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| Dazzle Video Creator Platinum / DVC 170 | Analog VideoIn MPEG1 hardware MPEG2 hardware MPEG4 hardware |
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USB2 | $90 | 7.5/10 8 votes |
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| Dazzle Video Creator Platinum is a plug-and-play USB 1.1 or 2.0 device that allows you to record your videos from a camcorder, a VCR, or any video equipment with analog outputs. Dazzle Video Creator Platinum uses a hardware encoding chip for real-time video encoding into high-quality MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and DivX formats without taxing your computer’s CPU resources.
# Share your movies on the go! Dazzle Video Creator Platinum is equipped with all of the latest compression formats for viewing your movies on Apple® Video iPod®, Sony® PSP™, and DivX® certified players. # Turn your videos into amazing movies Trim your videos, improve image and sound quality, add effects, stills, titles, and background music, even create movies automatically with SmartMovie, then save them to DVDs* with Pinnacle Studio QuickStart. # Easy on your PC On-board MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 hardware lets you create high-quality DVDs without tying up your PC while you’re recording. Hardware encoding gives you the ultimate in recording quality. # Save time, save space Pinnacle InstantDVD Recorder software lets you record your videos directly to DVD* without first copying them to your hard drive. Burn multiple videos on one DVD. Custom menus and chapters make for effortless on-screen navigation. # Powerful performance with exceptional results On-board MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and DivX recording hardware creates high-quality videos without slowing down your PC. Capture from virtually any video source – S-Video and Composite Video inputs provide full-resolution DVD recording. # Simple enough for anyone to use Transfer your memories to DVDs* in minutes without having to spend time learning new technology. # Connect via USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 Dazzle Video Creator Platinum gives you the option of connecting to your PC or laptop with either a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 or a USB 1.1 port. |
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For all who are having quality issues with this device, please see link: http://www.halo3forum.com/montage-video-help/2442 ... n-get.html Comments posted by JTrizzo from Canada, January 14, 2010: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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if you want the quality to be better put the settings on ntsc Comments posted by marre from Belgium, December 14, 2009: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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Nice hardware and bad software. I have DVC130 rev.1.2 and after installing the proper driver it's not compatible not with Windows movie maker nor VirtualDub and I never knew that to get an mpg file on my slow machine with this excellent hardware-based encoder I have to install 2gb of software (ok, Instant DVD recorder takes much less space, but you will get vob stuff that you will have to demux in order to do some editing). So the only thing that saved me is DVCCAP software (search for it). It's free (donate if you like it) and finally (as an example) you will need only two actions and few space to turn you ASUS ee pc into mpeg2 recording device. 1. Install drivers from pinnaclesys site (installer: 6 mb), 2. DVCCAP (installer: 2mb). that's all. So finally shape on pinnacle for making things so complex. And viva enthusiasts for making things much easier ) Comments posted by Maksee from Russian Federation, July 19, 2008: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 7 of 10. |
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Easier to set up on Vista than I thought. Also extremely easy to use. However...the quality of captures no matter the source or settings was terrible. Very blurry and pixelated. I made my VHS tapes look worse than something on You Tube! Comments posted by code101 from United States, June 23, 2008: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 1 of 10. |
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I just got this capture device and I have to say this is the first time I got an actual MPEG 2 hardware encoder and so far I am impressed with the results. It can capture hardware MPEG4 and DIVX too. I was hesitate about using USB to capture video but this one worked for me. I have captured with a AMD FX-62 with 2 gig ram and sata drive system. As with all editing software I install the 3 disks in the order the instructions say then reboot then plug in the adapter and your set to go. With the install process it takes a little while because the programs are very big. What I learned many times over is that I must start from a clean most up to date operating system without any other editing or capturing software installed on the system because I been burnt to many times with codec conflicts. My purpose is to complete my old VHS tapes to DVD transition to get away from tape completely. I don't know if this hardware will work with other software or not. Comments posted by neftv from United States, January 08, 2008: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 9 of 10. |
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Works perfectly on windows vista. All you have to do is go to the pinnacle systems website and download studio 10.8 update. I hope this helps many people who have been trying to find a capture card that works for windows vista. HALLELUJAH! Comments posted by madmanwonders from United States, December 25, 2007: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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I thought that it works great! I have been recording sessions of video games that I play. Here is a link of my recording at the highest quality. http://useruploads.mythica.org/view/Dazzle170Test.mpg.html The software is really easy to use and installed correctly the first time I tried. Its awesome! Comments posted by Tyle from United States, September 08, 2007: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 10 of 10. |
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I agree with the previous comment. The capture quality is extremely poor, and when viewed it is worse (in my opinion) than a VHS recording. I've had Dazzle cards before (DVCII) and was very pleased with the results but the Pinnacle takeover seems to have degraded the equipment quality drastically. Another downside is that the unit will not work with other capture softwares (Ulead, Magix, Nero and Cyberlink softwares were tried). Comments posted by Lissa Higgins from United Kingdom, February 14, 2007: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: No rating. |
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Just got this the other day and I'm not very impressed. I'm new with capturing, so that could explain my dissapointment I guess, but I really expected better quality video. I used the instant dvd on the highest quality setting, and the results were ugly as hell. In fact it's almost shocking to me that all this fancy new stuff is not enough to match the quality I can get from my beat down, 10 year old $50 vcr. Everything else seemed to work well. Software seems okay and what not. I've tried a few different sources and every different setting for capturing and nothing produced a result that I would be satisfied with. In every case, the drop in quality from the source material is just not acceptable. It should work great if you just want to make little clips to view at small sizes on a computer or psp or something, but not if you want to watch them full screen on a tv. Comments posted by jason from United States, November 02, 2006: Compatibility: Win95? Win98? Win2K? WinXP? Vista? NT4? MAC? Linux? - Rated: 5 of 10. |
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more technical information.New comments= New comments since your last visit. New Card= New Capture Card since your last vist. Feature What kind of main capture features it supports Analog VideoIn = Analog composite or/and SVHS video input Video Card = If it is a Video Card/Graphic Card Tv Tuner = Built-In TV-Tuner Digital TV = Built-In Digital TV-Tuner DV/Firewire = DV/Firewire/i.Link input DV Converter = Analog composite or/and SVHS video input and converts to DV video MPEG1 hardware = Capture directly MPEG1(VCD) video using hardware* MPEG2 hardware = Capture directly MPEG2(SVCD and DVD) video using hardware* MJPEG hardware = Capture directly to MJPEG using hardware* MPEG4 hardware = Capture directly to MPEG4(DivX,Xvid) video using hardware* * = Most capture cards can capture to this format using software but it usually requires a very fast computer, if it supports realtime capturing it uses the capture cards hardware and it doesn't require a very fast computer and you may get better quality but less options/settings than software capturing. Compatibility What Operating System our users have reported that it works on, Win95=Works Cnx = Connection What type of connection the capture device has to the computer, PCI, AGP, USB1/1.1/2, DV or PCMCIA. Price The price in US dollar. Rating The first rating is based on a weighted rank (the true Bayesian), it requires at least 5 votes to get a weighted rating. The second rating between the ( ) is a normal average rating. Comment User comments, click on view to view them or add to post a own comment. We can not gurantee that this list is 100% correct. Don't forget to read the User Comments for more Info about each Capture card. If you find any features that are not correct contact us instead of posting a comment about it. |
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