This breakout unit keeps all of those messy RCA and SVHS connectors away from the back of your PC, just as it keeps you off your knees whenever you need to swap in a new video source. It links to the video card itself via a very sturdy cable about the size of a baby boa constrictor, which carries the video signals to and fro as well as audio in and out links to your sound card. Basic video quality from the TV tuner is as good or better than the any standalone card I have seen.
Color fidelity is fine and color bleeding is minimal.
The sharpness is also quite good. The underlying tuner software is superb, and this is an area where many tuner suppliers fall far short. Like most, Matrox uses a remote control metaphor for punching up channels, changing inputs, etc., but the options beneath it have video capture fans in mind. Screen caps can be handled by assigned hot-keys and sent to incrementally numbered images files in BMP or JPG formats. It amazes me how many TV tuner products overlook these obvious conveniences.