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aks93

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VHS to DVD box and software <--- tiger direct deal

same thing at buy.com for $169.99

Ive been looking for a way to convert all my old video tapes to CD or a DVD burner when I get one. I think this is a matter for convenience. Id prefer to have 30 cd's to 30 video tapes. Anyway, found this solution at tigerdirect. I have never bought from this company but I am mightily tempted as this product looks like exactly what I need. Is this a hot deal?

EDIT 1
Ok now found this cheaper at buy.com. So deal is getting hotter!

But is this any good for the money?

thanks.

EDIT 2
Jumpondeals: "Save another 10 bucks by using the $10 off $100 buy.com coupon."

$169.99-$10off$100=$159.99

Thanks Steve for making this deal hotter.

 
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vortix

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edu.com has it for $180, and I'm pretty sure there are other places on the web that have it around this price. This thing looks pretty damn cool though, I must say. It has a hardware MPEG-2 encoder in it that does real-time encoding, so you don't have to wait hours (or days) to convert anything.

This is perfect for converting analog sources to digital format, however, the only thing I don't like about it is the hardware encoder doesn't seem to work from digital sources. That is, there is no way to digitally copy your Digital 8 or other digital video sources to DVD. Does anyone know of any devices that can encode existing digital video to MPEG-2 to be burned to DVD?
 
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TheDingo

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This is just a video capture box. I would suggest looking elsewhere for something by Pinacle or another major brand.

Also might want to note that you will have to store these on a HDD or CDR. If you want to play the CDR in your DVD player, it will be a VCD with generation loss which means the quality won't be as good as your tapes and you can only hold 30mins per disc.
 
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aks93

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ok I just spoke to ADS who make this, the guy said it could hold 1 hour of video tape on one VCD with the software included. How realistic this is I have yet to determine. But this thing is a USB device, whereas he said pinnacle and dazzle do pci devices. Hmm Im soooo tempted....Ill check for any reviews out there to be sure.

Heres the spec
 
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riznick

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Actually Standard VCD encoding allows for 74 minutes of video on a 74 minute cd.
Being that you have 80 minute cds these days, I am sure you can get 80 minutes of
video onto the cd.

This is 352x240 resolution with 29 frames/sec at mpeg1 quality.

I believe a near dvd quality SVCD can be made. I am not too sure about the size, but
it probably is 30 minutes of video.

I partially feel that advertising DVD is not correct. Some DVD players do not support
the vcd format at all. It should be VHS to VCD.
 
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MrCoyote

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Dazzle Multimedia also makes video capture devices. CompUSA and other stores carry these. I'm still waiting and will be waiting for some time, for DVD-R drives to come down in price. Then you store the video at exactly DVD quality, not reduced VCD format on a CD-R.
 
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Nutzo

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Mini DV & Digital 8 720x480 216 MB/Minute MPEG1

DVD 720x480 30-70 MB/Minute MPEG2

SVCD 480x480 10-20 MB/Minute MPEG2
Almost as good as DVD, on most TV's (even with SVHS connection). Catch is many DVD players don't like SVCD's. I made sure the DVD Player I bought played SVCD's, great for Home Movies from my Digital 8 Camcorder. I get about 40 minutes on a disk.

VCD 352x240 10 MB/Minute MPEG1
About the same as VHS Tape. Many DVD players will play these disk. To low of quality for me....

 
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<< ok I just spoke to ADS who make this, the guy said it could hold 1 hour of video tape on one VCD with the software included. How realistic this is I have yet to determine. But this thing is a USB device, whereas he said pinnacle and dazzle do pci devices. Hmm Im soooo tempted....Ill check for any reviews out there to be sure.

Heres the spec >>


Dazzle has a few usb devices.
 
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Dood

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I question if this thing can really capture MPG2 video over a USB1 connection. I used to have a Dazzle DVC1 (USB) and it could only do MPG1 due to USB's bandwith limitations. I also had a Dazzle2 DVC2 capture device (PCI) which did DVD-spec MPG2, but the software was proprietary and very buggy and nobody could ever get the audio/video in sync.

I think I will wait for the standalone DVD recorders which have real-time compression AND firewire for DV. Pioneer 9000 or something???
 
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Dood

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<< can't my AIW radeon do this????? >>



Yes, it does do real-time (hardware assisted) MPG2 capture.
 
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ArchAngelha

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VCD quality is still very watchable for archived stuff.

My friend's been looking for a way to convert his dozens of old SNL tapes.
 
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mikeford

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USB 2.0 may be better, but right now I wouldn't even consider anything USB for AV use. Firewire or a PCI or AGP card is going to work much better. Also the Consumer Electronics show is barely a month away in Las Vegas with all the new products.

Waiting for DVD is also waiting for all the copyprotection stuff to all be in place so you can't use it. Right now a AIW AGP and VCD seems a practical choice.
 
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Virus154

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<< I question if this thing can really capture MPG2 video over a USB1 connection. I used to have a Dazzle DVC1 (USB) and it could only do MPG1 due to USB's bandwith limitations. I also had a Dazzle2 DVC2 capture device (PCI) which did DVD-spec MPG2, but the software was proprietary and very buggy and nobody could ever get the audio/video in sync. >>



What makes this product unique is that it has built in video encoder and decoder chips and hardware MPEG2 codec. Dazzle products transfers uncompressed data through the usb port and then uses cpu power to compress the video. ATI All in Wonder also uses cpu power to compress the video. The problem with this is you need an extremely powerful pc to acheive quality mpeg 2 video. I have a 1.4Ghz thunderbird with raid setup of two 7200 rpm disk (hd speed affects performance). Still my quality for SVCD is poor. As for VCDs, I have no problems. DVDs are unbearable towatch becuase of frame skips which makes the video too jerky. Other products with hardware mpeg2 encoder chips range in the thousands. This is a hot deal, but the question is how well does it work? I'll keep you posted when mine gets shipped.
 
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Virus154

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magicbrillo, is the quality any good when you capture 704 x 480? Is it possible to capture 480 x 480 mpeg2 for SVCDs?
 
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frogster220

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I wouldn't buy one of these. It's not going to be as easy as you think. VCD will get you 74 min/CD but the quality is not that good. Most hardware encoders don't do a very good job either.

You'll still need a big drive to store these conversions.

Remember, this isn't a 1 step VHS to VCD conversion either. It just digitizes your footage into an MPEG1 compliant file. You still have to burn the VCD.
 
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DaHan

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Are you sure you can capture all the dvd vhs to your PC? I think there's a microvision issue there.
 
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Virus154

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Macrovision can be defeated for about $50. I've seen the device at a local Ultimate electronics.
 
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aks93

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magicbrillo: wow youve actually got one of these! Can u tell us what your video tape playback is like from a burned VCD made with this box. What kind of resolution do you get and is it watchable to you?

THANKS!
 
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