Features

• Includes - Video Xpress hardware device / 6 foot long RCA A/V cable / CD containing - Video Xpress hardware drivers; Ulead Movie Wizard; Muvee AutoProducer; PhotoShow (Light); 30 day trial - Ulead Video Studio; User's Guide
• Easy Capture and Automatic Movie Creation
• Capture Audio and Video from any Analog source
• Instantly Grab Photo SnapShots from Video
• Captures video at resolutions up to 720 x 480 (NTSC) or 720 x 576 (PAL/SECAM)

Reviews (12)

I'll Keep It--Works good
This little gadget really does work, transfers same quality from my VCR tapes and Hi8 analog camcorder to CD (windows moviemaker) or DVD (Sonic My DVD).If you don't see your movie in the preview windows of your movie editing programs be sure to CONFIGURE correctly: In Windows Moviemaker-->Capture from Video Device-->highlight "instant video express",--->Video Input Source choose "COMPOSITE". Nobody tells you these things when you buy this stuff...My computer is a Compaq Presario SR1920NX, 512 mb RAM, 200 GB hardrive, 2.20 ghz.

ADS Tech Video
This little unit is easy to use and ready to go!!!! Not one problem with it so far, I've been using it for over two months now.

Worth the money.
This is the first product like this I have purchased. After having initial trouble loading the software, it has been great.No trouble downloading video from any format.Simple to use.Audio syncs well with video.I would reccomend this product. ... Read more

Features

• Box Content - EyeTV 2 digital TV recorder software (CD-ROM), EyeTV Hybrid analog/digital TV receiver, USB extension cable, Break out cable for Composite, S-Video and Audio connections, Quick Start Guide and PDF product Manual (CD-ROM)
• Watch analog as well as digital TV on your Mac
• Browse EyeTV menus in Full Screen mode
• Rewind, fast forward, and pause digital TV
• Record hours of your favorite TV shows directly on your hard drive and edit out unwanted content

Reviews (3)

Amazing
Incredible. If you have an over the air HDTV antenna, this device will blow you away. The EyeTV software is as good or better than anything else you will find. Recording quality is fantastic. It even will automatically export to iTunes so you can get TV episodes on your iPod automatically. As long as you have a fast enough Mac (dual G5 or Core Duo), you will love it.

EyeTV Hybrid
I couldn't wait for this product to get off back-order status from Amazon so I went to Elgato's web-site and purchased it directly from the manufacturer (for more $).I could not believe my eyes when I saw the extreme clarity of the digital picture!It was noticeably better than the analog signal AND with the digital side you have control of the contents just like a TiVo (meaning, you can back-up several seconds or pause or go all the way back to the beginning).You lose the TiVo characteristics on the analog side (unless you record the show) but it is still acceptable to use if the station doesn't come in digital form at your location.The hard drive space will quickly become an issue if you record several hour long TV episodes per week.An hour long show will eat up about 7 - 8 GB's on average but this can be cut down 4.5 - 5 GB once you edit out the 16 minutes or so of commercials.
This ain't WinTV!
This product is in a class by itself, but if you have ever witnessed the abomination called WinTV, you will agree that this product is superior in every way.Installation is a breeze (you will not have to reboot the mac, unlike the windoze products), recording is flawless, and the tuner has a great user interface. ... Read more

Editorial Review

The ATI TV Wonder 650 High-Definition Personal Video Recorder for your PC is loaded with the very latest in digital TV technologies. You'll be able to schedule, watch, and record analog television, free-to-air HDTV, and FM radio stations from your home computer. This makes the TV Wonder 650 the ultimate media upgrade for your PC. Features include an advanced 3D comb filter, noise reduction, automatic color control, and edge enhancement to produce brilliant, sharp video that rivals any high-end consumer television set. This complete high-definition solution also allows you to watch the latest DVD titles, create your own DVDs, or convert your recorded television shows so you can take them with you on a portable media player. With all these media capabilities, the TV Wonder 650 expands your PC and brings your home computer out of the office and into the living room.Read more

Features

• Schedule, watch, and record analog TV, free-to-air HDTV, and FM radio stations from your PC
• Features include advanced 3D comb filter, noise reduction, automatic color control, and edge enhancement
• Watch DVDs, create your own DVDs, or convert your recorded television shows to take with you on your portable media player
• Catalyst Media Center interface features large, bright, easy-to-read buttons and clear, 3D icons for simple navigation
• Personal video recorder is loaded with the very latest in digital TV technologies

Reviews (2)

It's back
It's back in stores (at least Best Buy - but not on their web site yet) with whatever update they gave it and it works great.This is the best TV capture card yet.NVIDIA's DualTV Media Center Edition card is on par with ATI's 550 card and this card is noticeably better then both.For some reviews I suggest going to Cnet and/or AnandTech and read what they found.For those looking to talk to others and to get more technical, you may enjoy the AVS forum.

