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| Dazzle DVD Recorder Plus | 
| From: Pinnacle Systems
Category: Software
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $45.29
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Seller: Universal Mania
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 91
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP
Media: DVD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows 7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 1 x 0.9 x 0.8
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MPN: 82303000101
Model: 82303000101
UPC: 613570226659
EAN: 0613570226659
ASIN: B0039Y2YDK
Release Date: February 22, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Turn your videos into amazing movies with Pinnacle Studio | | • | NEW theme-based video editing gets you up and running fas | | • | Export to YouTube, iPod, PSP, and more |
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Product Description
DAZZLE DVD RECORDER PLUS CROMVIDEO EDITING HW
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 9
 works great May 29, 2010
Ron M. (Phoenix, AZ)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I purchased this product after being disappointed with other video capture hardware that didn't work for me. The Dazzle DVD Recorder Plus has performed great for my needs. I am able to record S-video in 16x9 format from my DVR via my laptop onto a portable hard drive in an .AVI file and then burn it to DVD. I have also recorded RCA video and audio from a VHS deck onto a DVD. Setup was easy and the software included performs as advertised. I highly recommend this product.
worked out of the box June 2, 2010
John I. Van Olden (Sun City, California)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I had bought an inexpensive capture device that I was unable to get to work on my windows7 desktop or my XP Netbook. I bought the Dazzle with the Studio 12.1 for under $50.00. Boom, right out of the box I was able to burn a favorite VHS tape onto a DVD but what I actually wanted to do is to make a film clip to promote my book on YouTube. I bought a 30 year old Panasonic video camera for $20.00 at a garage sale in perfect condition. I invested another $30.00 for a new battery and a small watch battery for the internal data and voila, I had a great movie camera. Now I am busy putting a movie together, complete with scenes from WW II (the book partly deals with growing up in occupied Holland), I also was able to import a bunch of still photos and most important do a voice over, thanks to Dazzle capture and Studio 12.1 excellent software. Confession, I know a thing or two about computers since I bought my first TRS-80 in 1978 but I know beans about movie making. I am making my book available for free via PDF format because my story can benefit person who took the wrong part in their life, like I did many time. The movie I am putting together is what the book is about and how to obtain a free PDF copy. I also have a small palm size video camera and I am unable to capture the film clips directly from the SD card. I am using that old, cumbersome video camera because it has such an excellent lens. Again, I have nothing but good to say about Dazzle. dutch
If my son is happy, it all good July 29, 2010
JoAnn
It was exactly what he ordered. He loves to record games and upload them. Item exactly as described.
This device is reasonably cheap and does what it needs to, for the most part. May 25, 2010
ArcticFox (Never Never Land)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
The Dazzle DVD Recorder Plus is exactly what you'd expect it to be, nothing more and nothing less. Aside from one huge catch, this device is perfect for anyone who wants a relatively cheap way to record outside video sources onto their computers in Standard Definition. Please note, there is *no* HD capture with this device.
Setup is rather easy, if you don't have Windows 7 or Vista. If you do, I recommend downloading the new drivers from their website. The biggest problem with setup is that the device installed on my Windows XP laptop, but refused to install on my Windows 7 desktop. Tried and tried and tried, and finally found a third party app that disabled some security features of Windows 7 and got it to install. It would crash constantly with a error code, one of two different numbers. A problem with the installation certificate or some such.
Physical installation could not be easier, with one catch. You simply plug the USB into your computer's USB port, and then plug the composite cables into the Dazzle itself. That's it, you've now got the image on your computer when you start the software. The big catch is that the device's S-VIDEO port is recessed into the plastic case, so if your S-VIDEO cable has a thick covering like mine, it will not fit in the hole and will not connect properly. Bummer.
After installing the software and setting it up, it's important to note that the included quick capture software will only capture the video in DVD format. Even if you choose to record to the hard drive, which there is an option for, it makes a VIDEO_TS folder that contains DVD-formatted files. No thanks, not my thing. So I instead open up Pinnacle Studio 12 (after finally getting it to install) and capture from this device (DVC100) directly to a PC-specific video format (such as an AVI wrapper). Doing that avoids the fiasco of trying to convert the DVD files into a more computer-friendly format.
The only noticeable issue with the video quality is a strange line that will appear either on the bottom or the top of the video. It is just a pixel or two wide, and it's clearly some sort of buffer issue. It'll be most noticeable in video that has black near the top of bottom, has the line often has alternating white and black pixels dancing all over. It's hardly a deal stopper, but it's an issue. You can trim out that line of pixels with any decent video editing program.
I specifically use this device for capturing Xbox 360 and Wii game footage. Please note that you have to play your Xbox 360 in SD, not HD, and so it will *not* be the ideal device for gamers looking to record their exploits in sniping people or getting that perfect headshot in Halo 3, unless you are content to play all of your games in SD from now on. I only hook up the Dazzle when I want to record, and I record in order to do game reviews. When I play a game for personal enjoyment, I do so using an HDMI cable and the Dazzle disconnected. No, you cannot output both HDMI and to the Dazzle in SD at the same time.
If you want to capture content from your VHS, DVD player, SD camcorder or camera with video, Wii, or other SD video-producing device, this is a great option so long as you can connect it to the Dazzle using composite cables or S-VIDEO. It's relatively cheap as far as video editing hardware goes, and it does what it's advertised to do.
Does what it says it will do July 12, 2010
falsebottom
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I give this 4 stars because this product does what it says it does. Its basically an interface between a device with RCA or an S-video jack and a computer. My only issues are with the software.
The Instant DVD Recorder software can be tempermental. (I discovered that it sometimes will close/crash if the DVD isn't loaded at the correct point of the setup process.) Sans that, its a godsend. I've had files on a cable TV DVR that I can now finally put into digital format. I haven't tried any of the other included software, so I can't speak on its behalf.
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