to 1920×1200	up to 1920×1200	up to 2048×2048
Resolution, VESA modes:	—	custom VGA modes
Frame Acquisition Rate (frames per second)
Resolution	Frame rate varies depending on content
640×480	29	30 - 60	30 - 60	30 - 60	85	28 - 60	28 - 60
1024×768	10	15 - 60	15 - 60	15 - 60	80	13 - 30	13 - 30
1280×1024	5.6	10 - 51	10 - 51	10 - 51	50	8 - 30	8 - 30
1600×1200	4.3	—	8 - 33	8 - 33	35	5 - 30	5 - 30
2048×1536	2	—	—	5.6 - 22	—	—	4 - 30
2048×2048	—	—	—	5 - 18	—	—	3 - 30
Sampling Mode	Interlaced	Progressive		Progressive up to 1920×1200	Progressive
Integrated Board Features	—	On-board cropping, Color space conversion, USB Transfer Accelerator™, Compression Booster Filters™
Color Resolution	RGB16 (5:6:5)	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 System	Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Linux, Mac OS X 10.3.x and up				Win XP, Vista, 7	Win 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Linux, Mac OS X 10.3.x +
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)
Weight	3.2 oz, 90 g	4.8 oz, 135 g			2 oz, 57 g	11.2 oz, 318 g
Dimensions	3.54"×2.36"×0.91" 90×60×23 mm				5.5"×2.53" 140×64mm	7.95"×4.13"×1.38" 202×105×35 mm
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Epiphan Systems manufactures a wide range of VGA frame grabbers. To select the optimal grabber for VGA capture, please consult the comparison chart and table on this page:

Generally, DVI2USB is our most versatile frame grabber unless you have a special requirement.