Wait for revision 2
ATI has pulled this card from store shelves.I don't know why Amazon still offers it, but you can't find it elsewhere.A new revision fixing some buggy hardware will be released in mid October.
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Features

• Connects to all widely used DV and analog video equipment
• Compatible with Windows and Mac OS DV editing systems
• Compatible with leading editing and DVD authoring applications includingÊCanopus EDIUS, Canopus Let's EDIT, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Vegas, iLife,ÊUlead MediaStudio Pro, and Windows Movie Maker
• Audio-only conversion
• No need to install drivers or any software applications

Reviews (12)

Fantastic product for the price
I just purchased one for our FCP system (iMac) at work and now I'm purchasing another one for my home system (I have a FCP system and Premiere Pro 2 system).For the price, you can't beat it.

Flawed
I found the Canopus ADVC110 to be unusable on older (c. 10 years) Hi8 tapes.Symptomatically, there would be times where the frames would jump around, or black out entirely for parts of a second in the ADVC110 digital output stream.What seems to be happening is that the sync signal on the edge of older Hi8 tapes may be degraded, and the codec of the ADVC110 is not robust against such degradation; it loses sync on the frame, or gives up entirely and blacks out the output.Changing the fixed sync dip switch on the ADVC110 did not help it.(The same problem also occurred digitizing an old VHS tape).I put the same Hi8 tapes through the pass-through digitizer on a Sony DCR-HC32, and it had no problems whatsoever.The ADVC110 codec also produces more contrasty images than the Sony DCR-HC32; details in shadow are lost; frames are grainier; noise in the tape signals are amplified into subtle rainbow waves on the ADVC110, not so noticeable on the Sony, which seems to have a more linear codec.So, for a little more money you can buy a camcorder with more robust A to D conversion and better image than the ADVC110.

A few issues, but definitely the device to get!!! - REVISED, no longer impressed!!!
I have now decided that this product is not worth the hassle.It frequently has issues with the digital/analog input detection.Many many times, both lights light up and the only way to get it to work again is to unplug it and plug it in again.Sometimes it takes many tries of this and rebooting the computer to get it to work.I even called tech support and sent it back to them for repair.But it still does this.It's simply not worth the hassle to me anymore.
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Features

• Watch TV on your PC
• Record, Rewind, and Skip Commercials
• On-board MPEG-2 encoding/compression
• Free Program Guide
• Includes ArcSoft Total Media software

Reviews (2)

Good Hardware; Flawed and Unsupported Bundled Software
I have only owned this product for a week.The hardware seems to work fine.The bundled Arcsoft TotalMedia 2 software (that manages the recording and playback) SEEMS like good software as well - except for one big problem.On my system, it thinks it's a day later than it actually is (for instance, on Wednesday, it thinks it's Thursday).My PC's date/time is set correctly -- yet the software thinks it's the next day.This ruins all my scheduled recordings.And sadly, Arcsoft offers ZERO supprt on its website for this software, because it's "bundled software" -- they apparently only support software purchased directly from them or boxed retail versions.So, I'm up a creek without a paddle.My saving grace is that I'm on a Windows XP Media Center Edition OS, which has its own recording and playback sofware, so I do not have to rely on the faulty Arcsoft software.
Watch Your Tv From AnyWhere

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Features

• High quality video capture: get the most out of your PC's Hi-Speed USB controller!
• Works with any video device equipped with analogue video outputs
• Store hours of videos on your hard disk
• Restore damaged videos or edit them automatically in a few minutes with Pinnacle Studio¿ QuickStart
• Preserve and share your movies on CDs and DVDs*

Reviews (38)

Don't buy this product
Spent hours installing, re-installing, and capturing.It would die and crash my computer.It did not work on my Toshiba Satellite notebook (512MB RAM, 3.06GHz, Pentium 4), even with 50GB available on my HD.Tried switching cables.Would highly NOT recommend!

Dazzle Digital video creator
Never was able to get this to work. Would not capture picture from analog camcorder or vcr's.

