About 10 years ago in my previous job, I had the privilege of helping to develop and test a USB device that allowed you to capture video from your Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, or Wii console. As YouTube was in its infancy, gaming channels started popping up showing themselves playing their favorite games and uploading them to show others their skills. Most capture devices during that time were designed to capture VHS video and weren't really suitable for a high-quality video signal from a console. With the increased power of the newer consoles, most games ran at 60fps. Most VHS capture devices didn't support this, so we saw an opportunity to develop one. All up it took around 6 months from start to finish. During the development, I used a variety of different consoles and games to test, with lots of tweaking of settings within the software. The interface was basic but it was neat and quite nimble as it didn't get in the way of its main function. To help with the promotion I created a demonstration video -
And a short promo video -
Why is it called Series 8? We thought it sounded cool at the time. EB Games initially took our first shipment of 1000 units and from memory it sold quite well. This is one project that I really enjoyed working on and being the only gamer within the business, I had a lot of say on the design and packaging. This is what the packaging looked like -
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