Video-2-PC DIY Video Capture Kit. For Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista & XP. Links your VCR or Camcorder to the USB port on your PC. Copy, Convert, Transfer: VHS, Video-8, VHS-C, Hi8, Digital8, & MiniDV video tapes to digital format H.264, MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 & uncompressed AVI files & burn to DVD. Tested with Windows 10, 8.1 & Windows 7 32 & 64 bit, Vista & XP. 14 day refund offer if not completely

This review was edited from my first 2019 one on Jan 24 2021. This version reflects close to 2 years of good useI recently purchased this kit on Amazon and can give it my very best recommendation. I chose it due to reviews on Amazon and was duely rewarded! Once installed and when a few little irritating problems are solved (see below) it works like a breeze. Note already here! If you run into problems, both the installation guide and the Email Help System will assist you! I know because I tried it out!I have 200+ VHS video tapes in my library, many of which I would like to save to digital format, so my interest in owning a kit was very high. Quality VCR recorders are becoming increasingly rare to get and I wanted to use my superb deck to safegurd my valuable tapes.For those that have many videos and want them digitized, I emphatically recommend this VIDEO 2 PC solution over a commercial service. It would be both costly and in many ways more inconvenient. I tried this for a few tapes, and it works fine in a way. But with a full length VHS tape they normally have to "divide" the contents into two separate DVDs and they often cut in the middle of something. If instead you ask them to convert all to a single PC file, it can become so large that some Windows applications refuse to handle them. I also found that in some cases, there was "noise" in the resulting file which probably could have been avoided had you done the job yourself.The installation of the hardware and software proceeded without a hitch on a Win10 laptop. The first little problem arose when I wanted to capture a video. The capture driver did appear briefly in the Showbiz video program menu (and when looking in WIN Control Panel), but it could not be selected. I looked at the "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQ) sheet that comes with the package and thought the problem might be Windows needing permission to use cameras and microphones. Not so, this was already enabled. I battled on for some time and finally tried to disable my AVAST virus software temporarily. The FAQ says this normally is not needed. For me it was. Somewhere in the process AVAST came up asking me if I wished to allow Video 2-PC and Showbiz to do their jobs. I said "Yes to all", and then all worked! This means I can use the package with the Virus software engaged.Another irritating problem was that sometimes during capture the process stopped with a "Copy Protected video" message. Haha  Also this the company have foreseen. You need to edit the "Capture.ini" file and insert an extra command line. This was clearly explained in the FAQ sheet and it took my only 5-10 min to do this. Just follow the procedure in every detail, and Bob's your Uncle! You do not even need a Win restart.Following that, all worked without problems. The software is easy to use and produces videos that are as good as when the VHS tape is played on a good recorder. I am confident no commercial service can do better and I have worked professionally as a biologists with editing videos both on VCR systems and computers for many years.I NEED TO ADD that early in the installation process, when meeting the first problem, I e-mailed the producers using their Help Email System (this was few minutes was before I solved the "virus protection problem" on my own). I received a kind and helpful reply already the next morning although this was during a week-end! So, should you encounter problems, rest assured that this company will indeed provide quick and useful assistance. Do not be scared away by the little problems I list above. Capturing analogue videos to PC is never a very simple task as you are trying to connect two very different worlds! It was a lither bothersome, but it all worked out nicely and the result is a marvellous solution. Had I waited until the Help Email arrived, I might even have saved myself some trouble.The SHOWBIZ capture and editing software is not the most advanced you can find, but it suffices. If you want more powerful software, just capture your videos to file. Load them into another software and play around with that.Let me add here (in this edited version of my first review) that I have now usde the equipment for close to two years with success. I can RECOMMEND that you use a nother Video capture and Editing Software than than what comes with the package. There are many very good ones on the market and in fact some good ones for free. I use POWERDIRECTOR which is very powerful and the software will recognize the grabber hardware as it should. So no problems there. But for those that want an "easy go", just use the included SHOWBIZ.One final note: Here in denmark many people subscribe to a TV supply over the net or the telephone system. You get a BOX that includes a hatrddisk and thus you are free to "record and save" the programs you have available. But, Alas, due to copyright those files are "locked" in the box and cannot be copied. Only output to the TV. But then! The Box has both HDMI and SCART output. Hahaha! So I am sometimes for serials etc that cannot easily be purchased commercially just output them over SCART form the BOX and into the Video-2-PC grabber and hence to the pC. It works like a breeze and by at the same time inputting the signal from the "box" to the TV I can on the TV screen monitor what is also shown on the little grabber window on the PC. Sure! I do this round a bout, because by this I first make something digital into analog and then balc again. So I use it only when absolutely needed, but it is a nice feature to have for me.I emphatically recommend this cheap but Powerful system to anybody with a real need to digitize VHS videos into high quality files or DVDs. Be prepared to use a little time with installation, that is all.Jens Hoeg, Denmark

I would have given this 5 stars but I couldn't get the supplied software - ArcSoft Showbiz - to run on either of my two Windows 7 64 bit machines. That won't be a problem in most cases because ArcSoft and the vendor tell me it runs perfectly and maybe its just the set up on my pcs. You also get a copy of Videodub which is a much more powerful capture and edit program so that's okay.The hardware itself is excellent. You get a SCART output plug which has the yellow red and white sockets and a long lead that connects the usb grabber to the vhs. The grabber itself has a lead that terminates in a usb plug rather than plugging direct into the usb port. That is much better than a unit that plugs straight in as the weight of the lead on other units I've had puts a strain on the unit and the port and sometimes the units needed a wiggle to make proper contact. No problem at all with this piece of kit.I bought this to use with MoviePlus from serif and it runs perfectly. No reason to think it won't run with any other well known video editing package although the vendors won't promise that (which is fair enough as they have no idea what ytou are running and how well its installed). So I didn't need ArcSoft or videodub anyway.Instructions you get are clear and well written and backed up by video tutorials on the supplied cd. When I couldn't get Showbiz to run, an email to the vendor was answered promptly although we still couldn't get it to run. Tim - the vendor - didn't hesitate to offer me the cash back but as the unit is working perfectly with MoviePlus - and other units I had didn't - I think you can buy with confidence that any problems you have will be swiftly resolved. It will probably run perfectly for you straight out of the box. The quality of the vhs to dvd transfer I've just done is amazing for an old vhs tape.If you're looking for a way of transferring old vhs tapes to dvd I think this would be a sound investment. I've had two other units. The first was only compatible with Windows XP and was retired gracefully. The second worked - just - with Windows 7 and then died. This unit is by far and away much better made and far higher in quality.I'm now feeling a bit mean that I didn't give it five stars but it did take a bit of playing around before I ditched the ArcSoft showbiz and tried the main editing program I have - MoviePlus. If you have a program for video editing already, suggest you just install the drivers and try your main program immediately although if you do need support with the supplied programs there is a lot of it i the documentation, in the video tutorials and icredibly quickly by email.Thoroughly recommended.

Tried another brand previously which was very hit and miss. This one came with all the necessary kit and a great tutorial. I have only transferred small amounts of VHS footage to MP4 so far and I am still experimenting. Pleased with the results and the quick response I received to an email I sent to Tim.