ClearClick Video to Digital Converter 2.0 (Second Generation) - Record Video from VCR's, VHS Tapes, AV, RCA, Hi8, Camcorder, DVD, Gaming Systems

En el pasado compré una "capturadora" de USB... Pero no funcionó como debía, aparte, necesitas tener un programa que capture bien (ya no existe casi ninguno, y los que hay son del año de la canica) así que finalmente decidí comprar esta capturadora... Y MIS RESPETOS. Al principio me dolió el codo por el precio, pero vale completamente la pena! Ya he digitalizado varios VHS y VHS-C y puedo decir con toda seguridad que es la opción que buscas. Es fácil de usar, en el instructivo te guían a un video de YouTube que te enseña paso a paso como empezarla a usar. En cuestión de 10 minutos ya sabes todo lo que tienes que saber y estás listo para empezar a capturar tus videos. Algo muy bueno es que aquí no requieres de una PC. Literalmente todo lo puedes trabajar en dónde esté tu reproductor. Yo lo que hago es poner a digitalizar algún video en lo que trabajo en mi oficina. Es una maravilla, es un producto maso menos del tamaño de un celular de los grandes. Si quieres digitalizar y no sabes la opción correcta, créeme que es esta. Aunque sea mucho más caro que otras opciones, es una excelente opción. Mis respetos para la marca.

This was quite an expensive experiment. For those who are not so tech savvy, don't want to spend time in front of a video editing program and have shot there videos in either 3:2 or 4:3 format I guess this is the easiest way to archive precious family memories. I have still my old Sony Digital8 camera which had allowed to shoot in 16:9 but this device only allows 3:2 or 4:3 capturing so the videos will be "squashed". Now you can manually change the aspect ratio in a video editing program or when you use VLC player on a PC you can change the aspect ratio for playing to 16:9, but that's all not the ideal solution after spending this money. I may go back to firewire before the tapes "die"...

I transferred all 50 of my mini dv tapes to usb without a single problem. I am not very computer literate but all went very well. I had done a lot of research and I'm so happy I found this product. And no, I'm not an employee of the company!

I run a digitizing business and have many of ClearClicks products, including 3 of these. They work amazing, and if there is an issue of any sort - their support is quick to respond and resolve. I did have an issue with one of the units, they replaced it without issue. I will not purchase other products, they works great, they're reliable, and do a great job.

I have some quibbles. And I thought it was kind of expensive. But I'm giving it five stars because it has been 100% satisfactory for me and has done exactly what I expected. Good gadget, works fine. But one thing I've learned over the years is that with offline converters--digital audio CD recorder, audio cassette to digital converter, now this--WORK. With an offline converter I can get the job DONE. Anything involving a computer as part of the process is tempting--but false economy. I started with a $30 video-input-to-USB gadget and sure enough, the software provided with it broke with an OS change and no updates are available from the manufacturer. I was not picky about image quality. The results look fine to me and I think fully capture the quality of the (usually analog) source. The (analog) transfers from digitally recorded "Digital 8" are better than the ones from analog sources, which convinces me that the device is capturing what's there. I couldn't see any difference in quality between composite and S-Video. I have a concern about the audio quality. It seems fine in anything with a normal level but I think it's possible that there's some audible distortion in quiet passages. The unit was mostly easy to use, there are some quirks to get used to, you need to spend a few minutes and look at the instruction book. The instruction book is much better written than usual, but could be more detailed. I wish there was a wider range of "auto stop" times--they give you 60, 90, 120, and 150 minutes. In theory at least a VHS tape can play for 240 or 360 minutes. And there are times when I was quite sure that a tape only had ten or fifteen minutes recorded, and would have liked a 30 minute setting. However, compression works, and long periods of empty blue screen add surprisingly little to the file size. I bought a SanDisk USB 3.0 flash drive as recommended in the instructions, and it worked fine, but I also tried random old thumb drives from my collection _including USB 2.0_ drives and they all worked fine, too.