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Ez Grabber designed to capture video source from VHS, V8 and Hi8. You can then burn files from your PC DVD, VCD and SVCD after editing | 
 enlarge | Brand: Techgear
Category: CE
Buy New: £24.59
New (1) Used (1) from £22.14
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 1451
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.2 x 2.3
MPN: UTV2820
Model: UTV2820
EAN: 4553589677829
ASIN: B000S0QIPI
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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 unable to get it to work. September 24, 2008
Bert
can those who have reviewed this item say what O/S they are using? i use Windows XP and I can't get it to work at all. are the successful customers using XP or Vista?
 Great little gadget. September 8, 2008
Lazarus (England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought the EZ grabber with the switchable scart socket (as recommended) at the same time and found it easy to put together. The instructions were pretty dire because the "manual" (if you could call it that) is not written in English, and the English translations are actually so bad in places that they're quite funny. You might need a microscope to read the print, too - I'd guess it's written in font size -2 or something. That said, experienced computer users shouldn't need the instructions.
Software installation took a surprisingly long time, but it went smoothly enough. And immediately afterwards the grabber was doing exactly what it was supposed to do - reading (really old) VHS video tapes in a (really old) VCR in to my trusty PC.
I would advise against installing the Corel U-Lead Video software supplied with the grabber - it's a load of old rubbish. The EZ Grabber's own software is actually much better. Or you can use something like Nero or Roxio to take care of the capturing. Anything but Corel!
Be advised that you will have to fiddle around with the configuration to get the best results, but that's no chore at all. I just set it to PAL instead of NTSC then tried each sub-option, one after the other, until I found the one that put the best picture on screen.
I should probably add that I haven't tried the grabber with anything but a direct PC to VCR connection and bog standard VHS tapes. Maybe that's why I'm having more luck with it than seems to be the case with other reviewers - who knows?
The only reason I don't give this piece of a kit 5 stars is because of that whole Corel thing and the appalling "manual". Neither are a real problem, but they are irritating.
Oh!
And remember not to expect DVD quality film output from scratchy old VHS tapes - it just ain't gonna happen no matter how much you fiddle with the software colour controls.
Happy grabbing :o)
Works perfectly well!! September 7, 2008
Mr. T. J. Smith
I had to write this review as the 1 star reviews are unfair. Install the driver software, following the instructions carefully, plug in the device, and off you go. It records VHS onto your Hard Drive in real time with no problems at all. Use roxio or equivalent to transfer to DVD and it works perfectly well. (Just make sure you use the right sort of DVD disc, and tell it to record in PAL format) The quality is not 100% it has to be said, but if all you want to do is keep a few hours of personal video (holiday footage etc) because you no longer use a video recorder, then it works just fine.
It just does not work DO NOT BUY IT September 5, 2008
John Webster (UK)
The installation instructions are poor, English is not the first language here clearly.
There is no support available on line or otherwise
There is no trouble shooting in the so-called manual
IT does not work...with no support there is no way of finding out why it fails to work!
total waste of money
Struggling August 28, 2008
D. Brett (East Anglia)
I ordered this product and couldn't wait for it to arrive, I was eager to transfer the film on my camcorder onto discs so I could start capturing some footage of my grandson as he started to crawl. But things weren't to be!
The EZ grabber comes with installation disc and Ulead video editing software both of which I installed on my laptop. I kept getting error messages saying things about this plug in and video capture couldn't work and the like - when I used the Ulead software (you can't update it either). When I used the EZ grabber software I could manage to get some footage saved but it was in black and white, and when I tried to edit it with the Ulead software even more error messages - so I am now losing patience and faith.
As someone else says in this thread - you get what you pay for, and in this case that is certainly true! Avoid in my opinion
Ez Grabber designed to capture video source from VHS, V8 and Hi8. You can then burn files from your PC DVD, VCD and SVCD after editing
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