Re: [OT] VHS to PC converter recommendations

[Tim Hawes <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lee,



Many thanks for your comments. I was also looking at the Dazzle products =
=96
around =A380 at Maplin for the =93Platinum=94 version but the same thing
at=
Dabs
was =A346=85 The reviews of these sorts of units all seem quite polarized /
marmite-like i.e. they either get 5 stars of 1 star with people having no
problems at all, or a complete =91mare. It=92s nice to know that yours has
worked well.



Now of course, in true UKHA style, mission-creep has set in and the
Moviebo=
x
HD version (http://tinyurl.com/3rubbde, ~=A3115)
where you can edit and aut=
hor
blu-ray looks rather good. Movie-maker and basic Roxio have been fine until
now, but they do have their limitations!



Thanks again,



Tim.


On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Vargster <vargster@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes, I've had a blue Pinnacle Dazzle USB converter for a good few
years
> now.
>
> Looks like Item code A84FT on Maplin.co.uk <http://maplin.co.uk/> but it'=
s
> blue.
>
> From memory there were several in the range, the cheap ones used CPU
powe=
r
> to convert the video to MPEG2, the usb box was just a frame grabber, I
ha=
d
> loads of trouble with it and took it back for one of the more
expensive
> ones
> which had a MPEG2 converter chip in the box and could work with slower
PC
> (that said I have a pretty powerful PC at the time).
> The blue Dazzle has converted 100's of hours of VHS tapes to DVD and
.AVI=
s
> .
> I'd give the exact details off the box, but it's been doing the rounds
of
> the friends and relations for the last 2 or 3 years... :)
>
> Lee
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Tim Hawes <timsyahoo@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > There=92s a plethora of =93kits=94 below =A3100 which allow
conversion =
of old VHS
> > tapes to DVD but before I pick one at (almost) random, does
anyone have
> > particular recommendations of which one to go for, or which to
avoid??
> It=92s
> > only for home movies, nothing professional, but if there=92s a
good one=
out
> > there sub-=A3100 I=92d be interested.
> >
> >
> >
> > Requirements are Windows XP SP3 and USB or Firewire connectivity
> preferred
> > over an internal capture card.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Tim.
> >
>


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