Video Capture Device - A video capture device is a device that allows you to convert analog video to digital video. Usually the video is captured onto a computer hard drive through a USB port. Sometimes you will see desktop computers with PCI card type video capture cards.
Below is an image of a USB video capture device used to capture video to a laptop. This device allows you to watch and record video video through a simple program that is loaded onto the laptop. Many USB video capture devices also allow the user to take a snap shot of the video while recording to store as a still image file.
