PORTTA VHS to Digital Converter, Video to Digital Recorder with Remote, Compatible with VHS, VCR, DVR, DVD, Hi8, Mini DV Players, Camcorder, Gaming Consoles (VHS/Tapes/DVD Player Not Included)

This item is a godsend. I have VHS-C and mini DV cassettes. I fear one day that the tapes will get chewed up, become damaged or they'll be nothing to play them on so I wanted to find a way of converting them into MP4's. I didn't know there was such an item until I randomly checked here a few weeks back. I took a chance and bought it. It's doing a fabulous job converting both cassette types. A few useful configurations in settings but not much to really make a difference to the output quality.Sometimes you can see a few unwanted small effects on the output video of VHS-C's but nothing to make the quality really noticeable that it is bad. Who's to say it's this gadget though because the DV cassettes output is fine.I just wish it had a higher quality output resolution than the max 1920 x1080 so I could test the quality difference. It is worth noting though, this is not an upscalling device so I doubt there would be. I doubt that, if the resolution was even 3250 x 1920, there would be any difference either. I have tested the lower resolution and the output is pretty poor so needs to be set to 1920 x 1080. It will obviously downscale but not upscale. In my opinion, the output recording will only be as good as the cassettes recording anyway.Unless there's a signal at the beginning, it won't record. You can miss the 1st 1 or 2 seconds of a video because of this. I prefer to press record and off it goes. If you lose signal whilst it's recording, it seems to carry on and not stop which is good.On occasion, it seems to get itself in a pickle as it can take ages to save the recording onto the USB stick, sometimes won't save at all. This could be for a number of reasons not associated directly with the device. Most of the time it's almost instant.This device it an absolute godsend in my eyes. No, it isn't cheap but it does the job very easily and does it well. Simple to use and is made of pretty good quality materials. The screen is very convenient because this means you don't have to watch videos on the tv only.Also, I think it's the perfect size.

Fantastic bit of Kit. I had old hi8 and Mini DV video tapes that I managed to source two secondhand camcorders for but didn't have any easy way to digitise the old family memories onto a computer.I've been monitoring these types of devices for ages and am always put off by the prices and poor reviews, but after adding a favourite to this one the price dropped to a level that I thought was worth the risk.Having received the converter I found it was simple to set up, I purchased three memory sticks to put the converted videos on to.The quality is outstanding, remember if you are using an S video lead to plug in the audio leads from the camcorder also as I forgot and ended up with 3 tapes converted with no sound that I had to convert again.I've managed to make some relatives very happy by converting their long departed fathers wedding speech over to YouTube so they can enjoy seeing him when he was on form.Basically this does what it says on the tin. Love it.

This really works..!

Super easy to use. Straight out of box and was doing my first capture in minutes.

So pleased with the ease of use and quality of copies. Would definitely recommend

Great item, i'v copied all my h8 Sony video tapes to a hard drive, all worked out good.

Unfortunately didnt fit my equipment but very good dispatch and teturn

Generally it is a reasonable piece of kit but unfortunately the remote does not work & there doesn't appear to be any method to contact the seller to resolve this minor issue, I do not want to go through the rigmoral of repackaging & returning the whole kit for the sake of a cheap remote control