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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.7 x 7.6 x 2.2 inches; 10.4 ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 82303000201
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ October 22, 2009
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Pinnacle Systems
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00392K4LQ

Best Sellers Rank: #1,591 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
- #26 in DVD & Blu-Ray Movie Players

Customer Reviews:
3.5 102 ratings

Product Description

Everything you need to edit HD home movies. With Dazzle Video Creator Plus HD, anyone can produce great looking HD movies no prior video editing experience required. Dazzle Video Creator Plus HD combines a high quality video capture device with the easy to use Pinnacle Studio HD video editing software. Pinnacle Studio HD's user friendly drag and drop interface makes it a breeze to grab photos and videos or digital still camera, phone or computer to create your own high quality HD movies. When you are finished, sharing options are as limitless as your creativity: from DVD to YouTube, iPod, Nintendo Wii, and more.

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Dazzle Video Creator Plus HD combines a high-quality video capture device with the easy-to-use HD video editing software. It has never been easier to wow friends and family, anytime, anywhere, with great looking videos. The included Pinnacle Studio HD software gets you up and running fast with Hollywood-style animated graphics, multi-layered effects, and titles designed by professional producers and artists. Quickly and easily import standard-definition video from a variety of analog sources--or edit HD video from an HD camcorder. The user-friendly Pinnacle Studio HD drag-and-drop interface makes it a breeze to create your own high-quality HD movies with music, montage themes, transitions, animations and effects. Then, share your masterpiece on DVD, the web, or upload to YouTube in widescreen.

Features

Capture video from camcorders, digital cameras, phones, DVDs, and game systems
Create animations, titles, and effects in HD
Share your movies on YouTube, DVD, and more

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Save, Enhance, and Share Video

Dazzle Video Creator Plus HD combines a high-quality video capture device with easy-to-use HD video-editing software. It's never been simpler or faster to impress your friends and family with great looking videos--anytime, anywhere.

Turn home movies into DVDs

Protect your priceless home-video memories by transferring them to DVD--then share them with friends and family.

Create movies, slideshows, and more

Import standard-definition video from a variety of analog sources--or edit HD video from an HD camcorder. Create HD photo slideshows with pictures from your digital camera. Simply transfer your photos and videos to your computer and use the included Studio HD software to create your masterpiece.

Polished results with Pinnacle Studio HD

Studio HD software gets you up and running fast with Hollywood-style animated graphics, multi-layered effects, and titles designed by professional producers and artists.

Sharing options as limitless as your creativity

Save your masterpiece straight to DVD, upload directly to YouTube, or output to Flash, QuickTime, PS3, Wii, Xbox, and more.

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3.5 out of 5

102 global ratings

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Customers say

Customers like the ease of use of the software. For example, they mention it's easy to setup and use, with a step-by-step show how of recording and editing. That said, some complain about the sound quality, saying it doesn't capture sound, has lag, and doesn''t sync up. Opinions are mixed on quality, and performance.

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23 customers mention20 positive3 negative

Customers find the software easy to use. They mention it's easy to setup, works on pretty much all computers, and has a step-by-step show how of recording and editing. They also say the installation was smooth and it only took a few minutes. Customers also mention that the included software makes it very easy to pull the videos directly off of the camera.

"...with it the included pinnacle studio hd 14 is delightful and easy to use it also works with windows movie maker and beats my old dazzle dvc 170 i..." Read more

"...Much better quality, easy to setup, works on pretty much all computers, and all around better. You get what you pay for with the HD PVR." Read more

"...The install seemed to go fine on a Windows 7 laptop - I plugged in the hardware, the drivers installed, and the device was recognized...." Read more

"...the pain of capturing old video, but this has made it much easier than I expected, at a very reasonable cost considering the hardware/software..." Read more

5 customers mention5 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the value of the physical software. They mention that it is easier than expected, at a very reasonable cost considering the hardware.

"...video, but this has made it much easier than I expected, at a very reasonable cost considering the hardware/software package you get...." Read more

"...All in all, a very simple and inexpensive way to get our old tapes onto the computer before they deteriorate further." Read more

"Good purchase, much better price than manufacturer's cost...." Read more

"Well worth the money, we have a Super 8 camera that we could not convert to digital any other way...." Read more

33 customers mention21 positive12 negative

Customers are mixed about the quality of the product. Some mention that it's a good quality recording tool, while others say that the video quality is only OK and there is absolutely nothing HD about it.

