The best advice you can give him: STAY AWAY from USB devices for capturing video. Stick with firewire and a convertor/camera/deck.
A firewire card is cheap. The most expensive component will be the convertor (unless he already has a miniDV camera that supports pass-thru). But you ARE talking more than $70 to gain several advantages: Standard capture to standard DV-AVI files, easy setup, better quality, fewer headaches trying to make things work or keep things in sync (usually a BIG problem with USB solutions)…
Edward Troxel
