Comments on: Dazzle DVD Recorder Review http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/ Product Reviews and Buying Guides Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:30:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Lorraine http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-8017 Lorraine Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:12:15 +0000 http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-8017 How I wished I had read some of the comments not to buy the Dazzle before doing so. I cannot get it to work and have even taken it back to the store for further instructions. Also, most of the prices on the Internet are quite low, especially in comparison to the price I paid - $74.95 CAD at Future Shop. Now it's too late to return because I've had it for two months. Lorraine How I wished I had read some of the comments not to buy the Dazzle before doing so. I cannot get it to work and have even taken it back to the store for further instructions. Also, most of the prices on the Internet are quite low, especially in comparison to the price I paid - $74.95 CAD at Future Shop. Now it’s too late to return because I’ve had it for two months.

Lorraine

]]> By: Moving House http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-5922 Moving House Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:48:52 +0000 http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-5922 Wow people don't like the Dazzle DVD Recorder do they! I have tried several brands of this type of product and I dont its necessarily the products fault- there are just so many things that can go wrong in the process - converting formats from tape to DVD is far from simple technically Wow people don’t like the Dazzle DVD Recorder do they! I have tried several brands of this type of product and I dont its necessarily the products fault- there are just so many things that can go wrong in the process - converting formats from tape to DVD is far from simple technically

]]> By: SAM http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-5536 SAM Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:07:22 +0000 http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-5536 I spent hours to convert Hi8 video tapes to DVD but failed every time. It is a waste of time. You fix one time Codec, then use Windows DVD maker, which does not support VOB files. Then purchase AVI convertor to convert VOB files to AVI, then convert AVI to home theater file. It is really painfull. After all these, I got a DVD with video but no sound. The software which comes with Dazzle burns DVD directly but quality is so poor and it shows a video is blurry snapshots, frequently stopping for minutes. Horrible! My wife is angry with for wasting so much time. Don't buy this product! SAM I spent hours to convert Hi8 video tapes to DVD but failed every time. It is a waste of time. You fix one time Codec, then use Windows DVD maker, which does not support VOB files. Then purchase AVI convertor to convert VOB files to AVI, then convert AVI to home theater file. It is really painfull. After all these, I got a DVD with video but no sound. The software which comes with Dazzle burns DVD directly but quality is so poor and it shows a video is blurry snapshots, frequently stopping for minutes. Horrible! My wife is angry with for wasting so much time.
Don’t buy this product!
SAM

]]> By: terry chambers http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-5529 terry chambers Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:05:24 +0000 http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-5529 Pinnacle's Studio is an erratic bunch of crap -- I've wasted many hours and many DVDs with its "Instant" DVD Recorder. Please don't buy it Pinnacle’s Studio is an erratic bunch of crap — I’ve wasted many hours and many DVDs with its “Instant” DVD Recorder. Please don’t buy it

]]> By: Rob http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-5464 Rob Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:37:50 +0000 http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-5464 Any suggestions as to what other software or hardware to purchase in order to convert Hi8 vhs tape to DVD? Thanks. Rob Any suggestions as to what other software or hardware to purchase in order to convert Hi8 vhs tape to DVD?

Thanks.

Rob

]]> By: Derek http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-5448 Derek Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:46:56 +0000 http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-5448 Everything Michelle said is true. I'm a computer science major and I surely know things about computers. All I wanted to do was convert my families VHS tapes to DVD for Christmas as a present. I tried getting this thing to work properly for weeks...and eventually tossing out the idea of the gift this Christmas. Fact is, you get one problem...fix it...and then there's another. My ending result was that the audio didnt fit the video. I went to their support...even the live chat...and they couldn't even help me. All they did was ask me questions off the FAQ page. I bought different blank DVDs seeing if that was the problem. Tried different DVD-burners...different speeds...different RCA cables...different VCRs...different USB ports and NOTHING worked. I'm just going to break down and get one of those VHS/DVD recorders...I wish I done this in the first place. DONT BUY THIS PRODUCT! Everything Michelle said is true. I’m a computer science major and I surely know things about computers. All I wanted to do was convert my families VHS tapes to DVD for Christmas as a present. I tried getting this thing to work properly for weeks…and eventually tossing out the idea of the gift this Christmas.

Fact is, you get one problem…fix it…and then there’s another. My ending result was that the audio didnt fit the video. I went to their support…even the live chat…and they couldn’t even help me. All they did was ask me questions off the FAQ page. I bought different blank DVDs seeing if that was the problem. Tried different DVD-burners…different speeds…different RCA cables…different VCRs…different USB ports and NOTHING worked.

