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Rating:  - Great product!
This product is super easy to use! I literally connected it to my computer and DVD player and was ready to go! Money well-spent!
Rating: - Best capture device for the home user
I purchased this on a recommendation from a video professional - they were using this with a Mac over firewire for VHS capture. I bought mine for the same reason, to transfer VHS tapes to DVDs - and I could not be more happy. In typical fashion I took the device out of the box, hooked the cables up, put it in the firewire and done! There is no power required (using the thick 6-pin firewire cable provides power from the laptop) and there are no drivers required - the device is instantly detected as a camera.
I did all my movie collecting from iMovie and had to do absolutely nothing. I tried this box with different VCRs and it never failed - even when the tape was extremely degraded or the tracking was not very good, I got _no_ dropped frames, audio de-synchronization or other problems which seem to plague similar devices.
Physically the device is very solid, never gets warm or otherwise feel as if it will fall apart. The plugs are not as solid as I would have liked (if you have a thick monster cable it will feel awkward pushing it in) and the connectors themselves are sunken in which puts a limit to how wide the plug can be. I tried it with various cables I had in the house and never had problems.
An excellent (and undocumented) feature of this device is that by holding the "select" button for ~20 seconds after start-up (no need to do it before you plug it in, you'll see when the event happens) you enable the "de-Macrovision" filter; regardless of what VCR you have, you'll never have to buy a special box or have to deal with complicated setups. The device itself is _not_ a timebase corrector however,
Rating: - Audio Video Sync
Some products transfer analogue source, like 8 mm video cassettes, to your computer in a manner that unlocks audio from video. This can result in the sound being a fraction of a second to several seconds out of sync, like a badly dubbed 60's movie. This product keeps audio and video locked so the final digital version on your computer looks and sounds just like your original analogue source material. It works very well in this regard. It also has phenomenal capture of my years old 8 mm tapes, with very good final picture quality. It's easy to use and works well with an Intel Mac.
I learned of the sync issue with Pinnacle Video Capture for the Mac (unlocks audio from video during capture). Using a device that unlocks audio from video can result in hours of time correcting the problem with editing software. The ADVC 110 cost a bit more but paid for itself with the first home video I captured just in the time it has saved me.
Rating: - Great converter for transfering VHS to DVD
I ordered the Canopus ADVC-110 Advanced Digital Video Converter to transfer my library of VHS tapes to DVD's via computer and editing.
I've tried a couple other converters, one being the Plextor 401U but the Canopus ADVC-110 works MUCH better and was a breeze to setup.
I have an Alienware system running Vista Ultimate 32 bit and the computer recognized the converter as soon as I plugged it in. I bought this item from Electronica Direct via Amazon and the service was fast and I received the product within 6 working days.
Rating: - Performs as expected
The Canopus ADVC110 converts analog video to DV smoothly. I use it to convert a live 4-camera mix from an Edirol switching board to DV so it can all be recorded live to a hard drive on a computer at my church. Prior to this we were recording in mpeg2 format to a Toshiba DVR. Now we can capture in DV which is superior in quality and editability. The services we record are generally over 45 minutes, and the unit never sputters during the long sessions. The software I use to capture is Adobe OnLocation, and I'm using a Quad-Core computer. The Canopus works flawlessly with this setup.
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