Dazzle loses its brilliance
My experience with the Dazzle 90 has been very frustrating. The problems I had were not so much with the unit itself, its only an Analog to digital converter, but with the extremely buggy Pinnacle software. Here's my experience;
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Features

• Includes - external tuner, USB 2.0 extension cable, adapter for antenna cable, remote control, & EyeTV 2 software
• Watch analog TV on your Mac
• Up to DVD Quality - requires a dual G4, dual G5 or Intel DualCore processor
• EyeTV 2 Software - includes an electronic program guide - search by actor, director, movie name, genre, & more
• Supports NTSC/PAL Signals

Reviews (1)

Fine item, too expensive
This is just a tuner, it should be around $50 and on top of it, it is sold everywhere for $99, just here for $109. The tuner works well with the Intel Dual Core Mac Mini and provides for a good TV watching experience. ... Read more

Features

• Real-Time hardware conversion produces the best DVD quality results
• Make movies for your Sony PSP, Apple iPod or Zen Vision
• Exclusive Audio-Lock technology for perfect lip synch
• Capture video directly to popular video formats - DVD (MPEG-2), SVCD, VCD (MPEG-1), MPEG-4, & DivX
• Capture directly to Sony PSP video and Apple iPod video formats

Reviews (7)

It doesn't work at all.
I connected all the cables as instructed, but it doesn't work, the light is not on.
DVD Xpress DX2
This product worked perfectly transferring to the computer and then using the included software to put several home movies on one DVD.It also worked perfectly to transfer directly from VHSC tapes to DVD without transferring to computer.Very simple set up and instructions.The quality of the transferred videos was excellent!You can also clip out parts of video seamlessly if you transfer to computer first very simply.With the included software, you can do or add just about anything, music, frames, voice, etc.No problems with the box getting hot or malfunctioning after over 4 hours of continuous use.

You better have the power for this unit to work right.
I tryed to use this on an older p4 1500 megahz and had a few glitiches during the recording (loss of frames).
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Features

• 512MB DDR2 memory
• 128-bit memory interface
• Memory Bandwidth - (GB/sec) 22.4
• Fill Rate (Billion pixels/sec) - 6.7
• Vertices/Second (Millions) - 700

Reviews (1)

good AGP card
When I first ordered this card from Amazon, it was defective. It was overheating (even at idle), so I'm sure you can imagine how bad the temperature must have been when my system was under maximum load. I contacted PNY and they told me chances are the card was defective.
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Features

• Includes - telescoping ATSC compatible antenna.
• Free over-the-air full quality ATSC HD, ED and SD TV
• Full support for all analog NTSC signals (e.g. cable, antenna and consumer video devices like DVD and VHS players and camcorders)
• Full support for Microsoft MCE environment (MCE upgrade kit including a Microsoft compatible MCE remote, IR receiver and IR blaster is available separately)
• TimeShifting and automated digital recording of TV shows in SD and HD with Pinnacle MediaCenter and integrated EPG1

Reviews (2)

Still a Beta Product
This is a great idea with poor implementation. Immediately after installing the software and downloading a 20meg software patch, I was watching analog and HDtv. However, the software crashes randomly when changing the channel between HD and analog stations. The remote can be used to change channels, adjust volume, and pause live tv and thats it. You cant use it to access the electronic program guide or schedule recordings with it. Nor can you use it to select programs you have already recorded. The EPG is poor at best. It does not create a graphical guide like on a cable box, it is just a text list of stations with the current show's title.
Cool little device.
This thing is great.I was able to record a few shows in HD right on to my hard driver and then watch them back on an airplane.Pretty nifty product. ... Read more

Features

• Record and Playback TV Programs and Video Directly From the PC
• System Requirements: Intel® Pentium IV 2.4 Ghz / Pentium® M Processor 750 (1.86GHz) or equivalent AMD Processor
• Pause, Rewind and Instant Replay Live TV
• Time Shift Function
• TV Recording Scheduler

Reviews (13)

Nice Card
After read a several reviews of this product, I was a little concern about the card performance but I had a good sorprise because, so far, the card is working good. Do what it says. The only problem is that do not come with an video editting app.

Works Perfectly
The device does what it says!Load the software, insert the card and connect your cable to it and you have an instant portable TV as well as a laptop.I own several Avermedia products and all of them work perfectly. Don't hesitate to buy this card.

