With just two connectors, HDMI In and HDMI, you can capture video from your camcorder via HDMI. In a studio, capturing video and feeding it directly to the computer inexpensively from the camera yields uncompressed HD video. This makes it an extremely useful device. Viewing the HD output on the monitor is something that can be quite useful in editing. It’s not as practical as FireWire, but with this card you have the option to record the highest-quality uncompressed video whenever you need it. And at $249, the Intensity could very well be worth the purchase for its HD capabilities. This card will let you use your HDMI equipped camcorders with ease.