Dazzle DVD Recorder - Old Version

3.4 3.4 out of 5 stars | 86 ratings

Price: 29.99

Last update: 01-04-2025


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Quick to Connect
Simple to use
Easy Archive
Fun to Share
Effortless to Edit

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another Amazon customer!
5.0 out of 5 stars PERFECT - no tech skills needed - easy, goof-proof!
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2006
Don't think about video capture cards, going into the operating system, or even opening the computer case - just turn on the power, plug Dazzle's USB plug into your usb port, and connect the colored cords on your vcr with the same colored plugs on Dazzle, install the software, and let this wonderful tool do all of the heavy lifting.

EXCELLENT quality, and they will lower the quality if you want a smaller file - like, say, if you want to back-up your vcr to a cd-r. The test for quality is time - tell it to record to 70 minutes, and your work is DONE.

I REALLY like the fact that the software is so stable, I recorded a SIX HOUR VCR tape using a 512 meg XP machine - not a moment's problem.

They also included software that makes editing these video files real easy, if you want. That is just icing on the cake.

Strong, solid, silent - the John Wayne of VCR to computer file translator tools.

As an aside, I have held onto some VCR tapes for years, one for more than a decade, hoping something like Dazzle would come along.

Prayers answered.

Just shut up and BUY it.
Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars Device good, software so-so
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2008
I got the Dazzle to convert several home movies from S-VHS to DVD. The Dazzle was very simple to connect and start capturing. The software that came with the device was not as nice. The direct-to-disk works well, but you can only capture one movie to the disk and it closes it. It would be nice if you could leave the DVD open and burn multiple movies to it. The Pinnacle Quick Start is okay, but it requires several patches to run on Vista, where it still doesn't behave well.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Has potential to be great product, but falls a bit short
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2008
Everyone seems to have a different experience with this product. Many people report bugs/software problems and that is because there are some. I find the hardware portion of this product works quite well and the video captures are of a good quality. Unfortunately, most unfortunately, the software bites. You can capture good video, but you cannot use this software to burn a DVD. The menu generator, where you can design a menu and select chapters every x number of minutes gets hung up all the time and says "generating disc menus" and you have to force shut down the program, or computer. I will be looking around to see if they release any software updates or fixes that will take care of this, but I don't know how hopeful I should be. If anyone has a solution for these burning errors and hanging up on generating disc menus, PLEASE POST IT! I know I'm not the only person who's had this trouble because many people report having the same trouble. I will just have to use this product for the video capture stage and edit/burn with something else. I was very disappointed that I could not do everything with this product. It is supposed to be an all-in-one solution; if they fixed some small software bugs it could be great, but as it stands it is next to worthless.
Trish of ME
1.0 out of 5 stars No Stars for Anyone Here
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2008
Originally I bought this for an XP machine that was fried shortly thereafter. When I got my new laptop with VISTA recently I thought I'd use the Instant DVD Recorder with that. I spent two days trying to figure out just which patches I needed - the site is confusing, their product names seem to be inconsistent, and there are way too many to sort through easily. Once I picked out what I needed, each patch/update took hours on a 2.0 ghz desktop with broadband - I didn't dare try on my laptop, which is slower.

The updates and patch seemed to install correctly on the laptop, everything looked deceptively efficient, until I tried to transfer from a home-recorded tape on the vcr to a dvd, and Instant DVD Recorder software froze the video twice on two tries.

I'm thinking there might well be a setting I could alter, but that's the next story...

Ok, bad enough, but then try to get help? The manuals on line are split into chapters and download even slower than the updates. I waded through as many unhelpful windows as I could stand, then tried writing for email support. After filling out the form I was invited to create an account (no SEND button), filled out another form (still no SEND button) and got the response "There is already an account for this email address" (STILL no SEND button). Is this just Pinnacle giving me the middle digit????

I submitted a request for a password reminder and was told that tech support and two other areas required "separate" passwords. Just who are these monkeys?

So, try it, but keep the receipt and return it promptly if it doesn't work for you. I hope it does work for you, I wish it would for me, or that I could get some help.

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