Capture cards just don't have the resolution and fidelity.. they have to mess with the video input quite a bit in order to play it back properly. If I'm not mistaken, most of the industry news companies (managizes, etc) have specialized hardware/software that allows them to hook the PS2 directly to a computer to take captures, beyond what a simple TV-input card can do.
They've got to have something like that, especially to get the hi-res Photo Mode images.
But I do agree this thread is pointless.. we've all seen these caps before, there's no reason to post a new thread about them.