Graphics card for G5 Quad

Can anyone recommend a suitable second graphics card for a G5 Quad? More and more I work now with importing TV programmes and films into QT,but still need to use my VHS from time to time.My plan is to ditch my CRT monitor and move over to an LCD.That's fine for viewing a digital source from within the Mac,but how can I also hook up the VHS sop that I can use that with the LCD also?
Thanks for any advice

I wouldn't add a second graphics card, too much demand on the PCI bus, and may cause problems with audio artifacts, we had that problem, plus horrible speed penalties. (We were using a MOTU 24i/o as well). My recommendation would be to use the firewire output to video (using a firewire device like the Canopus ADV-110) OR a card with dual display (Does yours support dual display? the ATI does) and put a scan converter on the second output. i hope that will do what you need.

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