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DAZZLE DVD Recorder | 
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List Price: £39.99
Buy New: £28.97
You Save: £11.02 (28%)
New (10) Used (1) from £24.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 69
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7
Model: 8230-10063-01
UPC: 613570223979
EAN: 0613570223979
ASIN: B001918NLC
Release Date: June 27, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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With Dazzle DVD Recorder, anyone can transfer video footage to a DVD using a PC—no experience required. Simply connect a VCR, DVD player, camcorder or other video device to the USB box. Then use Pinnacle Instant DVD Recorder software to create a DVD recording complete with menus and chapter at the click of a button. The DVD disc can be played on any home DVD player.
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| Customer Reviews:
 incompatible software September 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this wouldn't work on my desktop, which runs XPsp2. Audio came through, but video didn't. I tried every combination of connection, and downloaded the latest drivers but nothing worked. However when I tried an alternative software package (AVS Capture Wizard) the video worked fine.
so only 2 stars as I've had to shell out extra on software.
The supplied software (which worked on my laptop) is very basic. It only saves to dvd VOB format, not to avi or mp4 so you'll probably want to get an alternate decent video capture/editing suite anyway.
 Fantastic product, fantastic price! September 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one of the best products I've ever bought and a fantastic price too.. honestly! I'm so pleased with this purchase, it does what it says on the tin but 10 times better. I'm not using the DVD burning feature as it advertises at the moment, but making it burn the video file onto the hard drive which it does perfectly well. Installation was more than easy, and I was burning files fresh from my Sky Box onto my computer straight away! Don't hesitate.. buy it today!
Excellent piece of kit - simple and quick! July 30, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is, in my opinion, an excellent purchase. The Dazzle is effective and does exactly what it says it does. I found the software quick and easy to install, and there was no need for any "patches" on my system (Vista), unlike (I think) on some older versions of the program.
The software itself is perfectly simple and effective - it takes you through step-by-step, and allows you to customise the menus of the DVDs with the included templates or your own images. It's slightly limited if you wanted the DVDs to look more professional, but for my uses it was quick and easy. It also allows you to add music and alter the fonts/layouts of the scenes. It's slightly annoying having to play each tape at normal speed, but that's to be expected and you can watch the video playing in the corner of the window, which is nice to check that it's still running properly.
I would have liked it to be possible to manually change the layout of the scene icons on the DVDs but, as it specifies, it's meant to be simple and quick. Another slight problem is that the software shuts itself down if the screensaver comes on or I lock the computer. At least, that's what I find with mine! It also eats up memory like there's no tomorrow - on my computer (2GB memory) it's hard to run anything else without the video jerking!! Other than that, I've had no major problems apart from a few issues (it had a "burning error" after hours of work, though that may be my burner). You should also be aware that the quality of the DVDs is only as good as the VCR - any issues it has are carried over and probably amplified on larger screens, but there's probably no problem with newer video players.
I really like the design of the hardware - it's quite large but looks very modern and only has a few ports so it's easy to hook up to the VCR. I had to buy an adapter lead for it to work with our VCR but that was easy to get hold of and it does the job. You do always need an adapter lead so bear that in mind before buying this so you know it's easy to find (and that it works!) before you make the commitment of buying the Dazzle.
I would definitely recommend this as it's easy to install and use, and it's really good value for money and for my purposes, the software doesn't need to be advanced. The simple options available are plenty for most users I would have thought. I'm very happy with my purchase, and I hope that it continues to work this brilliantly!
 Decent Product. Incomplete Software July 24, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought the product because I have converted to a notebook and I cannot use the PCI cards Pinnacle makes. What I knew but still find odious is that the Dazzle DVD Recorder doesn't come with a basic software to do some editing and give you an option to upgrade to the more superior editing software packages. Otherwise the product does what is said on the tin. I have an extremely powerful machine so its no surprise that it crunched the video and spat it out without the blink of an eye.
The editing software though would have helped me complete the job. I don't want to spend loads of money and several third party applications to do some basic editing when Pinnacle could have bundled their own like they do on their Desktop PC video capture cards. That is not the way you grow your software business.
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