I’ll be sure to buy those later on and test them out. Their own products seem to be under the VIDBOX brand. I know these cheap VHS recorders are generic, but it would appear that Honestech doesn’t have this device listed as theirs. So it begs the question, who made the Video DVR? You can adjust the volume within the software.īelow that you can set the timer for recording TV, Property settings, change the blue skin color to green (because that’s important), take a snapshot of the video playing etc.īasically there are functions you won’y waste time with.īack to the interface, if you click on the TVR tab (yes the word is a tab) it will take you to. Then there is the playback functions for videos recorded. So yes if you still watch TV through your PC, you could record it.įrom left to right you have the Record, Play which is just strictly for the recording and playback. The most popular format can only encode in set parameters that are grayed out and cannot be changed.Įtc Dialog – allows you to surf channels at once if you have that ‘ Big Brother monitor everything at once‘ desire within you. Also adjusting the quality, bitrate and encoding speed will increase the quality.Įxcept when it comes to MP4. There are other options to record in like DVD. Not the end of the world I guess, but certainly not something to get excited about either. The Video DVR will see the correct video size (720×576) and let me change aspect ratio in MPEG-2.īut for PAL region I can only still only record as 25FPS. And this is where things get interesting. Record Settings – Here you can change what type of file you want to record as. Personally I wouldn’t change any of those settings from a capture device as those adjustments can be done to bettereffect in a video editor. Video Settings – which will let you change the Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Saturation. That’s good.Īlong the left side there are three tabs. With the Video DVR connected via USB, the software instantly saw the device as USB 2.0 PC CAMERA and also the sound. I mean we’re here for recording your old VHS tapes right. I’ll cover what the other buttons do on the software but first I would like to draw your attention to this button, as this brings up the property settings. It just feels like it belongs in such an old computer era, not that I can talk. So it doesn’t come with the software it claims to, is that a big deal? Does the supplied software do the job? Well that doesn’t look like Ulead software to me. Installation is painless although reminiscent of the windows XP days.įinally we are presented with the Honestech TVR software. The software will ask for a serial number so be aware it is hidden in that folder under the name SN. Opening the TVR25 folder, there is a basic setup for PC only. The software is something totally different that the manual fails to mention at all. Going through the internet archive I did find this version of Ulead Video Studio 3.īut that isn’t the software that is supplied. I have a review of Corel’s latest VideoStudio Pro 2019 which will connect with this Video DVR. That software was bought out by Corel and has long gone. The manual says it comes with Ulead VideoStudio SE DVD. Interestingly I decided to read the manual before installing any software just to see what is involved. When I explored the whole disc there isn’t any tar files or dmg files. On that CD you will notice it says Windows XP, 7, 8, 10 also Mac OS and Linux. The device comes with a simple CD to install software. I tested the capture card on a Windows 8.1 PC and had no trouble with my computer recognizing the Video DVR. When plugged into the computer, the Video DVR will indicate it is connected via a green light. The other end of the device comes with a protective cap covering the USB. I was able to plug the device directly into a USB port on my computer without any risk of it falling out.Īlthough I can see if you only have vertical USB slots on your computer this capture card can start to dangle precariously.Ĭonnection is via an RCA composite input and an S-Video. The USB connection when extended will give you an extra 50cm of space between the computer and the Video DVR capture card. The Video DVR comes with the capture card itself, driver software and a USB 2.0 extension connection. What’s In The Box?īuying this from Ebay I wasn’t expecting much and that’s what I got. Turns out, it’s not that bad, with one caveat – but I’ll get to that a bit later. Last update on / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising APIĪnd I thought this Video DVR device was going to be a nasty time.
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