i was forced to post because i'm a great fan of elm street's movies from my personal experience, pinnacle (http://www.pinnaclesys.com/) is a good brand to start. my tv capture card is a PCTV (non-pro) and works flawlessly under win9x. mine is internal but i'm sure there's a USB version. about XP vs. 98 and such, well, at the moment there's no problem on upgrading. you'll only need to find updated versions of your drivers and mostly ALL the brands will have on their websites