While the finished transfer was a little bit grainy the quality was very good (I expected this from video tape but thought the quality when transferring from DVD would have been slightly better). The Advanced Mode lets you edit and customise your video including adding music and effects. Using the Easy Wizard Mode to transfer and convert a video tape to DVD was very done in a few simple clicks without the need for any complicated set up. The installation was simple and straightforward without any complications. Overall, I’m very impressed by this tiny capture device and its ease of use. So if you still have old audio cassettes you can easily transfer to your computer or onto CD’s. This allows you to record from cassettes, LP records and video cassettes and create WMA files and audio CD’s. The third option available is the Audio Recorder. In this mode you can also edit your captured video and transfer to Facebook and YouTube should you wish (there are also options for iPhone, iPad, iPod and SkyDrive. Here you can also set TV standard (PAL or NTSC) and recording resolution. The Advanced Mode option gives you much more control allowing up to 2 hours 13 minutes of video on to a DVD (4.7GB) using average quality (Best Quality will give a recording time of 1 hour 9 minutes). A very simple solution to transfer to DVD without the need for any technical skills. I did also try from DVD afterwards and again wasn’t as good as the original but was still quite good but most of all is watchable. While the copy wasn’t as good as the original (it was a little bit grainy). Once it had finished copying to DVD I was very keen to see how it turned out. Once the recording time I set had finished it started to automatically burn to DVD (providing you have a recorder on your laptop or PC). Next you will see a preview screen to view the device you are recording from, so once the video tape is playing it is displayed in the preview and when you get to the point you want to record from you just click the record button on the screen. On the next screen is where you set your recording time as obviously you wouldn’t want to record a full 3 hour video tape if you only had 10 minutes of film on it (if you set for over 2 hours the image quality will reduce). The next screen shows you how to connect your devices which I had done before starting. Next you select the cable connection type, in my case RCA (Composite), you can also use S-Video. As I have connected a VCR I clicked this icon. Next is a screen with six options Camcorder, VCR, TV/Antenna, DVD Player, Game Console and Set Top Box. Once clicking on the Easy Wizard Mode icon you are then asked your disc type, DVD or Blu-ray, if you don’t have a recorder you can click the option to save as a folder on your hard drive for later burning. I chose to use the Easy Wizard Mode as all I wanted to do was transfer a video recording to DVD (with the advanced mode you can edit the captured video before putting on DVD). On opening up the software I was greeted by a splash screen with 3 options: Easy Wizard Mode, Advanced Mode and Audio Recorder. Now after such an easy installation I was ready to start the video transfer. Once that is completed all you need to do in plug the capture device into your computer using the supplied USB cable. Again very straightforward – plug in the RCA cables (red, yellow and white) into the colour coded connectors on the back of the device and either into the supplied Scart connector and then plug that into your VCR or plug the 3 coloured cables into your VCR directly (if your VCR supports them). I installed on a laptop running Windows 8.1 but will work with Windows XP upwards. This took a few minutes and installed without any problems. The first step is to install the software from the CD provided following the onscreen instructions. You will need your computer/laptop to be equipped with a DVD or Blu-ray recorder to transfer to disc (you do have options to save to a folder on your hard disk drive or even to Facebook or YouTube). 9 x 6 x 2cm), RCA cable (Composite),USB cable, Scart connecter, Software CD and a quick setup guide. Inside the package is the small capture device (measures approx. On receiving the Honestech VHS to DVD 7.0 Deluxe I was eager to try it and see how it worked or even if it worked. This could be costly to transfer all your tapes to DVD or Blu-ray discs but the Honestech VHS to DVD system is an inexpensive and effortless way to transfer your own tapes on to DVD or Blu-ray (and even edit them if you wanted to). People of a certain age will remember video tapes and will probably still have a video tape collection (as does my mum) and home movies on video tape.
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