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VHS tape playback
RCA and USB outputs
NTSC Version
Auto tracking and tape playback
LED-backlit buttons

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Product Dimensions: 16.2 x 14.6 x 6.4 inches ; 12 pounds
Shipping Weight: 11 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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ASIN: B0017PJ5FI
Item model number: ION VCR2PC

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)

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Date first available at Amazon.com: December 19, 2005

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ION Audio continues to innovate with the all-new VCR 2 PC, which lets users rediscover their home movies and watch them anywhere. VCR 2 PC's transfer technology saves home movies, family videos, and personal tapes directly to a PC. Imagine never having to dig for tapes again or worry if they will work.

Once you save your precious memories to your computer, they will be saved forever in pristine digital format. Included EZ VHS Converter software can even export your video in MPEG4 format for compatibility with select mobile phones and portable multimedia devices!

Connect a VHS, VHS-C, or 8MM camcorder to the front panel jacks to backup your camcorder videos. When you're finished archiving your videos to your computer, VCR 2 PC is the perfect VHS player for any room in the house.

Included software lets you burn your home movies to DVD, watch on your PSP, iPod or laptop computer. Player Features RCA audio/video inputs to archive from external sources like video cameras Composite video output and audio line output Auto tracking, variable speed slow-motion, playback, and rewind Soft-touch backlit buttons PAL version features SCART output Software

VCR 2 PC FEATURES:

Connects to Windows XP and Vista machines via USB 2.0 port
Capture video at resolutions up to 720 x 480 (NTSC) or 720 x 576 (PAL)
Sends video uncompressed over the USB cable
Burn Video to DVD Export video to iPod or PSP® format
Plug and play USB computer connection Standard RCA and composite outputs for connection to any TV or home theater system
Standard RCA inputs for connecting video cameras
Auto-tracking, variable speed slow motion, playback, and rewind
Soft-touch, backlit buttons

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5.0 out of 5 stars Love this product!, January 8, 2009

By	Kim (OK USA) - See all my reviews

I purchased this unit after trying various other methods of getting my old family VHS tapes onto my computer to make DVD's. I was not happy with anything I had tried so this was my last resort. Truthfully, I hated to spend the $ on another VCR. I read the reviews on this product after I purchased it and immediately second-guessed my reasons for purchasing. I planned to return it due to the dismal reviews but it ended up sitting in the box for a month. Finally I decided I might as well try it. I'm so glad I did!

This product is easy to use out of the box. Plug it into the wall, plug the USB into the computer, install the software, put in a tape and press record. I like that you can leave it recording and go do something else. I found the software installation very quick and easy. The documentation with the unit is not very detailed but it is a very simple program to figure out. I like that you can edit the video within the program before burning to DVD. I like that it saves the files onto computer in JPEG files so I can further edit and play with them in MovieMaker or another program. This unit/program can not be faulted for poor quality from old VHS tapes. I feel that some reviewers blame this unit for that. I have not yet tried this with my vhs-c tapes and adapter. If any problems are encountered I will report.

The software burns DVD's very nicely, has a menu format and different choices of menu designs. It also will print DVD jewel case inserts to match. Someone's review also seemed to blame this unit for their machine not having enough memory for video. It's fairly common knowledge that video eats up memory. Each of my 2 hr. vhs tapes is hogging up to 4 GB's on my harddrive. My solution was to purchase a portable external hard drive that I will put all family video on and that takes care of that!

I've had no problems with dropped frames but do occasionally have some problems with tracking that I feel are not the fault of this machine but due to the fact that most of my tapes are a quarter of a century old! The only fault I can find so far with this unit is that the tracking buttons don't make much difference in quality when I do have a problem. During these times, I take the tape and put in another VCR in my house and tweak it as much as I can. I expect to lose some video after all this time in storage and so far, out of 15 tapes, I'd say I've only had to edit out about 15 minutes due to tracking problems.

This unit, in my opinion, has already paid for itself. The cost of someone else converting these was expensive. I am very happy with this product; it's doing exactly what I needed it to do!

Update: All vhs tapes copied fine to pc. I then moved onto vhs-c and mini-dv tapes. I did not use the adapters and instead used the cables that came with each camera. I used the video cameras as the vcr to play the tapes and then ran them through the Ion VCR 2 PC. (The video and audio cables plug easily into the front of the unit) Set the tape/other switch to other and you're good to go. Everything went off without a hitch. I am very happy with this machine and the software. The instructional manual can be accessed while running the program by pressing the F1 key on your keyboard. This is very helpful with the software.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Beware the lack of software!, May 21, 2008

By	Joseph Vincenza (Pensacola, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I had been shopping around quite a bit for a way to transfer dozens of cherished VHS tapes to DVD. I found this product, and thought it would be a simple easy solution. Yikes! Was I wrong, big time. To begin, the installation was a gigantic pain. After consulting Ion tech support, and installing and uninstalling the software a couple of dozen times, I finally got my PC to talk to the box. OK, now we can get going! So, I loaded in some video, worked well. Then the big surprise... I wanted to edit my video using the Muvee Producer software, which the description says (twice!) is included in the package. SURPRISE!!! Muvee Producer is NOT INCLUDED with this purchase. I called up Ion to ask about this. The response was that Amazon and other dealers had the product description wrong, this software was not supported, and it didn't come with the unit.

This VCR2PC device came with the most basic of editing programs, and it did basically nothing. So, after fighting the unit for a week, finally getting it installed, I discovered no editing software was included. I shopped it back yesterday. Beware!!!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Stay Away From This One, August 26, 2008

By	Greenlite350 (Western PA) - See all my reviews

I bought this unit with high expectations. What a disappointment! First, the unit requires at least a 4 GHz machine to work at all - which is not stated anywhere online or in the literature. Next, the sound quality was terrible - clicks and pops everywhere - even when the tape wasn't playing. Even with a fast computer it dropped frames and really didn't have the kind of quality I expected in the finished product. Also the picture had snow (even with a movie tape that plays flawlessly on my VCR and plasma TV). The software is slow and hogs your machine, and editing is pretty much a joke. I returned the unit and will wait until something else that works comes along.

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4.0 out of 5 stars like but don't like
works on my laptop but will not work on our PC's, but on the laptop it is a breeze to operate and good quality, just do not understand why I can't get it to work on PC's

Published 2 months ago by J. Diane

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Pleased with the ION
I was a little hesitant about buying this product after reading some of the previous reviews however, the thought of paying retail dollars to someone to do this work for me --... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great way to Preserve Your tapes
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