USB Video Capture

Hi
Does anyone know of any USB video input/capture devices compatible with a Mac G4?
I've had a look on the net, and the only one I can find is the Interview XLR8 but that only captures 1/4 screen. Anyone know of anything better?
Some discussions on similar topics suggest doing it through a video camera, however I do not currently have one of these, and would like something that stands alone.
PowerBook G4, 15" 1.5GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Actually the Pinnacle Pro USB is not Mac compatible. It requires Windows.
However, Elgato recently released the EyeTV 250 which is a fairly reasonably priced solution. I am thinking about picking up one myself.
http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetv250

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