do the new macs come standrad with this?

[J-Luv]

does the iMac come standard with a video capture card? i am going to be transferring vhs to dvd and will have final cut pro (video editing software). will the software do the trick or do i need a video capture card and does this come with the iMac already?

[Adixx]

you won't need a capture card... this is what I do and it works great on my powerbook G4.

I bought for $200 the MovieBox by Pinnacle Systems

I plug into it whatever I want and it allows me to capture video straight into iMovie. Its got RCA ports, s-video, firewire. I plug the vhs to the MovieBox and then that plugs to my G4 via Firewire and I'm good to go.

Just an option for ya'

[SJT]

The iMacs don't come with capture cards, by the way.
Possibly you've seen video capture over firewire, which does come as standard, but this needs a DV camera or something with firewire output...not on your VHS I'm guessing.

[J-Luv]

so is there not like a cheap cable i can get from radio shack or something that has the red/white/yellow cables on one end and a firewire on the other end?

or is the only way to go with this pinnacle moviebox? is it a software or hardware?

[Adixx]

or is the only way to go with this pinnacle moviebox? is it a software or hardware?

both, although on OS X you won;t need the software just plug and play