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Dazzle Video Creator Platinum is a plug-and-play USB 1.1 or 2.0 device that allows you to record your videos from a camcorder, a VCR, or any video equipment with analog outputs. Dazzle Video Creator Platinum uses a hardware encoding chip for real-time video encoding into high-quality MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and DivX formats without taxing your computer's CPU resources.It comes with both Instant DVD Recorder software that allows you to transfer videos straight from tapes to DVDs, complete with menus, and Pinnacle Studio QuickStart software to easily create fully polished movies with titles, transitions, music and more, before burning to CDs and DVDs. You can effortlessly export your masterpieces for sharing on DVDs, Apple iPod, Sony PSP and other similar portable devices.
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Technical DataInput Device / Input Adapter TypeVideo input adapterTechnical DataInput Device / Form FactorExternalTechnical DataVideo Input / Analogue video SignalS-VideoTechnical DataVideo Input / Digital Video FormatWMVTechnical DataVideo Input / Audio Input SupportStandardTechnical DataSystem Requirements / OS RequiredMicrosoft Windows XP SP1 or laterTechnical DataVideo Input / Interface TypeS-video inputTechnical DataHeader / Product LineDazzle Video Creator PlatinumTechnical DataHeader / ModelDVC 170Technical DataHeader / CompatibilityPCTechnical DataHeader / LocalizationGermanTechnical DataHeader / ManufacturerPinnacle SystemsTechnical DataInput Device / Interface TypeHi-Speed USBTechnical DataHeader / Packaged Quantity1
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Final image qulity is very poor. Maybe I am doing something wrong, but I cant seem to find any info in the supplied litrature. Using it on XP at the moment, but after reading other reviews am reluctant to install on my vista machine. The software provided is only a partial package and requires aditional payments to "unlock" all the features.
53 of 55 people found the following review helpful
I was a little apprehensive about buying this as there were mixed reviews. However, I found it very easy to install - just remember to install the software before plugging in the adapter - and easy to use (but see below). Without reading the manual (if there is one!), I was soon editting and copying all my old camcorder footage to DVD. The supplied software is supposed to be the limited version, but it breaks down a long section of video into separate sections, allows you to edit it and add a menu and various fade-ins: which is all you need for this type of work. You can select output to hard drive/ DVD etc in various formats (even PSP), combine different tapes, and leave it to get on with the job. No failures so far! I do have a powerful PC (AMD dual core based) with plenty of memory (2 Gig), so perhaps others won't find it works quite so smoothly.
The only thing I would STRONGLY recommend is that before attampting to use the software you right-click "My Computer" (in Windows XP), then from "Properties" select the "Advanced" tab and under Performance "Settings" set "Adjust for best performance" (you can change it back easily). This doesn't do any harm (although it changes the look of windows somewhat). But otherwise you may get severe delays and lockups when the software is processing video.
The only thing I would STRONGLY recommend is that before attampting to use the software you right-click "My Computer" (in Windows XP), then from "Properties" select the "Advanced" tab and under Performance "Settings" set "Adjust for best performance" (you can change it back easily). This doesn't do any harm (although it changes the look of windows somewhat). But otherwise you may get severe delays and lockups when the software is processing video.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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I recently purchased the Dazzle Video Creator because my Pinnacle Moviebox had died... That previous hardware was awesome. The codexes used by the software and the compression of the hardware combined to create mpeg file types that could be used on other softwares such as NERO or Adobe Premier that are far ahead in the software stakes... The Studio software with that hardware was fairly basic so this was a massively important highlight for the adaptor. You can pay for additional options but as a professional I use Adobe Premier and Nero as they are far better than Pinnacle.. Since that hardware though Pinnacle and Adobe fell out of sorts and so a decision was made to create hardware that is intentionally near impossible to use on any other software other than that created by Pinnacle. To add to this, the quality is not as good as previous hardwares they produced. Sharpness is off and a slight fuzziness covers the lack of pixels... To create a dvd now takes hours longer than it had previously and the support from the company is classically bad. For a professional user I would strongely suggest against purchasing this product and instead searching out older hardwares. Anything that is made for the software above STUDIO 9 has this problem.. It is NOT going to be fixed as stated by Pinnacle. Unfortunately for laptops this is the only choice you have... If you have a desktop, however, you could search out an internal adaptor instead from other companies as there is more choice..
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Overpriced and difficult to use
The first problem with this is the cost. It's basically a simple AudioVisual to USB connector. So the pricetag of £50 is wayy out. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Sethkasketch
Disappointed
I brought this product to make life easy for me to transfer my video to dvd / put on harddrive but it was nothing but trouble with my PC won't install the software and now the... Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2010 by Paul Samuell
Waste of time and money
I purchased this this week. After an hour of installing the software, it then completely refused to load. Read more
Published on 23 April 2008 by Dante
1 star is the lowest - but zero is more like it.
Let's get things straight - a video capture device is meant to show up as such on Windows. Instead Pinnacle have decided to hide their device so you can only use it with their... Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2008 by Anthony S. Clarke
Butter has a better chance than me...
I brought a Pinnacle Callisto Capture card, which is internal PC card, I never got it to work with Windows 98, Windows ME, 2000 or XP home or proSP2. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2008 by N. Meyer
Dazzle Video Creator 80
Purchased the Creator some time ago when running windows 98, but it failed to work despite help from my son who is a computer expert. Put away in cupboard for several years. Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2008 by Mr. B. Blake
Pinnalce Dazzle
Unreal. It`s like going back 15 years when it was generally accepted that badly writted glitch infected sotware was the norm & we all just had to grin and bear it. Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2008 by A. Franklinos
Third time lucky
Some years ago I tried 2 previous products - Swann esycapture and Pinnacle Movie Box - could get neither to work, and gave up. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2008 by R. Brown
DOES NOT WORK - don't waste your money
yet another "simple" video capture product that doesn't work. I am still trying to find a good product to convert VHS tapes to MPEG on my PC, this looked like one of the better... Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2007 by J. Dougall
Dazzled by the simplicity of ths product
I was hesitant when buying this as I normally edit videos via an internal PCI device, but this has a USB cable and surprised me to be very fast and reliable. Read more
Published on 30 Nov 2007 by BiBostin
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