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"Actually works" on by killingu
Pros: easy and it works!
Cons: none so far
Summary: Plextor just rocks,,,, It works , plug in yout cam corder,Hi8 or Mini DV works like a breeze. Tried a couple of others from best buy and had to return because they wouldn't work properly.
Very satisfied. -
"Excellent Product" on by Chief Ruting
Pros: Simple set up, good value, great results
Cons: None that I found
Summary: Have been researching converters for a few months before settling on this unit. After reading the user reviews I purchased the AV100u, and am glad I did.
I had it hooked up, software installed, and was doing transfers in less than 30 minutes.
If every product I bought worked as well as this I would be happy, indeed. -
"finally found what i been looking for" on by jockstrap0
Pros: easy to use just install drivers, the software is ok but very easy to understand even for an impatient person such as myself
Cons: wish the software was alot better
Summary: if your looking to put your old vhs movies on dvd without being a rocket scientist this is the best product for you.. a lot of options as far as output to dvd. movies are clearer and cleaner than my tapes that are 20 some years old BUY THIS you will not be disappointed
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"The PX-AV100U requires some pretty smokin' system spec's" on by Continental
Pros: Does Not Require a Power Adapter
Cons: Needs 1.8 Ghz to operate
Summary: I first installed this on my desktop CPU. Every time I started the WinDVD Creator software the CPU would shut down and reboot on its own. My desktop processor speed is 1.20 Ghz. not enough to run the PX-AV100U. I installed in my laptop which has a processor speed of 2.0 Ghz and it worked fine.
To run this you will need to meet the Minimum System Requirements:
CPU: Pentium 1.8 GHz minimum (SIF resolution)
RAM: 256 MB
There is no power adapter. This is because the AV100U is completely USB powered. Because this is software based and doesn't feature a video processor, it doesn't require external power. That's a huge bonus in my book.
The Software CD is a little lite on the goodies. You just get the basics here. A copy of WinDVD Creator 2, the driver, Adobe Reader and a good PDF manual is all you get, but it is adequate.
The PX-AV100U comes with everything you'll need to get started capturing video. It includes a quick-start guide, software cd, rca-type a/v cables, a 1/8" male-male stereo cable, and a USB cable. While the PX-AV100U supports S-Video input, it doesn't include a cable.
Overall, I was really impressed with the PX-AV100U. I really didn't expect to see the quality so good on a software-based video capture device. If you want to start putting those aging VHS onto DVD, or do any other capturing, I could easily recommend the PX-AV100U to those on a budget. It does take a heftier computer to run it as opposed to Plextor's hardware-based PX-M401U and PX-M402U, but if you've got the system, I'd save some money and purchase the AV100U. -
"Easy to use, but very poor picture quality--fuzzy." on by iwc101
Pros: Cheap and easy to install & use
Cons: Very poor picture quality
Summary: I can't believe all the high-rated reviews here. I bought this in early 2006 and tried it on a PC running an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ CPU on a Biostar N4SLI-A9 socket 939 motherboard with 1 Gb of PC3200 DDR400 RAM. The motherboard had on-board hi-speed USB 2.0 connectors.
I found that there were no problems with video capture and the included software was easy to use, however, picture quality was very poor, even when capturing live TV. The picture was grainy/fuzzy. Any graphics would be distorted. Any channel running a crawl at the bottom of the screen (like CNN) would see the captured video with a distorted crawl and the text would not be moving smoothly at all.
I tried many different quality settings and burned them to DVDs, but came up with poor quality video clips at all quality settings.
Part of the problem may be that this unit doesn't have an on-board hardware encoder nor does it use it's own power (via A/C adapter).
I got rid of this unit and got an ADS Tech Instant TV Deluxe. The one is also easy to use and has produced excellent picture quality--especially when capturing live TV. It has its own on-board hardware encoder and power source via A/C adapter. The only two problems are that the video capture stalls sometimes during long capture sessions, but I haven't determined if that is the unit's fault or my PC's. When I figure it out, I'll post a review for this unit.
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