Capture Device for PE 4

Hi everyone, I have Premiere Elements 4 and have currently been using Turtle Beach VideoAdvantage PCI to capture my videos, however, I am planning to upgrade to Windows 7 soon, and my capture device won't work on Win 7. Can anyone here suggest a decent-quality capture device, that I could buy that would be compatible with Premiere Elements 4 & Windows 7? I don't mind spending a bit more for quality, but I MUST HAVE s-video and RCA connections for capture as my current setup doesn't have firewire. Please suggest only devices that will be Premiere elements friendly & Win 7 compatible.
Thanks all
...bert

Thank you for the clarification. Actually, after I re-read, and pondered some more, I went up to the studio to check out my Turtle Beach Advantage, and saw that it even added a FW connection, and I checked its specs. to see that it did have a controller chip, to take the stress off the MoBo's FW chips. Then, I thought of a third meaning - the one that you just verified.
Now, back to your request: either the 110, or the 300 should work fine for you. I will be adding the 300, for those mentioned timebase corrections, etc. Though my Turtle Beach has done well, with few complaints, it will soon be legacy hardware, like my SyJet discs and drive...
I'm sure that there are some good competitors, but I have yet to find them.
Good luck,
Hunt

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