Filed under: Peripherals, Video, Odds and ends, First Look
First Look: Roxio Easy VHS to DVD for Mac
Today, Roxio announced a way to bring those old memories to life on your Mac. The Roxio Easy VHS to DVD for Mac kit (US$79.99) includes a USB 2.0 video capture widget that gets plugged into any USB 2.0 port on your Mac, then connected to your VHS deck or analog camcorder. The Easy VHS to DVD software provides step-by-step prompting for connecting video and audio cables to the capture device, records the video onto your Mac in either standard (4 Mbps VBR) or high-quality (8 Mbps VBR), and then offers you the choice to either edit the movie in iMovie, send it to the included Roxio Toast Basic DVD-burning software, or view it in QuickTime Player.
If you already have an Elgato or Blackmagic video adapter, you can use those to achieve similar ends, without the straight-to-DVD option of the Roxio product.
I think it's finally time for me convert and burn the VHS video I shot back in 1980 in the U.K. with a 21-pound "compact" Panasonic VHS recorder and separate video camera. What old VHS tapes would you want to burn to DVD? Leave a comment below.
The January keynote
is usually a doozy, and today's was no exception...not by a long shot. For me, there's always that one moment that
causes me to smack my hand against my forehead and just say, "Wow." This year, it wasn't the flash of iLife
'06, the shiny new Mactels or even the .Mac enhancements. No, this year I was blow away to see that iDVD now
supports third party DVD burners! Holy cow! *smack*
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