Roxio Easy VHS to DVD 3 Plus | VHS, Hi8, V8 Video to DVD or Digital Converter | Amazon Exclusive 2 Bonus DVDs [Windows Disc]

I’d been needing to covert several older VHS tapes for some years now. Years ago and for a very short time I owned a SONY VHS-to DVD player. I had completed one video conversion successfully before I returned the SONY player mentioned. I later purchased VHS conversion software that proved to be a bit more complicated per software instructions. And here we are and fast forward to today.I purchased this ROXIO VHS conversion software with the specific goal of converting several older instructional VHS tapes/videos to digital files for safe keeping and so I could also simply save the converted VHS files to my hard drives, usb drives, and c-drives etc. I could access or watch the files as needed on my laptop or tv. From again my external hard drive or portable flash drives. The ROXIO Easy VHS to DVD plus software proved to be easy to set up and a pleasure to use.You’ll need a working VHS/VCR tape player. The ROXIO conversion software kit comes with a video capture usb device with RCA connection so you’ll also need your own RCA cable to plug your included usb capture device into. The package comes with installation disc but the software instructions ask that you download the required conversion software from the ROXIO website. I have a fairly new ASUS gaming laptop packed with memory and data storage so I had no issues using the software. This software does give you the option to transfer your converted VHS files to DVD disc or digital file.I attempted using an older portable external SONY blu-ray player and burner that still works but for reasons unclear to me my computer would not burn the converted VHS files to disc? But I actually preferred to save the converted VHS files to my computer and move them to a portable external drive of my choice. The quality of the VHS conversion files is VHS/VCR quality and though the software provides options to enhance the video quality I found it does too much to wash out out the original recordings color and the need for that option can vary with the condition of the VHS media you are converting.In closing if you’re looking for a software that simply gets the job of converting your older VHS tapes to either digital file or DVD? Then ROXIO’s VHS to DVD plus software gets the job done. 🏆Recommended!🎯

I previously owned a VHS to digital converter that I liked really well, but it only worked on my really old Dell desktop (circa 2003). But when the video card died in it, I tried to install it on my new laptop and it wouldn't work. Thus, I tried this product because I didn't want to waste a lot of money buying an entirely new kit with a VCR which I didn't need since it came with my last kit.Onto this product:PROS: 1) Simple install (pop the disc in and follow prompts, or go to their Web Site and download the software). Plug converter into your computer and (USING YOUR OWN RCA or S CABLE) plug into your camcorder or VCR. (I ended up buying a cable from Walmart for about $8.00 to make it work)2) Fairly simple user interface: The screen is pretty self-explanatory. Large record button, and tabs across the top tell you which part you're on in the process.CONS: 1) It won't let you change the name of your video file once you have started recording. For several of my first attempts, I didn't see the place to put the name in until after I'd started, but it won't let you change it in the program.2) Progream seems simple enough to use, however, it DOESN'T work properly! I successfully transferred 2 tapes then went to do the 3rd one. I have tried FOUR times now. It looks like it's recording then when it automatically stops at the end of the tape (good feature theoretically), the program gets forever stuck on the "finishing" step. I literally let it sit there for more than 2 hours to "finish" a 30 min video recording and it never did! I had to force a shutdown, which of course lost the video I'd recorded. Over and over again this happened. I am so fed up I'm ready to return it and buy another one! This is ridiculous and I never had problems with my old one!3) Video quality is terrible. Again, using the VCR from my previous purchase, which includes the lovely old-school "tracking" buttons to try to get rid of those annoying lines across the tape, I have had ZERO success it making any tangible difference to the tape quality. And from my previous lovely four attempts on the same video (from 1999), I can tell you how incredibly INCONSISTENT the video quality is on the program! Some attempts were much clearer than others, and i had to keep rewinding to try to get to the start of the tape again and when it re-recorded, the lines would be across the entire thing all of a sudden (when they weren't there before) or the video would freeze, even though the tape was clearly still playing behind it! AND, it kept cutting out as though there is a short in the cord. The screen would just suddenly flash "no video feed detected" even though it was still playing. It was usually only for a second or two, but sometimes was as long as 10 seconds or longer. Ridiculous!! Both this product and the RCA cable I used, were BRAND NEW. I suppose there is a chance that the RCA cable from Walmart was defective, but I have no way of knowing that.4) Claims to be able to export video files in MPEG, which is what I wanted since I will be sharing these home video files with family who own a variety of equipment to view them on, but that feature doesn't work either! (and my laptop is a year old, so it isn't that) It will only allow me to export a video file in WMV which makes it specific to windows users without a conversion program.So...overall, don't waste your money. Go the more expensive route and get the entire system with the included VCR rather than this piece of junk. If i even bother to try to keep using it, it's going to take me another 20 years to get the small box of tapes transferred to digital (if it ever works.)

It took me several attempts to get this to work but once it did start working, it was wonderful and I didn't have any problems. Most of my issues had to do with getting the program to open after downloading it. The first time I downloaded it, it was fine but the VCR I had was not working correctly. When I connected a new VCR and tried to open the program it would only flash the "Roxio" banner and go away. I downloaded and deleted the program 3 times before I was able to get it to open. Once it was open, it was very easy to use. I downloaded the user guide by googling "Roxio user guides" and locating the one for this product. I copied over 4 VHS tapes onto my laptop. All went very well from there.

I would have preferred to have this product work for me on my Windows 11 computer and I tried valiantly to get this installed there. There is a security issue between Windows 11 and the driver needed to work with the VCR converter device. There is a suggested Windows 11 setting change to try and that flat out didn't work. I could not restart my computer. I eventually went back to the previous restore point (only a day old) and that did work. I did chat with tech support and was told the only workaround was to install on a Windows 10 computer. That was easy to do, and the product is pretty straight-forward to use, so I am getting the work done that I wanted to use this product for (just not on the computer I wanted to use).