I’m just going to break down and get one of those VHS/DVD recorders…I wish I done this in the first place.

DONT BUY THIS PRODUCT!

]]> By: Dan http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-5283 Dan Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:13:31 +0000 http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-5283 Michelle, Your agony won't be in vain! I'm taking back my Dazzle DVD recorder(as yet unopened) and buying a VHS/DVD recorder. All I want to do is make DVDs of my 1980s tapes of the kids. I want it simple, and I want it to work - thanks for your comments. Michelle, Your agony won’t be in vain! I’m taking back my Dazzle DVD recorder(as yet unopened) and buying a VHS/DVD recorder. All I want to do is make DVDs of my 1980s tapes of the kids. I want it simple, and I want it to work - thanks for your comments.

]]> By: HD Movie Trailers http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-5050 HD Movie Trailers Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:55:16 +0000 http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-5050 That's how technology usually works nowadays. If setting up the hardware doesn't get you, activating the software will. I suppose it's better than having a difficult time putting the hardware together only to find that the software is incompatible... I tried hooking up my computer to my new inch LCD TV as I noticed it had the necessary ports on the side panel. After spending a good half hour unhooking the wiring on my tower and plugging it into the TV, it told me that my version of windows was not compatible with the screen I had hooked it up to. :P That’s how technology usually works nowadays. If setting up the hardware doesn’t get you, activating the software will.

I suppose it’s better than having a difficult time putting the hardware together only to find that the software is incompatible…

I tried hooking up my computer to my new inch LCD TV as I noticed it had the necessary ports on the side panel. After spending a good half hour unhooking the wiring on my tower and plugging it into the TV, it told me that my version of windows was not compatible with the screen I had hooked it up to. :P

]]> By: Michelle http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-4550 Michelle Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:16:23 +0000 http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-4550 My husband and I are IT, Web Development people.... so this is to say we know a bit about computers... This is by FAR the absolute worst piece of hardware I have ever used.... EVER!!! My husband and I both agree this is the most worthless product we have ever purchased! I can't even believe they can sell this to people!! We took it back once and got a new one, thinking it was just a product defect. But, no. This thing just simply sucks! Please, please don't waste your time with this product!!!! I want the 7 hours of my life back that I spent reading FAQ's on this thing and talking to Dazzle tech support... which also sucks. And they have no manual for this product. What? This product is anything but simple. We both have nearly brand new computers, one w/ XP and one w/ Vista... one a notebook and one a desktop... neither of which we could get to work w/ the Dazzle! We ended up buying a dual VHS/DVD player and now THAT is simple! We ended up using the desktop itself and just plugging it in and using particular software that comes with Vista to record cassette tapes. So, Dazzle did absolutely nothing... and now we have a VHS/DVD recorder that we can record TV with!! :) I hope this helps somebody out there... then my agony won't be in vain. My husband and I are IT, Web Development people…. so this is to say we know a bit about computers… This is by FAR the absolute worst piece of hardware I have ever used…. EVER!!! My husband and I both agree this is the most worthless product we have ever purchased! I can’t even believe they can sell this to people!! We took it back once and got a new one, thinking it was just a product defect. But, no. This thing just simply sucks! Please, please don’t waste your time with this product!!!! I want the 7 hours of my life back that I spent reading FAQ’s on this thing and talking to Dazzle tech support… which also sucks. And they have no manual for this product. What? This product is anything but simple. We both have nearly brand new computers, one w/ XP and one w/ Vista… one a notebook and one a desktop… neither of which we could get to work w/ the Dazzle! We ended up buying a dual VHS/DVD player and now THAT is simple! We ended up using the desktop itself and just plugging it in and using particular software that comes with Vista to record cassette tapes. So, Dazzle did absolutely nothing… and now we have a VHS/DVD recorder that we can record TV with!! :) I hope this helps somebody out there… then my agony won’t be in vain.

]]> By: Cheap Bike Trailers Online http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-4526 Cheap Bike Trailers Online Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:55:21 +0000 http://optempo.com/2008/08/15/dazzle-dvd-recorder-review/#comment-4526 It is disappointing that you will need to buy extra cables for the video connection since they aren’t included in the box. I have also heard of TV convertor boxes being sold without the required cables. What's up with that? It is disappointing that you will need to buy extra cables for the video connection since they aren’t included in the box. I have also heard of TV convertor boxes being sold without the required cables. What’s up with that?

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