video capture and editing devices

Okay, so I've been really wanting to record video sequences from PS2 games to show off to my friends. I figured this would be a great product to do this!

So I started off trying to capture a video sequence from SSX-3, and it looked great! I was able to record four minutes of video and audio (via S-Video) no problem. As an added bonus, this unit can be used in "pass through" mode (+1) - I have my PS2 hooked up to it, and it connects directly to my TV. Of course, I have to press the "mode" button on the front, and it needs to be on, but on the bright side I didn't have to buy an S-Video splitter.

Oddly enough, I tried playing a DVD that I thought was macrovision protected through it, and it recorded just fine. (+1, though it is interlaced and looks like...crap) :)

Now the bad news - I then tried to capture a sequence from La Pucelle Tactics, and right off bat it had problems. The image was shifted across the screen, and slowly rolling down from the top. Without the expensive test equipment from my old work place, I cannot figure out why there is a problem with this, but ugh, it's a standard video source. It shouldn't have any problems... (-1)

Other things that bothered me about this:
1) It isn't firmware upgradeable, and thusly I cannot naturally put a custom or different codec in there (not all people have access to say, a DV codec as readily as say, DivX or WMV)

2) It does not have any form of deinterlacing built in (TV signal sources will have jagged lines every other frame unless you run it through a pass of say, virtualdub with a deinterlacer turned on)

3) It doesn't stay in "passthrough" mode when off. So I eventually do have to get a splitter... (-1 for all three)

Leaving it at a ranking of 2...

This thing sucks with MAC programs. It drops frames all over the place in Imovie and Final Cut. (...) If you have a MAC, do not buy the Pyro link! (...)I read up on a forum where MAC users bought the Pyro link and everyone had problems with it.

i dont know why, ads technologies dont stop miss leading people
this thing dosnt capture correctly any anolog signal coming
from video tape, of course many people claim it works well fore
digital signal, like dv cameras or dvd player, but i thing most
people that have purchase this unit were planing on capturing
analog tape video. i can return the unit, because i just recently found out this F***** unit dosnt work and allready time has pass, the god thing is that in my efford to make this work i have learn o lot of stuff, anyway i dont have the money to buy a TBC unit to correct my videos, so i thing im goin to go for the canupos advc-100
this one has tbc correction included wich is the main problem with pyro link, i dont get it if everybody allready knows whats
the problem why they dont do something about..maybe ads technologies dont care for long term bussines.