Honestech VHS to DVD 7.0 Deluxe

Product Description

From the Manufacturer Powerful and Effortless Video Conversion Solution All-in-one solution that is easy enough for novice users. view larger Videotapes can deteriorate over time. Your old videos will have color bleed, white specks, and other distortions. honestech VHStoDVD 7.0 Deluxe can bring back precious memories from your old VHS, Betamax and camcorder tapes. Anyone can convert old tapes to digital formats and preserve priceless home videos forever using this product. All-in-one Solution honestech VHStoDVD 7.0 Deluxe comes complete with a VIDBOX (USB Video Capture device), USB cable and RCA AV cables. It works with any video player with RCA output or Firewire (IEEE 1394) port. The VIDBOX requires no external power adaptor, making it especially suitable for laptop users. Add special transition and text effects, and add background music. view larger Easy Wizard Mode takes you step by step with pictures. view larger Great for Novices and Advanced Users Perfect for both novices and professionals VHStoDVD 7.0 offers two modes for simple video conversion or advanced video editing needs. The Blu-ray authoring capability allows you to save high-definition video on your HD camcorders without losing any quality. Using the Easy Wizard Mode, anyone can transfer videotapes to DVD with just a few clicks by following step-by-step pictorial instructions that guide the user through the process. Advanced scene editing tools allow users to record movies, delete commercials or unwanted scenes, and easily add special effects, titles and chapter points. Easy to Share Easily share your video with friends and family by uploading your video to Facebook and YouTube with one-click, or store them on cloud using SkyDrive access. Also included is the audio recording option which can convert cassettes, mixed tapes, and vinyl records into audio files or music CDs. For more in-depth analog audio conversion, please search for honestech Audio Recorder 3.0 Plus. What's New CAPTURE: screen capture (still image), Video adjustment (brightness, contrast & saturation) EDIT: background music editing (fade in/out), Pan & Zoom OUTPUT: Blu-ray menu creation, DVD menu preview CONVERSION: Facebook Upload, HD iPad resolution support CLOUD: SkyDrive support What's in the Box VIDBOX (USB video capture device) USB Cable RCA AV Cable Quick Start Guide Installation Software CD Features Analog Video: Capture old VHS, Beta, 8mm or camcorder tapes and convert them to DVD, Blu-ray or other digital formats. HD Edit: Capture and edit high-definition video from HDV camcorders. Add various special features including background music. Blu-ray: Perfect for burning high-definition video that requires greater data storage. Burn Blu-ray disc in 720p or 1080p resolution format. Audio Recorder: Record audio from your cassettes, LP records, and video tapes to create WMA files or audio CDs. SNS/Cloud: Upload to YouTube, Facebook and SkyDrive System Requirements Operating System: Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 2/3 USB 2.0 Host Controller/Port Processor: Intel Pentium D 3.60GHz, Pentium M 2.26 GHz, Pentium Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz or higher, or AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ or higher Memory: 1GB of RAM Free Hard Disk Space: 700MB for program installation and 10GB for DVD creation (25GB for Blu-ray Disc creation) Other: Composite (RCA) cable, Audio cable (3.5mm to composite), Audio cable (3.5mm to 3.5mm), DirectX 9.0 or higher, Windows Media Player 6.4 or higher, QuickTime Player for MOV, CD Writer for VCD and SVCD, DVD Writer for DVD, Blu-ray Writer for Blu-ray Disc, IEEE1394 cable for DV/HDV camcorder Compatible video players: VCR (VHS, Betamax), Camcorder (VHS, Betamax, 8mm, DV, HDV, AVCHD), Set-Top Box (TiVo, Cable/Satellite) with RCA/Composite Output Connections, Game Console, DVR (TiVo, Cable/satellite Set-Top Box) with RCA/Composite Output Connections, USB Webcam Hardware Setup view larger Enhanced Features honestech VHStoDVD products 5.0 Deluxe 7.0 Deluxe 7.0 Software Upgrade Hardware/Contents USB 2.0 Video Capture Device ✔ ✔ - VHStoDVD Software CD ✔ ✔ - RCA Cable, USB Cable ✔ ✔ - Capture Screen capture (still image) - NEW - ✔ ✔ Video adjustment (Brightness, Contrast & Saturation) - NEW - ✔ ✔ Edit Background music editing (fade in/out) - NEW - ✔ ✔ Burn/Output Blu-ray menu creation - NEW - ✔ ✔ Preview DVD Menu - NEW - ✔ ✔ Conversion Facebook upload - NEW - ✔ ✔ Cloud Support SkyDrive - NEW - ✔ ✔






CUSTOMER REVIEW



Caution: This hardware is powered only through the USB-2 port. USB-2 ports are notorious for being underpowered, especially on laptops or if not attached directly and closely to the computer motherboard, without a bridge, not a shared port, and not with an excessively long cable, etc. This may explain some of the problems reported by others. If your hardware and operating sysem match the manufacturers requirements, you may have no problems at all. Some users report a seamless and sucessful insatllion. Not the case with me, even with a good port and adequate power.



I had a frusrating time installing, but it eventually works OK and as as advertised.

I have a powerful desktop system, far exceeding manufacturer's stated requirements, operating under Windows 7 Professional, 64 bit version. After multiple attempts to install and connect with the device, I share the following.



The driver on the installation CD was out of date. After a failed installation, uninstall, multiple attempts to reinstall,I found it necessary to uninstall totally, do use a registry clean utility to delete many registry entries not removed and not deregistered by uninstall, and start fresh with an updated driver downloaded from the manufacturer's website.



The following procedure eventually worked. DO NOT connect the VIDBOX to the USB cable until step 4 below.

1) download manufacturer's latest driver from online and install this first, before an anything else. Then reboot.

2) Check "Device Manager" to insure that "HT VIDBOX" is installed and working normally under "Sound, Video, Game Controllers."

3) Install software from CD that came with the product. Then reboot again.

4) Only after the above do you connect the USB-2 to the VIDBOX.



Hopefully, that will sucessfujlly get the VIDBOX connected to your computer video/audio input



The sound card or system sound settings may require adjustments to record the sound properly, without clicks, squeals, whirring sounds, etc., depending on your setup.



Do not open or use any other application on the computer while capturing and recording video or video may get jumpy.



Once sucessfully installed and connected, this product worked for me as advertised. In the "Advanced Editing" mode I found that the merge/render function was quite slow, even on a powerful system, and I could not find a way to save a DV-AVI file for editing with other software. The editor provided was not very intuitive and quite limited.



Despite that above comments, I do not know of another capture product that will perform as well, especially not at this price, so it may be worth any potential frustrations. And you may have no problems at all!