Video thru Fire Wire

hi,
I plan to get a fire wire device to play out video to another
screen.
budged is low, so I'm looking for any suggestion.
Canopus ?
any other ?
thank you,
Wolfgang

Marrack,
I own a Canapus... it works great as firewire is concern. But for best perfomance overall PCI is the way to go. Best Video Card for low budget is Blackmagic DeckLink $300 US; unfortunately not Firewire.
Chap
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/

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