[SirCastor]

When I was younger I seem to remember video capture cards around up the yin-yang, now the only ones I can find at all upwards of $1500.

I'm looking for a simple analog capture card for about $100 or less. It seems the only stuff out there is USB (which I don't want to use)
and then from the USB stuff the next step is the FW bridges which start at $300.

Are there any simple capture cards for around $100 that I could throw into a PCI slot on my G4

[wvx]

Check eBay. You aren't going to find anything for OS X I'm afraid but perhaps OS 9 is what you are using anyway. OS 9 cards that I know of...

miroMotion DC serious cards work pretty good.

I would recommend a firewire bridge (or even a cheapo digital 8 camcorder which i use) as they produce DV video streams which are very easy to deal with in all current video applications.