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List Price: $86.09
Our Price: $79.98
You Save: $ 6.11 (7%)
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Manufacturer: ADAPTEC
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Adaptec
EAN: 0760884148303
Feature: Play Games in Real Time - With GameBridge there is no lag time. Click the controller and the fast response gets you out of the tightest spots with the enhanced graphical resolution of your computer monitor.
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Label: ADAPTEC
Manufacturer: ADAPTEC
Model: 2179900
Publisher: ADAPTEC
Studio: ADAPTEC
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Play Games in Real Time - With GameBridge there is no lag time. Click the controller and the fast response gets you out of the tightest spots with the enhanced graphical resolution of your computer monitor.
Record Your Best Moves and Highest Scores - Record videos of great maneuvers or take snapshots of high scores or levels, and save them to your hard disk drive or CDs.
Share Your Favorite Moments - Prove your prowess by sharing snapshots and recordings with friends, and replaying them any time.
Play Anywhere - GameBridge includes everything you need. One cable plugs easily into your computer's USB2.0 port, and a color-coded 4-in-1 cable connects to your game console. Everything fits in the included carrying case to easily go everywhere you want to playConvert Home Videos to VCDConvert your VHS videos and create long lasting VCD archives of your precious moments.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Only Adaptec GameBridge lets you connect your PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360 and GameCube game consoles to your PC or notebook, and play games in real time all through your computer. Now, you're free from the TV and can record and share your best moves, favorite moments, and highest scores. No one else offers you this much gaming flexibility and mobility.With GameBridge there's no lag time. Click the controller and the fast response gets you out of the tightest spots. You'll even see things more clearly, since your computer monitor provides better graphical resolution than a standard TV.Use the handy on-screen control panel to record videos of your best maneuvers or take snapshots of your best score or level. Save them to your hard disk drive or VCD and always have a library of your best performances and favorite movies.GameBridge snapshots and recordings make it simple to show your friends how you moved to the next level, share high scores, and prove your prowess. Replay them any time.GameBridge includes everything you need, even cables. One cable plugs easily into your computer's USB2.0 port, while a color-coded 4-in-1 cable provides a simple connection to your game console. The credit-card-sized GameBridge unit and all its cables fit into the included carrying case, so you can easily take them everywhere you want to play.Convert your VHS videos and create long lasting VCD archives of your precious moments.For a complete compatibility list please refer to the original manufacturer's web site.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice Little thing, but the price lol
Comment: Gamebridge is a great tool. Quality is excellent(depending on what type of computer you use) and it's simple to use. The only thing is that i feel bad for people who are buying it now. [...]
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Summary: Gamebridge AVC-1400 for playing games on laptop
Comment: I bought the gamebridge to hookup my nintendo gamecube to my laptop so I wouldn't have to buy a tv. The installation for me was easy and I figured out how to get rid of the audio lag immediately just by searching a couple forums and following directions. The graphics are good quality, not ridiculously sharp quality, but nothing terrible either. The audio tends to shift up in pitch (modulate) for a couple seconds here and there but it doesn't really bother me too much. I would definitely recommend to anyone that doesn't want to buy a tv but would still like to play video games on their computer.
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Summary: Gamebridge does NOT work with Vista
Comment: I have recently purchased this product because I want to record video game footage without having to use a digital camera. I mostly play my Nintendo Game Cube on my computer and it gets these skips or the sound isn't perfectly balanced. I adore the features it has for example, changing the quality settings from good, better and best, able to take snapshots and the downfall about it is when I edit material that exceeds 10 minutes by using Windows Movie Maker, it will not upload the videos except getting a message that clearly states "Window's Movie Maker has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." My father bought me an Acer Extensa 5420-5687 for school and the second flaw that pertains to this staggering predicament is that when I insert the CD into the laptop and doing the necessary procedures, I get this, "No Adaptec device can be found. Setup will terminate now..." This gets 1 star based on three reasons; Adaptec is not informing anyone or updating their software it can be used for new systems, the investment of this product is incomprehensible and a waste of nineteen dollars. It will work for Windows XP but for Windows Vista, don't bother buying one, it is not worth it.
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Summary: Gamebridge
Comment: Gamebridge AVC-1400 USB 2.0 Cnct Xbox PS2 To Pc Xp SP2 2K SP4. Fast delivery. Good price.
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Summary: Works decently, but has some lag problems.
Comment: Although this device is marketed toward gamers, it allows for any composite or S-video signal to be converted to USB and played through a computer monitor. I got this device, hoping to be able to use it for when I didn't have access to a TV. This device was both pleasing and disappointing.
First, note that you are required to install the drivers and the proprietary software to use this. Unfortunately, Vista is not officially supported, and customer support from the manufacturer is literally nonexistent. However, with a LOT of hacking and manual work, it is possible to get the drivers running on Vista (32 bit, as I highly doubt you can get this working on 64 bit).
The device is quite small, and comes in 2 parts: the actual device itself, and an all-in-one cord that connects the video inputs to the Gamebridge via micro USB. You then connect the Gamebridge to your computer via a mini USB cable (included).
Unfortunately, these is some lag time. Surprisingly, it's video that works best, with lag times of about 1/4 seconds. Good enough for many games, but unacceptable for fast twitch games like Halo/SSBM or rhythm games like Boom Boom Rocket. It's audio that doesn't work well, with the sound coming out of the speakers anywhere from 3-4 seconds late. That is a major problem.
Video quality isn't great, but it's better than I expected. The image is somewhat blurred when stretched out to my entire laptop screen. Also, the Gamebridge only supports full screen, which is too bad.
The video recording feature included in the software gave me mixed feelings. There are three options for recording quality: Good, Better, and Best. "Good" quality ran well on my computer, although it recorded in a sad 292x240 resolution with noticeable artifacts. Works well enough for okay Youtube quality, but not much else. For video, "Best" quality was much better at this, at a clearer 648x480 resolution, but using this mode greatly slowed down my computer to the point where it would've been impossible to play any games. Also, the audio and video were out of sync by about a second. Still, the pure video quality of the recording was very good.
If you don't mind the image and the slight video lag time, and you have alternate ways of outputting the audio, this device may be for you. Otherwise, I might look elsewhere. That doesn't stop this from being a good item if you can find it for cheap.
Edit: After much playing and searching around, I found a great free program called DScaler [...] that works very well with all audio and video streams I've thrown at it, including this one. The difference was astounding; it works much better than the Intervideo software that comes included with the Gamebridge. The audio and video lag times were drastically cut. I did, however, notice that the performance decreased over time, but I was able to fix this by closing and restarting the program. Basically, it's a free, smaller, less bloated alternative that I would highly recommend you use over the included software.
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