ADVC-100 VS Dazzle Hollywood

[fakhry]

Hi

I have noticed from reading forum here that every body are very hapy with ADVC-100
and lots have problem with Dazzle Hollywood

is this a fact ?..

any body here have Dazzle Hollywood can tell us more about it ?and does he think about it !?

Thank u

[geek rock]

well, surely the fact that most people prefer the canopus, and have problems with the dazzle, is tantamount to the fact that the dazzle isn't very good?

there's only about a $50 difference between the two. go for the canopus and save yourself the trouble.

-Mark

[gcutler]

I have the Dazzle Hollywood, have never used the Canopus. I do like it, the only realy problems I have is with copy protection, older worn tapes (especially when the VCRs try to AutoTrack).

Many of the problems were caused by a faulty power supply or outside issues. But some problems are legit and Dazzle takes their sweet time in fixing them or outright ignoring them.

But since I never hear about complaints with the ADVC-100 and it is $50 more, if I needed to replace my Hollywood, I would go with the ADVC-100 way.

[BKL]

I also have The Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge. I have had it awhile now and find I still need to cycle it off-on to get my system to re-recognize it. I leave it on 24x7 and probably need to recycle it once every day or so. I occasionally lose the device connection in the middle of a capture, but usually can get several hours of capture w/o a problem. I really like its conversion from analog to DV.
Given the low level of problems reported with the Canopus unit, I would probably buy Canopus if I had it to do over again.

[scott@butlerandco.co]

I justed purchased the ADVC 100 and just love it. I was using a 8500 ati card and was dropping frames all the time when I tried to get a good avi cap. Since I got this I think I have only lost 1 frame out of many 2 to 2 1/2 hr capture from VHS and the quality is very good. I also have no trouble with video audio sync as many capture devices do.

My take :0

[nickerous]

I have the ADVC-100 and have not had any problems whatsoever. I did have a little hang-up with animation, but that was my because of my noobieness and nothing to do with the unit.

Zero dropped frames in about 20 hours of captured video. No problems getting it to work. What more could you ask for?

[rhegedus]

Hi

I have noticed from reading forum here that every body are very hapy with ADVC-100
and lots have problem with Dazzle Hollywood

is this a fact ?..

No, we just made it all up!

Over a hundred people voted to give the Canopus an average score of 9.3/10.

46 people voted to give the Dazzle Hollywood an average score of 7.1

https://www.videohelp.com/capturecards

The figures speak for themselves. Get a Canopus.

Regards,

Rob

[TBoneit]

I have the Dazzle Hollywood, have never used the Canopus. I do like it, the only realy problems I have is with copy protection, older worn tapes (especially when the VCRs try to AutoTrack).

Many of the problems were caused by a faulty power supply or outside issues. But some problems are legit and Dazzle takes their sweet time in fixing them or outright ignoring them.

But since I never hear about complaints with the ADVC-100 and it is $50 more, if I needed to replace my Hollywood, I would go with the ADVC-100 way.

Well having tried many video captures over the years, I have to say ADVC-100 is the best.

I did a old worn Videotape recently where the top of the screen was flagging (waving/jittering to the right) and the capture was spot on perfect. Yes it still had the dropouts from worn/wrinkled tape but the picture was stable and solid. The Canopus cleared the flagging perfectly.

I haven't tried it myself but I hear a simple press and hold of the input selection button will bypass macrovision copy protection on the ADVC-100 too.

Overall it is the one I rate as best, I tried ATI All-In-Wonder, Pinnacle, ADS, & other capture cards and the Canopus is the most reliable in ease of use, best results... Not the cheapest unless you value your time too.

Cheers

[geek rock]

I haven't tried it myself but I hear a simple press and hold of the input selection button will bypass macrovision copy protection on the ADVC-100 too.

very easy to do. just hold down the silver input-selection button before you turn the unit on, turn the unit on and keep the button held for a few seconds. voila - no macrovision.

in regards to the orignal point of this post: the canopus clearly has more features than the dazzle.. check here.

http://www.canopus.com/US/products/advc-100/pt_advc-100.asp

-Mark

[trillium]

I'm going to stick by my ADVC-100 as well.
I bought it of course after reading the wonderful thumbs up posts it received here in the forums...

took the leap, charged the credit card, and will never regret my choice!

:P

[fakhry]

First , Thank you all for the reply and commants its really helpfull

well , its a fact then that ADVC-100 is a good option

i do have one more commant that the price diffrent is not only 50$
"i hope so"
BUT in France where i am living
price of Dazzle = 249.00 Euro
price of ADVC-100 = 420.00 Euro

So at least there is 170.00 Euro

i wish some one can guide me with other good price

Finally whats i want to say here that with this big diffrent in price the ADVC-100 should come before the Dazzle

[rhegedus]

Try and order it from a UK supplier.

http://www.refreshcomputers.com/acatalog/Main_Digital_Video_Converters_44.html

£269 = E386

or get the ADVC-50, the internal version for £175 = E251

Regards,

Rob

[fakhry]

Hi,

There is still another problem, if you order anything from outside France you'll still have to pay the tax, which means it goes back to the original price if not more..

I am looking for a good store inside France or another possible way

Thanks for the advice