USB Instant DVD

[shhas]

I am rather new to video editing. I came across this new product by ADS technology (www.adstech.com) called USB Instant DVD. The features sound really good. On the fly conversion to DVD quality mpeg2 without using your PC! and the price is below $200!
Anyone used or has any comment about this?
How about similar products like Dazzle Digital Video Creator II?

I have a bunch of miniDV tapes from my camcorder that I would like to finally burn into a DVD or good quality VCD?
Thanks,

[Anonymous65]

The ADS unit seems to be the unit to go for. It is sold in high volume everywhere, and should get driver and customer support. It also uses the Streammachine chip for compression, one of the best around.

[TimHusker]

I just had an opportunity to review the ADS USB Instant DVD capture device. A few friends thought it would be worth exploring in an attempt to capture and edit home vacation movies from several sources.

While video editing leaves something to be desired with the packaged ULEAD Video Studio 5.0, the Capture Wizard that can be used is very quick (captures in the time it takes to stream the video through it's RCA inputs or S-video inputs provided on the device) and does a remarkable job with both VCR Tapes, 8-MM, and DV. We were able to capture video seamlessly in mpeg1 format in which we quickly created a VCD disk using Nero Burning Rom.

Also, the MyDVD package that came with the packages was able to create VCD's as well, but NOT in the required format for viewing in stand alone DVD players found in your home theater setup at home. (They will play well with CyberLink PowerDVD Software player that also comes included with the package however.)

Setup was simple and straight forward. The line-input on your full duplex sound card is used to capture audio and mixed with the video during the capture process. Take special note on adjusting your audio input settings. Doing so as per the instructions is important.

The final VCD product was well worth the anticipation of the setup. If you're desire is to transfer your current video sources to be used in conjuction with your DVD player in your home theater system, you'll want to double check your CDRW burning software for those capabilities in creating VCD's. Nero, Roxio's Easy CD Creator and some Creative Labs Burning software will be neccessary to accomplish this task.

Good luck with this product. For me, it does the job I require of it. I haven't had an opportunity, or the desire, to create a SVCD or DVD as of yet, but...given the disk space I'm sure it will do an adequate job at this as well.