VIDBOX USB 2.0 Video Conversion for PC For Windows 10, Windows 8

The quality of the ViidBox unit, and its corresponding software is very good. There’s a slight learning curve if you’re not familiar with video formats and video hardware and software. There are several types of negative reviews I have seen, but as near as I can tell, these negative reviews come from when one of several variables required to convert old technology to new formats fail. Some of these variables are as follows: #1. the quality of the mechanical camcorder or VCR, that you play the media, #2. how the media was recorded in the first place and at what quality speed or resolution, #3. the system specs of the PC or Mac computer capabilities that you are using to do the conversion. The VidBox does exactly what is intended to do. The accompanying software for the vid box is pretty straightforward, but it does take a little bit to figure out how to use it. My opinion is, is that one of the biggest failures people would have would pertain to the PC or Mac that they are using to do the conversion. In order to manipulate, the large volumes of data that are required. When converting video, you cannot use a sub standard PC with low memory and perhaps without a dedicated video card. If you do not have a capable PC to handle the volume and speed of data, you’re going to get a crappy result in the software of the vid box and it will not record smoothly. Another thing, camcorders from the 90s are very old! They don’t have the technology or even the mechanical ability as when they were first manufactured. You have to take that into account that the source video could be low quality. As well, an old VCR is not going to produce quality video output like we are used to at the present age.I used my Dell Precision Workstation laptop. With windows 10 professional versions. My laptop workstation has a high end dedicated video card and a lot of video memory as well as system memory. It has a fast i7 Intel processor as well. It’s a machine that is almost designed for this kind of data volumes and speeds. Let’s be honest, if you are using a PC that’s any older than 5 to 7 years old that is fir casual use or surfing the web you are definitely at a disadvantage when it comes to converting video so please keep that in mind, if you don’t have a very powerful PC or laptop or Mac, perhaps borrow someone’s Computer that does and when finished converting transfer all of your new converted files onto a quality USB flash drive or Mobile SSD drive This has been probably one of the most satisfying purchases I have made in a while, I had to borrow a super eight camcorder to play back super 8 tape video that I haven’t seen in 30 years! I am presently converting all this video and putting it onto my computer and making a copy to put on a flash drive to put in my lockbox. This is a wonderful tool. Once you figure out all the variables that apply to you and your equipment and your situation and what you want to do with the video, you will not be disappointed. Please try to be patient while figuring all the variables out. You will not be disappointed in the end. If anyone has any questions as to how I broke the learning curve on this, I’m more than happy to answer. All in all I highly recommend this product I fully admit I am biased towards it because it has been a vehicle to save a lifetime of memories.

I had over thirty VHS tapes I wanted to save in digital format but the best price I could find for someone else to convert them was about $14 each. I saw this on Amazon and decided to give it a try. It was super easy to set up, less than a minute to connect and maybe a couple of minutes to go through set up. The instructions for “Easy” mode are simple and straightforward and that’s what I used to capture my VHS tapes. The capture was in mpeg format and so I, using this program, converted each one to another format as well, just in case I needed the videos in a different format later. I thought it would be simpler to go ahead and complete the conversions right after I captured each video because conversion does take time and that way I wouldn’t have to worry about it later. The time spent on each VHS tape was the length of the VHS for capture plus or minus 30 minutes conversion time per video, depending on the length of the video. I captured and converted all my VHS tapes in one to two weeks. My friend wants to borrow it now to capture hers!This device also has a more sophisticated capture mode that will allow you to edit your tapes, add transitions, etc. I didn’t use that mode because I didn’t need it, but that looks like something I might use in the future and am glad to have the feature.This device has worked great for me. It was easy to set up and use, I’m happy to have preserved all my VHS tapes, and pleased at the overall price I paid to get the job done!

Hooking up the hardware is easy but the software & required computer settings aren’t 100% intuitive. Fortunately the website has a very helpful FAQ / troubleshooting section and a full users manual for download. I was saving old VHS videos to my computer within 45 minutes of opening the package. Like other reviewers I wish it were possible to save directly to an mp4 video file and the “Quick Start” manual included with the package isn’t the greatest, thus the single-star deduction. The video quality is adequate for viewing on a computer and I’m very happy that all my important family videos will soon be safe as digital files.

I’ve got good use out of this for converting old laserdiscs.

If you're looking at this item you, like me, realize the limited options for software/hardware to accomplish the task of converting old video/audio media to a digital format. Honestly, I couldn't find a perfect option, all of the offerings have pros and cons. After converting a couple dozen Hi8 Tapes the short skinny on this item is that it accomplishes the task, but with limited options.PROS - easy to use and install on PC/MACEasy to connect the analog source to the computerDoes a decent job with both video and audioCONS - Record time limited to three hoursLimited output options= 4:3 or 16:9; MP4 (I have the PC version. I understand the PC/Mac version also outputs to mov)Conversion is a two step process...download, then convert to either low-medium or high quality option (the file size for the high option for a 30 minute video is around 1.2-1.5 gb)Conversion to MP4 format after download is anywhere from 15-30 minutes. I had a three hour tape that was three hours to download and another 53 minutes to convert to MP4. I'm sure the computer you are using affects the conversion time to some extent.As with all of the available software/hardware options, transfer can be tedious since it is "real time recording". You can set the record time and let it just walk away until it is finished.RECOMMENDATION - If you do purchase this item order a decent S-Video cable and RCA Cable to connect the output device to the computer hookup. The supplied cable are useless and resulted in many frustrating hours of failed audio/video feed from the camera to the PC. Replacing the cables supplied with the unit corrected this issue.