Video Input for Laptop?

Factual Questions
1

Hi,

I’ve just bought a new laptop and I’m wondering is there any way I can upload video data to it? Pcmcia cards, usb?

Any thoughts?

2

What do you mean by “upload video data to it”?

Do you mean capturing streaming video? Or transferring data from another computer? Or using the laptop’s monitor as a display device for another computer?

3

What laptop is it?

If it’s a recent-model Macintosh (iBook or Powerbook), for instance, you can simply plug in a digital camcorder or analog-to-digital converter into the Firewire port.

If it has USB ports, you can probably get a USB video-capture doodad for about $99, though the resolution and quality of those tend to be rather poor (at least when compared to full-screen DV).

4

Would something like this fit the bill?

5

That Anthracite may very well be what I’m looking for.

Thanks,