Pinnacle Systems 210100316 Dazzle DVC 80 USB Video Capture Device

by Pinnacle Systems

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000C4DW1
• Item model number: 210100316
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #74 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Components > Video Capture Cards
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 14, 2003

Product Description

Pinnacle's Dazzle Digital Video Creator DVC 80 is the ultimate USB 2.0 - 1.1 video connector that lets you capture video & stereo (left & right) audio from a camcorder, TV, or VCR directly to your PC. Requires - Pentium II 300MHz or higher computer with 64MB of RAM and Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP installed

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid it, November 18, 2004

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William P. Lamonaca (Montclair, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pinnacle Systems 210100316 Dazzle DVC 80 USB Video Capture Device (Personal Computers)

I brought this home and had it up and running pretty quickly. I didn't experience problems transferring video from a VCR to my computer.

So why one star?

Well, I feel the box and their ads are misleading. The DVC 80 can only capture video in AVI format, with dimensions of 360 x 240, about half the size of of a TV screen. There is no mention of this anywhere in the minimal documentation that comes with the item. I thought I was doing something wrong, and tried to get in touch with customer service, but the wait on the phone was too long. I finally got an email to them, and their only response was that if I wanted MPEG-2, or a resolution of 720 x 480, I should have bought the DVC 150. It would have been nice to know that before I put out my money.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Disapointed, April 15, 2005

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A. Freedman (Bethesda, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pinnacle Systems 210100316 Dazzle DVC 80 USB Video Capture Device (Personal Computers)

I bought this to convert family VHS tapes to DVD format. The problem is that it limits the capture to a very small screen size (I am not a techie) that is roughly 1/4 of my 17 inch monitor screen. When I burned my first DVD and put it on my home system the picture was really rough - poor resolution. My main complaint is there is no mention of this on the box so I got burned for $70. It was a complete waste of money for my purposes!

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Total Garbage, March 21, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Pinnacle Systems 210100316 Dazzle DVC 80 USB Video Capture Device (Personal Computers)

I owned a dazzle product a few years back, and even then it was buggy. I wanted to get a new video capture device to do some editing at home. The one I had wanted was not available at Compusa so I picked up the Dazzle80 which was in the same price range. It never even occurred to me that the stated video quality would be so much poorer than other available products, and I didn't realize this until after I had it installed. Installation was no easy task either. It took me about an hour of fiddling with drivers and looking for files it wanted in order to be happy. The Pinnacle software that comes with it is really pretty decent, probably the only worthwhile part of the purchase. The video quality is total garbage though, it looks horrible. This thing was $70+ dollars too. Certainly not worth that when other products with much better resolution exist in the same price range. I just picked up an Xpert DVD Maker from ebay for about $30 with shipping and guess what, the quality is miles better. Dazzle, you've burned me on two purchases in a row. I can assure you, I will never purchase another Dazzle product again, and I wouldn't recommend ANYONE else to buy one of their products as well.