This powerful video capture device makes it easy to transfer video from a VCR, DVD player or camcorder onto a DVD or your PC. The included software lets you edit and manage your home movie collection with ease.
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To setup you need to know a little about computers. Once the setup disk is loaded, my new Vista 64 bit computer did not recognize the Dazzle unit. I had to go to the website and download a driver. It should come on the disk. I was able to start the conversion, but you have to tell it you want to use the Dazzle unit in the software capture setup. It did fine on the conversion. Their editing and rendering software has never change on speed since I used it one other time years ago. It is slow. My computer has 6M RAM a fast dual processor and is made for everything video. Even with this my computer did not help their software. I have Sony Vegas software which I have used for years and even upgraded 3 times. It is 4 times faster on rendering that Pinnacle. The editing part of the Sony software is much friendlier. If conversion is all you want this to do, it will be OK, but don't count their software to finish the video. If you really need to convert VHS tapes wait for a sale or look for another product, otherwise Dazzle will not be worth it.
What's great about it: Video conversion from analog (VHS Tapes) to digital.
What's not so great: Editing and rendering sofware slow.