drngr said:
What do you mean by reliable? I haven't heard good things about the BMIP and VHS signals.
Most of the bad reviews of the BMIP come from people plugging the composite output of a crappy VCR into it; expecting the BMIP to lock onto an incredibly unstable signal.
By "reliable" I simply mean that if you (1) provide a stable signal, (2) determine that your HDD/SSD is sufficiently fast using Blackmagic's Disk Speed Test, and (3) make sure not to put your PC under heavy load while capturing, then you have as close to a guarantee as possible that the BMIP will never drop a frame or duplicate a field.
I own wayyy too many capture cards. Even my best one (before the BMIP) duplicated a field every so often.