"...for a way to bring tapes over to dvds and looking for a good quality recording tool look no further then the dazzle video creator plus hd" Read more

"...Much better quality, easy to setup, works on pretty much all computers, and all around better. You get what you pay for with the HD PVR." Read more

"...The quality is mediocre at best WITH the s-video and without it is embarrassing...." Read more

"...The software that it came with is amazing, and works even better if you can use it correctly with Windows Movie Maker..." Read more

28 customers mention15 positive13 negative

Customers are mixed about the performance of the software. Some mention that it works well enough that they're willing to stick with their DV tape camera, while others say that it doesn't work for their PS3 or that it's faulty.

"...studio hd 14 is delightful and easy to use it also works with windows movie maker and beats my old dazzle dvc 170 i got back 4 years ago so if your..." Read more

"...works, for a month, the s-video cable slot on the dazzle will stop working at a random time after about a month two of my friends have had this..." Read more

"...Much better quality, easy to setup, works on pretty much all computers, and all around better. You get what you pay for with the HD PVR." Read more

"...that if you purchase any of these products that they will NOT work with a PS3 game system...." Read more

7 customers mention0 positive7 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the sound quality of the software. They mention that it does not capture sound, has lag in the audio, and only records voice that comes through the USB port. They also have trouble with the video and audio not syncing up and that it is not able to record from Xbox.

"...If you want to record voice, it only records voice that comes through the speakers of your television..." Read more

"...When I record, there is sometimes lag in the audio and the frame rate in the video, but there is a way to fix that..." Read more

"...I would give it 5 stars, but I do experience audio lag occasionally when I am recording from my xbox 360." Read more

"...No sound at first...." Read more

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C. borenstein

Dazzle Really Dazzles

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2010

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I Have the Dazzle for about 2 days and have had no problems with it the included pinnacle studio hd 14 is delightful and easy to use it also works with windows movie maker and beats my old dazzle dvc 170 i got back 4 years ago so if your looking for a way to bring tapes over to dvds and looking for a good quality recording tool look no further then the dazzle video creator plus hd

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Jacob

Does not work with Mac.

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2010

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I recieved this for my birthday thinking it would work with my mac but it did not. So if you have a Mac or a Macbook do not buy this. Also the quality kinda sucks. If you want to record and post to youtube I highly recomended buying the HD PVR. Much better quality, easy to setup, works on pretty much all computers, and all around better. You get what you pay for with the HD PVR.

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2011

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I bought this item 2 months ago, and it still works as if it is brand new.
I absolutely love this thing! I've been creating Halo Reach videos for my clan for the past few months, and there are very few issues that I have with it. When I record on my computer, there are 3 or 4 tiny half-circles at the top of the screen (hardly noticible) and sometimes a small (maybe 1-pixel) line that splits off from the rest of my screen, but all of that can be fixed with the video cropping tool that they have included with the software. I know a few other people who have bought capture cards for cheaper and sometimes it runs a blue line down the right side of the screen if they record in high quality, this does better quality with no blue line.

Also, you can't leave it powered for too long at a time. I have noticed that if I record small clips for 1.5+ hours then the number of frames that drop increase dramitically, and I have to unplug it to let it cool down. If you want to record voice, it only records voice that comes through the speakers of your television (meaning, if you're recording voice on xbox, go to preferences and set voice to "speaker only" or "Both Headset & Speaker"); however, sound effects of blasts and explosions of games come through very well. The quality of voice recording is pretty bad, but I didn't buy this for voice recording, I bought it for video.

The software that it came with is amazing, and works even better if you can use it correctly with Windows Movie Maker (save file as Windows Movie Maker, then import that file on Movie Maker, add effects, save, and import back to the Pinnacle software if you like). Or, if you don't want to use the Pinnacle software, that's fine too... just find on your computer where the file is saved at, and import that to whatever software you use. (As for Mac users, I suppose you could use garage band... I don't own a Mac so it would be difficult for me to say)

If you want to see the quality, feel free to check out my Youtube channel, (Channel = "Shadowfold") and watch a few of my videos. There are also other users on youtube that do quality tests too, so don't forget to check those out as well.

One more thing, I've read other reviews of people not using the code first before using the capture card and then somehow it messes up. I made sure to use the code first before I did anything, and didn't have a problem.

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CagedDepravity

Product does not work & terrible customer service

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2010

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I purchased this package so that my son could record from his Xbox and learn some video editing. When it arrived, I installed the software and tested it with my video camera to make sure it was working properly. The install seemed to go fine on a Windows 7 laptop - I plugged in the hardware, the drivers installed, and the device was recognized. When I started up the Pinnacle Studio HD software the Dazzle showed in the list of available "Import From" devices; however, when I tried to import, I got an error stating "failed to get video from device".

