VIDBOX VHS to DVD 8.0 Deluxe

This product feels like its software is written by some guy that still living in the 90s with his VHS player. I have a few issue with the software. I wish you could pre-set the name of the video file that youre capturing before you hit the capture button. I also wish there were more formats available for capturing. The hack they have in the software is that you need to convert from the original file to something else after you extract. Then when you covert it looks like it has to play the whole thing in 3x speed. For me Im converting to an MPEG2 video using this software then converting that file to an m4v file. Im doing this for 2 reasons. I tune the file size in handbrake since the features are far more advanced than this ancient software. This lets me get file size reduce by over half without any noticeable video quality changes. Also, I use some free video editing software called DaVinci Resolve and it doesnt even support MPEG2 since it so old. Also, the registration process is broken and cant detect that you have an internet connection. It keeps telling me to fill out a form and mail it in because I dont have an internet connection. Like its my fault their software isnt working and they want me to yet again relive the age of the VHS where the only way to do registration was by mail. Another issue is that when you capture they should have a prompt so you can put in the date of the file and a description. I end up having to do this after the fact under the file properties in the operating system. What they do instead is just default to todays date and that gets automatically appended to the credits when youre using the editor. That part is really annoying since a lot of people would put multiple videos on one VHS to save money since tapes werent exactly cheap. All together it seems like this software is living in the past. Its mostly built on the premise of converting from one legacy medium (VHS) to another legacy medium(DVD). Then it just looks like their software developers probably just tried to hack a solution to convert the files for your digital devices. They might as well have just made a pop up that says, Just use Handbrake, then you dont have to wait for our slow software to do a worse job and waste more of the time youre already devoting to this project.

Ive tried at least two other analog A/V to USB converters in the past and sent them back because either they didnt install correctly at all or produced very small, poor quality digital video copies. This device installed flawlessly on my Windows 10 desktop machine. I didnt use the included CD, but instead downloaded the latest drivers directly from Honestech. I followed the installation instructions exactly and allowed time for everything to install. I used the program so far to save an MPG file from an old VHS tape and to record a DVD using my PCs DVD burner. In both situations, everything was flawless. The mpg file was full-screen with quality equal to that of the VHS tape (old home movie). I havent played with some of the other features of the program, but so far Im pleased with this device and the software. It is serving the purpose for which I bought it.

The hardware Vidbox converter works fine in conjunction with the included software if you are converting in Easy Wizard Mode (without editing). If you do wish to do video editing using the Advanced mode, be prepared. The program tended to be extremely unpredictable. I used it with a high-end PC and the program would continually lock up at random or it would not shut down cleanly after saving a project. Windows Task Manager had to be used many times to kill the program completely. Though it has a good looking interface, functionality in Advanced Mode is poor and it is evident that there was little User Acceptance Testing before its release. Tools from menus were found to be either not selectable or did not seem to work correctly, if at all. After frustration and in the end, I kept the Vidbox, dumped the included software and went with another video editing package. No issues after that.

Not bad. The usb end had to be squeezed a little because it kept falling out but once I did that it worked great in the wizard mode. I am still having problems in the advanced mode. I found other software online that works very well if the video is saved to the computer in advanced more and then edited in the other software where I am able to put nicer introductions and some fading in and out. As far as the equipment is concerned, not bad but I would suggest better software like Wondershare video editor for editing the videos after converting them.

Although it shows and input for DVD Player, in dubbing DVDs there is dropout of the sound occasionally. I talked to their tech and he told me it has problems dubbing digital media. Otherwise AOK.

Ive been able to transfer from VHS to DVD fairly simply, but I havent figured out the advanced editing features yet. Im not tech savvy, so I may not be able to do any editing. The directions are pretty useless. But, the DVDs I made played back on my TV/Dvd player as hoped.

May change this if I get a hold of support. But got this for my wifes birthday she wanted old vhs home movies transferred. Each tape is 30 minutes. The first time I tried easy mode and it said it recorded it all but ended up with only 8 minutes. Then I did it again in advanced mode mpeg2 and got the full 30 minutes so was like ok now we are in business. But later started anther tape recorded 30 minutes at 1.8 gig, but then after it stopped it said 30 minutes at 1.8 gig, but only wrote a 700 meg file with the last 9 minutes on it. Thats also what it showed in the edit part. Tried 3 times same result. Now trying a 4th in wmv to see if that makes a difference. I do not care the format I will be re-coding in handbrake to hevc anyway. I raised from 1 to 3 stars, because it actually does you just have to leave it running on top of the screen or it will cut it. At least in windows 10 if it gets tabbed down you have to start over. I have used a lot of encoding software and this is more like a screen capture software that catches its box only and only when its on top.

Ive purchased other VHS to DVD programs in the past and have had issues with the audio being out of sync with the video. Im happy to have finally found one that doesnt have that issue. The videos I recorded were a bit choppy (which is why Im giving it 4 stars instead of 5) but other than that Im very happy with VHStoDVD.

I have no issues transferring video from a vcr to my computer and from a video camera to my computer. The only issue I found was the editing software but I saved my videos in a format that allowed me to edit them through another program. Overall I am satisfied with this product.

Works Great. The only problem I had is I had to download the software. The software cd that came with is had a large scratch. Would not load the setup file due to the large scratch. I didnt care about the CD. Im just happy that I have this for my home videos.