Sorry to say, but this Roxio product is a relative cripple compared to the range of cool stuff available from Elgato. In fact, for sheer flexibility, the Elgato EyeTV Hybrid will let you record those old VHS tapes to your hard drive and convert to other file formats like the Roxio, BUT ALSO allow you to use your desktop or portable Mac as a TV and DVR. Hook it up to your cable and it'll handle analog and unencrypted regular digital and HD channels up to 1080i. Like the Roxio, it will convert your recording to numerous output formats - DVD, iPod, etc. The software comes with complete program guide software that downloads automatically for your area. High def capability with this unit requires a Mac with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
Okay, it's $149.95, but until June 30 they're running a special that includes this tuner and also throws in a Turbo.264. The Turbo.264 is a separate stick device that does all the video conversion processing for DVDs, etc. It takes the processing load off the computer and it's required to do video conversions on older Macs with PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5 or Intel Core processors.
If it sounds like I'm a big Elgato EyeTV Hybrid fan - you bet. I have a Comcast cable feeding directly into it (no cable box on this connection) in the Chicago suburbs. It gives me 80 channels analog and unencrypted digital on my MacBook, including unencryoted high def from the local broadcasters. My wife has an Elgato EyeTV 250 Plus hooked into her iMac desktop. The 250 Plus needs AC power, but it does the heavy off-board video processing as well as being offering all the tuner and program guide features as the Hybrid,
I have tried to convert a large collection of Laserdisc to DVD with Elgato in vain. Will this be a glimmering hope? It's kinda embarrassing to say I have LDs but I would appreciate anything that allows me nicely and easily to salvage them.
Any commercially manufactured movies that have a copy block signal encoded on them (be they Laserdiscs, VHS tapes or DVDs) probably will be not work with Roxio, Elgato or any other current hardware. It's no different than if you tried to record them to a DVR. If you look hard enough, no doubt you can lay hands on bootleg software and hardware that can illegally get around this, but Digital Rights Management is still alive and well with respect to commercial video content.
I have tried to convert a large collection of Laserdisc to DVD with Elgato in vain. Will this be a glimmering hope? It's kinda embarrassing to say I have LDs but I would appreciate anything that allows me nicely and easily to salvage them.
Are the same titles now available on DVD? If so, you need:
1) A Netflix account
2) A DVD drive
3) Hard disk space
4) Mac The Ripper
5) A middle finger (either hand will do) to flip to the MPAA.
The same basic setup also works if you have VHS tapes instead.
Anyone that already owns a camcorder can transfer their VHS tapes, or any analog source, to the Mac. The majority of camcorders already accept an analog line input for both audio and video. Connect the camera to your Mac via FireWire and use the camera as a bridge to import the video directly into iMovie, then send to iDVD.
Steep system requirements for importing analog video. Give me a break.
That is a MBP in that picture, isn't it? If so, they did a lot of seemingly pointless Photoshop work on it, taking off the ports, the speaker grille, the hinge.
I can understand removing ports to highlight the one your device uses, but the rest of it seems excessive. Anybody on the forum work in marketing or ads? Is this an extreme example of erasing details, hoping to reduce distractions from your product, or is it pretty middle-of-the-road?
It does seem a little drastic, but it is very logical that they cleaned up all of the ports and such with the intention of focusing your eyes on the simplicity of it just plugging in. With all of the ports and such intact it creates distractions for your eye and creates subtle movements away from the subject increasing the subliminal thought processes going on in your brain.
Anyone that already owns a camcorder can transfer their VHS tapes, or any analog source, to the Mac. The majority of camcorders already accept an analog line input for both audio and video. Connect the camera to your Mac via FireWire and use the camera as a bridge to import the video directly into iMovie, then send to iDVD.
Steep system requirements for importing analog video. Give me a break.
Not all cameras have this feature.
I have an old Sony hi-8 that allows me to import any video, even copyrighted material.
I also have a canon that will block copyrighted material, even some tv show I recorded from tv.
That is a MBP in that picture, isn't it? If so, they did a lot of seemingly pointless Photoshop work on it, taking off the ports, the speaker grille, the hinge.
I can understand removing ports to highlight the one your device uses, but the rest of it seems excessive. Anybody on the forum work in marketing or ads? Is this an extreme example of erasing details, hoping to reduce distractions from your product, or is it pretty middle-of-the-road?
It was actually a completely new render and not Photoshopped ... er ... I mean enhanced using Adobe® Photoshop® software.
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Originally Posted by MotherBrain
It does seem a little drastic, but it is very logical that they cleaned up all of the ports and such with the intention of focusing your eyes on the simplicity of it just plugging in. With all of the ports and such intact it creates distractions for your eye and creates subtle movements away from the subject increasing the subliminal thought processes going on in your brain.