I contacted their customer support via chat (that transcript is below), when that didn't work out I asked how I could contact a supervisor and was given the general support number. When I called that number they stated that a "service code" is required to speak with someone on the phone. I entered the service code that was included with my software and was told that it was invalid. This stuck me in an endless loop and I had to hang up and call back.

When I called back I wanted to see if I could speak with someone, anyone, without a valid service code - that is apparently not possible. The rep I was chatting with online offered to give me a new code if I scanned and sent him a copy of the receipt, but at this point I was 45 minutes in and extremely frustrated...

After I had hung up the phone and closed down the chat, I received an e-mail stating:

"Recently you requested personal assistance from our on-line support center. Below is a summary of your request and our response. We will assume your issue has been resolved if we do not hear from you within 5 days. Thank you for allowing us to be of service to you."

I replied to that e-mail noting that the issue had not been resolved, etc and immediately received a reply from a "noreply" address that simply said "List has no rows for assignment to SObject".

So I am left to vent here... Pinnacle apparently does not want to hear my complaints or fix the problem, so the best I can hope that others don't suffer this frustration. Needless to say, I will not purchase any products from Pinnacle again.

Here is the transcript of my chat session:

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Please wait while we find an agent to assist you...
You have been connected to CUSTOMER SERVICE.

ME: Hi, I just installed Pinnacle Studio HD with the Dazzle hardware. All drivers, etc seemed to install correctly, but when I go to capture, I get an error

CUSTOMER SERVICE: What is the error message that you get when you try to capture?

ME: failed to get video from device

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Are you using a laptop or the desktop?

ME: laptop

CUSTOMER SERVICE: I just want to know are you capturing from a camcorder or vcr?

ME: Camcorder, but this was just to test. Ultimately, I am going to be capturing from a gaming system

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Do you have a camcorder or vcr that you

CUSTOMER SERVICE: can use for capturing?

CUSTOMER SERVICE: If your going to connect the dazzle device to the computer. Did the computer recognize the device?

ME: yes

ME: the dazzle DVC100 shows up in the list of "import from" locations in pinnacle studio HD

ME: if I click SVideo it says "no input signal", but Composite says "failed to get video from device"

ME: so it sees the device, it seems to know that there is video to be captured, it just fails to get it.

CUSTOMER SERVICE: It is because that there is no signal that is coming through the device.

ME: that doesn't sound right

ME: there IS video going from my video camera to the device through a composite video cable

CUSTOMER SERVICE: If your going to capture from a game console I can't help.

ME: Right now I am trying to capture from a VIDEO CAMERA

ME: Still there???

CUSTOMER SERVICE: What connection did you use?

ME: composite video out of video camera into Dazzle - Dazzle into USB on computer - computer recognizes device

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Click the dazzle device on the import to section then click the composite cable then turn on camcorder and let it play.

ME: IT SAYS "FAILED TO GET VIDEO FROM DEVICE"!

ME: Is there a way for me to chat with someone else? You don't seem to get it,

CUSTOMER SERVICE: It means that the connection is good but the computer cannot get the signal in order to get the display.

CUSTOMER SERVICE: are you using a laptop or the desktop?

ME: You have already asked me that question

ME: How do I get in touch with your supervisor?

CUSTOMER SERVICE: You can dial this number 650 267 5196

ME: that is a general number. who should i ask for?

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Your asking for a super visor right? Just dial the number.

ME: What is your supervisors name?

CUSTOMER SERVICE: I apologize just dial the number.

ME: I did. It will not let me through without a service code. It is telling me that the service code is invalid

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Where did you purhcased the studio? Do you have the receipt?

ME: Amazon.com - yes

CUSTOMER SERVICE: WOuld that be ok if you can send me a san copy of the receipt so that we can provide you anew service code.

ME: No. At this point, I am just going to return it and post the transcript of this idiocy so people can see what sort of customer service you guys give

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Thank you for chatting with us. Have a great day!

Your session has ended. You may now close this window.

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thatsfirefox

Works

Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2011

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This dazzle works, for a month, the s-video cable slot on the dazzle will stop working at a random time after about a month two of my friends have had this happen to them. The quality is mediocre at best WITH the s-video and without it is embarrassing. I think that if you want to record VHS this would work fine but if you want to record gameplay from say your xbox just get a roxio game capture better quality and it doesn't break as easily. Look up Dazzle Quality Test and some other brands before you buy so you know what you are getting into, also think on how long you want it to last...

The software SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want good software download the Sony Vegas trial and after every 30 days uninstall and reinstall, if you want to check out quality look at my youtube channel [...]
Im sorry if it is kinda like spam but it shows the quality, sorry.

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