TV tuner function works great; As for the PVR, well...
We bought this to add TV functionality to a 4-year-old Toshiba Laptop (1.1 GHz Pentium III, 512MB RAM, Windows XP). For $69, we got what is basically a 15-inch LCD TV for our master bedroom....not bad!
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Features

• MODEL- VF0040BP VENDOR- CREATIVE LABS FEATURES- Creative WebCam Instant Bonus Pack The bonus Creative microphone guarantees clear voice over the Internet. The stylish WebCam Instant is the basic webcam that not only looks great but delivers outstanding performance. The WebCam Instant captures video at a maximum resolution of 640x480. You can also take 640x480 resolution photos, perfect for web p

Features

• UPC - 785428011394
• Video Specialty Products TV Tuners External

Reviews (1)

Great tuner & PVR functionality; resource intensive on some systems
I purchased one of these new USB tuners earlier this week and have been playing with it for about 2 days now.
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Features

• Connect your CardBus and PCMCIA laptop cards to your desktop computer
• No need to buy separate cards for both your laptop and desktop systems, save money and share a single card between both your computers
• Supports the hot plugging of laptop card

Features

• Real-time hardware and MPEG-1/2/4 digital video converter
• Fast digital video conversion and lower CPU usage with hardware encoder
• Easy-to-use personal or VCD video creation software
• Official DivX Certified product
• Save hard disk space with DivX and MPEG-4

Reviews (34)

Not bad, but I think I'm less of a fan of USB than I used to be ..
We bought this device with the express intent of capturing old VHS tapes and putting them into DVD format.For that, it works and the bundled software meets the need.
Box itself works fine, but...
This is a real mixed bag.My impression is that the capture unit itself works pretty well.I've been using it to transfer Hi-8 video to DVDs.When I preview video on my PC, it's fine...audio and video synched up, etc.But actually getting useful output saved to disk has been a struggle.It's not clear to me if my problems have been my PC or their software, but it's been tough.Getting the InterVideo WinDVD Creator software to work at all was a hassle.Many software freezes, many reboots.Two tips:1) before you do anything else, download and install all the applicable updates from Plextor's site.2) when you hit the 'record' button in the software, don't touch your PC again until it's done recording.It took me a while to figure out that any other activity on the PC can screw up a recording.The main problem I have now is with audio synch.It seems like the higher the resolution of the video, the more lag is introduced in the audio track.
Satisfied!
I just make it very short!
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Features

• CD-ROM
• Home Cinema support - Capture, edit and output 16 x 9 widescreen video, and create surround sound soundtracks
• Automated editing - Let SmartMovie edit your movie for you
• Fix poorly shot footage using Studio's new cleaning and restoration tools
• Audio Filters - Apply professional-level effects such as Reverb, Graphic EQ and normalize
• Image Filters - Create exciting video effects, such as Old Time Movie, Ripples, Lens Flares and more

Reviews (18)

Works Great
I actually have a MovieBox Deluxe 8.0, that I've had about 3 years or so. It worked perfectly. Captures from digital cable and all but the very worst VHS tapes wonderfully. (One day I'll have to fork over the cash for a timebase corrector.)
Lots Of Potential But Ultimately Too Flaky
My system is a 3.2GHz P4 with 1GB RAM and an 80GB hard drive. First time I used it I couldn't capture audio along with video. Upgraded from 9.0 to 9.4.3 which fixed audio problem but I was losing capture after 16 frames. Found patch for just this problem and applied it. In capture settings could not find description of VCR check box option and this cost me an hour trying to figure out why it wouldn't capture.
3+ GHz computer preferred, but 1.86 acceptable
I got this to transfer my VHS tapes to DVD format before VHS players were no longer sold. The problem is that video recording is computationally intense. You will get jerky video if you overload the processor.
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Features

• Archive video footage to VCD, SVCD or DVDs
• Create interactive videos with scene and chapter menus
• Make your own movies with special effects, titles, music and more
• USB 2.0 connection to the PC, backward compatible to USB 1.1
• Capture audio and video via the USB port with “Audio-Lock” technology for perfect lip synch

Reviews (48)

Don't buy.Terrible terrible product
Like so many others in these reviews (I should have read them first!), I can categorically say that this is one of the worst software/hardware products I've ever bought.It does not work, tech support is useless, and you should not even try to make it work. I am a computer expert with a great computer, and there is ABSOUTELY NOTHING I can do to make this work.Don't buy.