This sounds like the same discussion we had on this graphic. In the end if I recall correctly there was little doubt in anyone's mind that the graphic wasn't of a MB so we decided to keep it simple.
I bought a DVD recorder for £99 from Curry's about three years ago. Connecting it to the VHS was a doddle. Editing them mostly using MPEG Streamclip, one of the best free applications you can download.
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Okay, it's $149.95, but until June 30 they're running a special that includes this tuner and also throws in a Turbo.264. The Turbo.264 is a separate stick device that does all the video conversion processing for DVDs, etc. It takes the processing load off the computer and it's required to do video conversions on older Macs with PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5 or Intel Core processors.
If it sounds like I'm a big Elgato EyeTV Hybrid fan - you bet. I have a Comcast cable feeding directly into it (no cable box on this connection) in the Chicago suburbs. It gives me 80 channels analog and unencrypted digital on my MacBook, including unencryoted high def from the local broadcasters. My wife has an Elgato EyeTV 250 Plus hooked into her iMac desktop. The 250 Plus needs AC power, but it does the heavy off-board video processing as well as being offering all the tuner and program guide features as the Hybrid,
I have tried to convert a large collection of Laserdisc to DVD with Elgato in vain. Will this be a glimmering hope? It's kinda embarrassing to say I have LDs but I would appreciate anything that allows me nicely and easily to salvage them.
Any commercially manufactured movies that have a copy block signal encoded on them (be they Laserdiscs, VHS tapes or DVDs) probably will be not work with Roxio, Elgato or any other current hardware. It's no different than if you tried to record them to a DVR. If you look hard enough, no doubt you can lay hands on bootleg software and hardware that can illegally get around this, but Digital Rights Management is still alive and well with respect to commercial video content.
I have tried to convert a large collection of Laserdisc to DVD with Elgato in vain. Will this be a glimmering hope? It's kinda embarrassing to say I have LDs but I would appreciate anything that allows me nicely and easily to salvage them.
Are the same titles now available on DVD? If so, you need:
1) A Netflix account
2) A DVD drive
3) Hard disk space
4) Mac The Ripper
5) A middle finger (either hand will do) to flip to the MPAA.
The same basic setup also works if you have VHS tapes instead.
What about macrovision copy protection?
Do they circumvent it? Otherwise you'd be very disappointed to discover that none of your VHS movies can be copied over.
It is not intended for making illegal copies of copyrighted material.
Steep system requirements for importing analog video. Give me a break.
That is a MBP in that picture, isn't it? If so, they did a lot of seemingly pointless Photoshop work on it, taking off the ports, the speaker grille, the hinge.
I can understand removing ports to highlight the one your device uses, but the rest of it seems excessive. Anybody on the forum work in marketing or ads? Is this an extreme example of erasing details, hoping to reduce distractions from your product, or is it pretty middle-of-the-road?
It does seem a little drastic, but it is very logical that they cleaned up all of the ports and such with the intention of focusing your eyes on the simplicity of it just plugging in. With all of the ports and such intact it creates distractions for your eye and creates subtle movements away from the subject increasing the subliminal thought processes going on in your brain.
Anyone that already owns a camcorder can transfer their VHS tapes, or any analog source, to the Mac. The majority of camcorders already accept an analog line input for both audio and video. Connect the camera to your Mac via FireWire and use the camera as a bridge to import the video directly into iMovie, then send to iDVD.
Steep system requirements for importing analog video. Give me a break.
Not all cameras have this feature.
I have an old Sony hi-8 that allows me to import any video, even copyrighted material.
I also have a canon that will block copyrighted material, even some tv show I recorded from tv.
Sony cameras are the best.
That is a MBP in that picture, isn't it? If so, they did a lot of seemingly pointless Photoshop work on it, taking off the ports, the speaker grille, the hinge.
I can understand removing ports to highlight the one your device uses, but the rest of it seems excessive. Anybody on the forum work in marketing or ads? Is this an extreme example of erasing details, hoping to reduce distractions from your product, or is it pretty middle-of-the-road?
It was actually a completely new render and not Photoshopped ... er ... I mean enhanced using Adobe® Photoshop® software.
It does seem a little drastic, but it is very logical that they cleaned up all of the ports and such with the intention of focusing your eyes on the simplicity of it just plugging in. With all of the ports and such intact it creates distractions for your eye and creates subtle movements away from the subject increasing the subliminal thought processes going on in your brain.
This sounds like the same discussion we had on this graphic. In the end if I recall correctly there was little doubt in anyone's mind that the graphic wasn't of a MB so we decided to keep it simple.