| Subcategories |
 |
Home & Hobbies |
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Dazzle DVD Recorder [OLD VERSION]
Studio : Pinnacle Systems
by Pinnacle Systems
Brand : Pinnacle
Model : 230100033
Platform : Windows XP
Release Date : 2006-04-17
Publisher : Pinnacle Systems
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN : 0613570218395
UPC : 613570218395
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 65 reviews)
List Price : $49.99
Our Price : $34.95
|
|
| |
-
Quick to Connect
-
Simple to use
-
Easy Archive
-
Fun to Share
-
Effortless to Edit
|
|
| |
|
Product Description |
|
Dazzle DVD Recorder provides a simple, affordable way to make high-quality home video. Let your friends and family enjoy movies on professional-looking DVDs, complete with menus and chapters. This plug-and-play USB 2.0 device captures video to DVD, directly from VCRs, camcorders or other video equipment. Add your own menu and chapter functions for simple navigation. Burn your video to a DVD without first copying files to the PC hard drive, saving valuable time and space. Combined with the unique wizard-based, friendly interface of the Dazzle Instant DVD Recorder software, the powerful Dazzle video capture device allows you to quickly and affordably back up personal video collections. |
| |
|
| |
|
Very easy to use |
|
I bought this so I could transfer all my home videos and taped shows onto DVD. I thought it was very easy to install the software onto my laptop(which runs Vista). I did have to go online for one of the drivers for the editing program, but I have not used this yet since I haven't tried to put any new home videos onto DVD. I find that it's very easy, I just hit play on the VCR and start recording on the program and the movie records to DVD while I can still do other things on the computer and watch something else on TV, as long as I hit the TV/VCR button. I have had it stop recording 2 times, not sure if it was my computer or the program, but other wise no problems. Very easy to use over all. |
| |
|
You get what you pay for |
I have a newer Vista-based PC and downloaded the latest software "patches' from Pinnacle (330MB worth!). The "patches" install fine and everything appears to work. Tha hardware supplied works as advertised. It's the software that's questionable.
Instant DVD Recorder works, although it's limited in what it allows you to do as far as themes and menus go. I can get it to crash reliably when using a certain supplied background music piece. This results in wasted time and a wasted DVD. The version of Studio supplied is a joke. From poor documentation(or maybe the program just doesn't do what it's supposed to do) to a poor user interface to amateurish themes, it's not worth the trouble. Windows Movie Maker + DVD Maker works a lot better. |
| |
|
THIS IS THE WORST MOST USELESS PIECE OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT I HAVE EVER USED!!!!! |
|
My husband and I are IT, Web Development people.... so this is to say we know a bit about computers... This is by FAR the absolute worst piece of hardware I have ever used.... EVER!!! My husband and I both agree this is the most worthless product we have ever purchased! I can't even believe they can sell this to people!! We took it back once and got a new one, thinking it was just a product defect. But, no. This thing just simply sucks! Please, please don't waste your time with this product!!!! I want the 7 hours of my life back that I spent reading FAQ's on this thing and talking to Dazzle tech support... which also sucks. And they have no manual for this product. What? This product is anything but simple. We both have nearly brand new computers, one w/ XP and one w/ Vista... one a notebook and one a desktop... neither of which we could get to work w/ the Dazzle! We ended up buying a dual VHS/DVD player and now THAT is simple! We ended up using the desktop itself and just plugging it in and using particular software that comes with Vista to record cassette tapes. So, Dazzle did absolutely nothing... and now we have a VHS/DVD recorder that we can record TV with!! :) I hope this helps somebody out there... then my agony won't be in vain. |
| |
|
WATCH OUT VISTA PEOPLE |
Three days, hours of installation efforts, and still not there! And that was with support. And did I tell you that I am pretty good with the computer?
If you have Vista, stop right now! The version that ships does NOT have Vista compatible editing software. You can install and record directly to DVD, but you can't edit without the incompatible software.
The software update is available for download (1.4 GB), but mine was corrupted twice using their file manager. I downloaded directly, and that file was fine. . . except their own Vista FAQ points to the wrong file, so I had to download a fourth 1.4 GB file.
I also had to uninstall, use a registry deletion tool, and then discover that the serial number failed.
So, be very careful! It is not as simple as you think, especially with Vista! |
| |
|
one big problem |
|
I read all the reviews and am surprised there was no comment about the problem I encountered----it copied just fine but was not able to copy a two hour vhs---the max copy time onto a new dvd is 103 minutes--leaving seventeen minutes that had to be put on another dvd. Threw it away. |
| |
|
|
|
