Datavideo DAC-100 Bi-Directional DV to S(Y/C) Composite Video Converter

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00009XV2L
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

Product Description
PC, PowerMac and iMac platform video editors now have a simple, competent solution for transferring video and audio back and forth between analog tape and DV.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Use but transfers are darker than original, July 15, 2007

By	Brett A. Christoffersen "ValueInvestorWannaBe" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a very easy to use device. I use it on my Mac with iMovie and iMovie recognizes it as if it were
a digital camcorder (via FireWire port). Its video and audio transfer is solid, but after transferring many
hours of VHS, I can say it consistently digitizes the video *darker* than the original. In some cases this
causes an area that was somewhat dimly lit in the original to become just plain black. This can be a problem
for indoor home-movie style video. If I were to improve this product I'd add adjustments for brightness
and contrast as small dials/knobs. I see there is now a DAC-200 so perhaps this new version solves this
problem?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to use, January 9, 2007

By	Eagle Dr (Baton Rouge, Louisiana United States) - See all my reviews

I pressume that the DAC-100 has been discontinued because I ordered one and I received the DAC-200. It looks the same and performs like the DAC-100. It was very easy to install, I would say intuitive. The inructions are clear and simple, and the performance is excellent. I have used it to convert some of my old VHS tapes to DVD's with excellent results. I also used to capture scenes from DVD's to mix with my own video footage. I both cases the DAC-200 performed flawlessly. If you are into video and video editing this is a tool to have, easy to install and easy to use.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Are you ready to work?, June 21, 2007

By	Jason Boese - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

That was a question I found myself asking this quite a few times. For some odd reason, it wanted to switch from analog video to digital video, even though I never told it to. I'm sure there was some explanation, but I lost the instructions, and had to wing it. When it actually did work, it was very efficient, and I was happy with it. It's very useful for someone who doesn't have a digital camera, such as myself, but I'd like it more if it stayed on the setting I told it to stay on.