A really cool device, with some limitations
First of all, here are my computer specs:
Amazingly easy and dummy proof
I'm a little surprised at the average low rating this product has received from other users.Currently I'm running an AMD64 3500+ with 1.5gig ram.The software installed easily the first time with no problems and in no time I was recording my first transfer from a VHS player.I'm very comfortable using Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 so that's what I decided to use instead of the bundled software.
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Features

• Capture any analog video source to high quality DV video format
• Component IN/OUT - Exclusive component video connectors!
• Includes Adobe Premiere Elements software
• Compatible with FireWire/1394 enabled PC and Macintosh computer models
• Convert analog video to DV or DV to analog

Reviews (9)

Buggy Piece of Junk
My first ADS unit arrived DOA from Amazon, probably damaged in shipping, and it would not be recognized by my video editing machine (AMD 3000+, 2GB RAM, 500GB SATA HDD).My second ADS unit arrived 3 days later, Amazon has very good customer service, I'll give them that much, they refunded my $3.99 I paid for super-saving 1-day shipping and sent the unit out overnight delivery, since I needed this to finish a project.Kudos to Amazon.
Bare bones, but works as advertised!
I bought this unit to transfer family movies from an analog Sony Handicam and from old VHS tapes.I also needed it to work with both Mac OS and Windows computers.I have only tried it with the Mac OS and iMovie so far and it works great when transferring from the Handicam or directly from a cable TV feed.I've not yet tried using it with Windows or VHS tape, but I suspect my results will be similar.
Its Output as Powerful as Its Input...
I've been using the Pyro box for 3 months now, and it's been great for me.It came with Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 which was easier to use than I thought.
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Features

• Power supplied from USB or PS/2 keyboard
• Adjustable vertical and horizontal position of TV display
• 64 stage control forBrightness, Contrast,Hue, and Saturation adjustment
• Supports 640 x 480 at 60/72/75/85 Hz, 800 x 600 at56/60/72/75 Hz, 1024 x 768 at 60Hz display modes
• VGA IN and VGA OUT for simultaneous TV/CRT viewing

Reviews (6)

Not what I expected.
I wanted to convert PC to S-video or Component video.The product states it can convert at high resolutions.Unfortunately I could not read the text or see the picture clearly.If you want to see it on the big screen, this product does not work well.

GREAT PRODUCT
I had been looking for a converter to hook a PC up to a TV in order to show power point in a youth room at our church. I purchased several cables, only to discover they would not do what I needed them to do. When I bought this it really came through. It was really well thought out, and a breeze to hook up. When I got it I was a bit concerned it would take me quite a bit of messing around to get it to work. I was very pleasently surprised at how easy it was to hook up. Just locate the cables that come with it to suit your computer, and you are set to go! I highly recommend this, it is a great buy for the dollar.

pretty good for my composite hmd
I haven't tested it on every device I have, I use it primarly with the cheap composite signal head mounted display i got for about $100 at geeks.this converter works beautifully with it, and works with my dell laptop and nec tablet pc equally well.It seem to have some kind of time-variant convertion algorithm that predict how the image will look like based on the initial image it got when it is powered up, this sometimes end up with a jagged image (for my hmd) when the background wallpaper was the initial image.To fix that, for instance for movies, i start the movie, full-screen it, and then power-cycle the converter and everything is beautiful.it get considerable better color/contrast then thegraphic-chip supported build-in dell s-video out (then converted to composite) on 700m that I've tested on.Since it simply convert vga (within certain frequencies) to s-video/composite, it works equally well when I play movies on linux (ubuntu).I personally wouldn't get this for pc-to-tv, since composite and s-video are blurry substandard compare to today's LCD tv/projectors, unless you are only using it for movies or picture show.good luck. ... Read more

Features

• Connect your Camcorder, VCR or TV to the DVC150 to capture DVD-quality video to your PC
• Features a real-time DVD encoder chip inside that automatically converts video into the MPEG-2 format
• Built-in analog video outputs connectors for outputting your edited video back to a VCR or TV
• Studio QuickStart lets you strenghten washed-out colours, restore old analogue tapes or stabilize shaky movies
• Windows 98SE, ME, XP or 2000

Reviews (31)

Dazzle Digital Video Creator 150
I've been using it for a while now.So far so good. The Dazzle will record from any svhs/composite video source (SVHS recommended).
An ugly paper weight--save yourself
This has got to be the worst product on the market.NEVER, NEVER, NEVER buy anything from Pinnacle or Dazzle--all you will get is dazzling crap.The review shows one-star; actually, it's a minus five-star product.The best way to enjoy this product is slamming it against a brick wall, and video taping it for posterity.
Save your F'n Money
The DVC150 is completely useless if you are working in a Windows XP format.The hardware will "Malfunction" and be "Unrecognized" my Windows.
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