ADVC110 A/d Converter

by Canopus

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.5 x 4 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000GJVE8M
• Item model number: 770-10150-105
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,817 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Hardware, Advc 110 A/D Converter

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Use, March 10, 2008

By 

Tom Russel "Tom" (Iowa United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ADVC110 A/d Converter (Electronics)

Connected it to the firewire input on my iMac OS X 10.5.2 and read in several VHS tapes into iMovie HD. It was easy to connect to my VHS tape player and showed up in iMove HD. The home movies came out better than the original tape. The iLife program iDVD burned it to a disk that I could play on my DVD player.
The monitor output on the Canopus ADVC110 made it easy to watch on my TV as I was loading it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works better than all those less expensive gadgets, September 1, 2009

By 

Ronald Epstein "Ronald Epstein" (NJ) - See all my reviews
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Been wanting to move my library of VHS tapes over to DVD for a long time. The problem was, I couldn't find the proper means of doing the task.
I read many reviews for software products as well as hardware gadgets from the likes of Pinnacle and Elgato but none of these were rated well for
being able to preserve the original quality of the VHS when transferring to media meant to be shown on a large screen TV.

It was by accident that I came across a recommendation for the ADVC-110. Though it was a rather expensive purchase, I felt that the reviews for
it were strong enough to take a chance on buying it.

I kid you not when I say that the day the ADVC-110 arrived I had it up and running within minutes after taking it out of the box without
even reading the instructions.

I simply connected the ADVC-110 to my VHS player using S-VIDEO (for Video) and RCA outputs for the sound to the identical inputs on the rear
of the unit. I then plugged the ADVC-110 via Firewire 400 into my Mac Pro.

Amazingly, iMovie instantly recognized the input. All I had to do was press record on iMovie and PLAY on my VHS player and the transfer
began automatically.

A few notes....

* On iMovie '09 I was not able to hear audio on my computer during the transfer process. I was only able to see that it was transferring the video.
Rest assured the audio is being recorded as well. I switched to the older iMovie '07 (which I recommend and can be still found as a free download
on the net) and I was able to hear the audio during its transfer.

* Be sure to select the lit switch on the front of the ADVC-110 to ANALOG for transfers using VHS or another analog source.


Though the ADVC-110 is not capable of providing quality better than the original source, I was pleasantly pleased that there seemed to be no
degradation in quality from the original VHS to the final product I viewed on my 65" display.

While $200 is quite a sum of money for many considering transferring their VHS tapes to DVD, I don't think you can do much better without this product.
You certainly can't by spending less on cable gadgets that are designed more for transferring to an iPod than DVD media.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, February 11, 2009

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S. Martin (Hollywood, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ADVC110 A/d Converter (Electronics)

I got my digital converter a couple weeks ago and have been on FIRE converting my old VHS tapes to DVD through imovie on my mac. It does everything it says it does, and it is totally worth shelling out the big bucks. I don't typically write reviews, but I love this little thing.