Capture Card/Deck Link

Hi All,
Currently I am setting up my Post Production outfit. As of now, I am using and Old G5 with Dual 2.7 GHZ PowerPC processor, with 3GB memory(although when i have a budget I plan to buy the new Mac Pro). Anyway as I was saying before till now, I use firewire to capture my footages, thus i lose quality(true or false?), anyway I want to buy a deck link or any capture card, or whatever capture device to maintain the quality of my footages. Thus what would you guys recommend? and what tape deck would you guys recommend?
Tnx again!!

I use firewire to capture my footages, thus i lose quality(true or false?)
FALSE. Firewire transfers are data transfers. Zero quality loss.
anyway I want to buy a deck link or any capture card, or whatever capture device to maintain the quality of my footages
Unneeded if you are capturing via firewire. But very necessary if you are outputting to any non-firewire formats, or if you want to color correct on an HD monitor (or uncompressed SD).
Thus what would you guys recommend?
Two options for capturing:
www.aja.com Kona series. Kona 3 and Kona LH...different capabilities. You have to look at what they both offer and determine for yourself it if is something you need.
www.decklink.com - Decklink series. Again, good cards. Cheaper than AJA, because they lack many hardware components. But still are very capable for many many tasks.
I have used and like both. What you get depends on what you need.
For output only, if you capture via firewire, then you can add the Matrox MXO. I have a review of it on the Creative Cow:
http://library.creativecow.net/articles/ross_shane/MXO.php
and what tape deck would you guys recommend?
What format of video will you be working with? That determines a lot. As does what format you'll be outputting to.
Shane

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