ADS DVD Xpress + TV

by ADS Tech

Product Features

• ADS USBAV-706-EFG DVD Xpress + TV

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000FSDP8G
• Item model number: USBAV-706-EFG
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 16, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,528 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Ads Technologies DVD Xpress + TV featuring Instant TV Deluxe
DVD Xpress+TV brings together the powerful hardwareMPEG-2 encoding of DVD Xpress & Instant TV to record your precious moments and Live TV to DVD. DVD Xpress+TV capitalizes on the proven branding of the DVD Xpress line of easy analog video to DVD conversion solutions while tying in TV tuning and DVR functions like the pause, recording and/or rewinding of live TV.
DVD Xpress + TV featuring InstantTV Deluxe and Orb Take the Home Out of Home Entertainment. Orb gives you secure access to the digital media on your home PC through a simple web interface. Just install Instant TV Deluxe with Orb software on your PC , then access your media anywhere. Use your cell phone, PDA or laptop to watch liveor recorded TV, or to remotely program it to record your favorite show. You can also access all your photos video and music.
Features:
* USB 2.0 connection to the PC
* Capture audio and video via the PCI port with "Audio-Lock" technology for perfect lip synch
* Supports MPEG 1 Layer 2 Audio
* Use Arcsoft Showbiz software to capture, edit, and burn in one simple step.
* Features a9 bit video digitizer with 2x oversampling and 4 line comb filter
System Requirements:
Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or higher/AMD Athlon or Duron
Microsoft Windows XP
128MB of RAM; 500 MB of available hard drive space for program installation
4 GB+ hard drive space for video capturingand editing
CD-ROM; CD-R/RW drive for VCD or SVCD disc creation
DVD+R or DVD-R drive for DVD disc creation
Available USB Port (USB 2.0 speeds with Windows XP using Microsoft 2.0 drivers)
Sound card

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not too bad for the price, but I'm not happy with it., January 24, 2007

By 

DigitalMan - See all my reviews

This review is from: ADS DVD Xpress + TV (CD-ROM)

I've had this unit for a couple weeks and although it's not too bad for the price, I wished I'd spent a little more and got at least the next model up. I bought this for one simple task - converting VHS tapes to digital format and also burn them to DVD, with scenes.

I did *not* use the TV portion of it at all. I just wanted the ability to capture VHS tapes, and this was cheap and just happened to come with the ability to capture TV/cable. From what I could see, the TV capture software seemed like it would be good - it will allow you to look up the scheduling of your cable TV provider and schedule your show recordings.

But my review is based on just capturing tapes through the RCA jacks on the back and then to PC through USB cable.

Setting it up was easy for me, and should be easy for just about everyone with intermediate computer skills. The documentation for the process is OK but could be better - wasn't a problem for me, but could be a little sketchy for a novice user.

PROS:
- Fairly easy / quick installation on PC
- Easy to connect to external device, like a VCR or CamCorder
- Definitely captures video right to your PC through USB port

CONS:

- CapWiz software seems a bit buggy, and you can't use most other (better) third-party captrure software with it.

- CapWiz software is not very intuitive if you plan on marking your movie into "scenes" or "chapters", and you can easily lose your progress if you're not careful

- Biggest disappointment for me was that out of nowhere it suddenly stopped being recognized by my PC. Unfortunately the fix is not as simple as just popping the install CD into your PC. No, I had to completely un-install the software/drivers from my system and then re-install everything from scratch to get it to recognize the device again.

Overall I think this is a decent *cheap* solution for someone who just wants to capture straight video and not do much else with it. For the most part it works, but the software is of questionable quality, as is the video quality even on the best setting.

Still, I would purchase another product from ADS. I have several friends who've been using the ADS capture products for a long time and have been very happy with them.

I would recommend spending a bit more money and getting the next higher model or even one higher model than that.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This product works...., May 14, 2007

By 

Helen T. Raitter - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ADS DVD Xpress + TV (CD-ROM)

But is absolutely not compatable with Vista, contrary to what it says. Also while you can use it on a USB 1 port it skips quite a bit. The enclosed software works fine and is fairly easy to use. Overall a great product for any version except Vista