MODEL- 166                VENDOR- HAUPPAUGE COMPUTER WORKS              
     
FEATURES- Impact VCB Low-profile Video Capture Board
       The ImpactVCB board provides image capture from a desk top CCD 
        camera or other analog input. Impact VCB board is a small 1/3 
        height PCI board based on the Conexant 878A video digitizer chip. 
        It requires a bus-master PCI slot. A VGA card with Direct Draw 3 
        (or later) capability is required for Live Display. Operating 
        system can be Window 95, Windows 98, WindowsME, NT 4.0, Windows 
        2000 and WindowsXP. Third party Linux drivers are available. 
        Drivers are provided with the ImpactVCB board. 
       Incoming image is digitized using high quality 4:2:2 video sampling 
        and displayed in a window on the PC's VGA screen. The image is 
        transmitted directly by the ImpactVCB into main system memory or 
        the memory of the VGA adapter for high performance results. 
       A Programmers Toolkit is available for the ImpactVCB which provides 
        both DLL and OCX support for applications requiring the ImpactVCB's 
        video capture or video display. Applications can be developed in C 
        or Visual Basic.
* Video Capture
   Video from any analog source (composite or S-Video) can be captured as 
   either still frame video images or motion video. Composite video inputs 
   are provided as female RCA jacks, while S-Video uses standard 4-pin DIN 
   connectors. The ImpactVCB comes with a VFW capture driver (Video for 
   Windows)for Windows 95 and Windows NT, and a WDM driver for use with 
   WindowsXP, Windows98SE, Windows Me and Windows 2000. Typical capture 
   rates range from 15 to 30 fps depending on system configuration.
* Live Video Display
   The ImpactVCB can display live video from NTSC or PAL video sources in a 
   resizable window on the PC screen. The digitizing of the analog video 
   signal and the resizing of the video image is performed by hardware on 
   the ImpactVCB, thereby not slowing down the CPU. After video is 
   digitized and resized, the digitized video image is drawn by the 
   ImpactVCB directly into the memory of the PC's VGA card. This uses a 
   feature of Windows called Direct Draw, and the ImpactVCB can be used 
   with most VGA cards which support Direct Draw 5 or higher. This 
   technique is used on Windows95, Windows98, WindowsME, Windows2000 and 
   WindowsNT 4.0
* Serialization
   Some ImpactVCB models have a unique serial number burnt into an EProm on 
   board. The serial number is read either through the Hauppauge WinTV 
   Programmers Toolkit or can be read via Windows Control Panel. In 
   addition to the serial number, these models of ImpactVCB have its I/O 
   configuration burnt into the EProm.
* For Audio Capture
   Audio is not processed on the board. Audio can be input directly to the 
   sound card for digitizing and furthur processing.
* For Videoconferencing
   The ImpactVCB can be used for Internet video conferencing using the 
   supplied Microsoft NetMeeting. Also, most other video conferencing 
   applications which require a Video for Windows capture driver to 
   digitize video can be used with the ImpactVCB. Since all of the 
   digitizing and image movement are done by the ImpactVCB without 
   requiring the systems CPU, you get the maximum performance from your PC.
* Hardware required for videoconferencing:
   In addition to the ImpactVCB, a video camera, NTSC or PAL (power is 
   available from the board or optional AC power adapter), is required. A 
   16 bit, 8 KHZ full duplex codec sound card is required for digitizing 
   the audio. A microphone and speakers are also required.
* The ImpactVCB driver CD-ROM includes:
   Drivers: A WDM driver for WindowsXP, Windows2000, WindowsME and 
   Windows98SE is included. Video for Windows capture drivers for 
   Windows95, Windows98, Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 are available. 
   WHQL certified drivers for WindowsXP are available.
   Accessory applications included: Hauppauge's SnapShot (single image 
   frame grabber program) and Hauppauge's Capture application for creating 
   AVI movies. On-line Installation Guides and Quick Start Guides are also 
   available.
  
  -- SPECIFICATIONs -----------------------------------
INTERFACE/BUS- 32-bit PCI low-profile
CONNECTORs   - (3) Composite Video Inputs
               (1) S-Video Input
REQUIREMENTS - The ImpactVCB capture board is designed for all Pentium PCs 
                 running WindowsXP, WindowsME, Windows2000, Windows 95, 
                 Windows98, and Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 
                 installed. A public domain Linux driver is also available 
                 for the ImpactVCB.
               The ImpactVCB requires a bus-mastering PCI bus slot.
               Your PC's VGA graphics adapter must have WINDOWS Direct Draw 
                 support. All NVidia, 3DFX and ATI graphics cards have this 
                 support. Some common adapters are: S3 Trio64+, Trio 32/64, 
                 Vision 968 and ViRGE Cirrus Logic 5446, Matrox Millenium 
                 and Mystique, ATI Mach 64 and Rage series of graphics 
                 display adapters, Hercules Dynamite 128 (and other ET 6000 
                 based VGA cards) work well.
               The ImpactVCB board also requires 2MB of free hard disk 
                 space, and 2 MB of RAM (Windows 95 or Windows98) or 4 MB 
                 of RAM (Windows NT 4.0, Windows2000 or WindowsXP).
APPROVALS    - EMI treatment for FCC Class B and European CE (EN55022, 
                 EN55013 and EN55024) and is UL listed.
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