Manufacturer's Description

ADS Technologies DVD XPRESS DX2

The DVD Xpress DX2 supports today s most popular video formats including MPEG4 and DivX video. All of the video formats are supported by an advanced video encoding chipset inside the DVD Xpress DX2 which means that DVD Xpress DX2 does all the work instead of your PC. Not only does this take the work load off your PC, but hardware compression of the video results in better quality with smaller file sizes. This means that you get more video on a disc, and with better quality. To provide the highest-quality video, the DVD XPress DX2 utilizes the latest in hardware based video conversion and filtering technology and a 10-bit video digitizer with 2x oversampling and 4-line comb filter. The DVD Xpress DX2 also offers exclusive Audio-Lock technology to provide perfect lip synch all the way through the capture, edit and disc burning process. Brightness, contrast, chroma, saturation and hue controls are also included.The DVD Xpress DX2 includes Ulead VideoStudio 9 SE DVD the easy-to-use software that turns home videos into fun-to-watch movies! Preserve your precious movies on DVD or CD. Create video for the Web or mobile devices to share with family and friends. Enhance your movies with customizable effects, filters and transitions. From Chroma Key effects to Flash animation overlays, you can easily create fun-to-watch movies.DVD Xpress DX2 is your best solution for creating video for your Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable) or Video iPod. The DVD Xpress DX2 CapWiz application makes it

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ADS Technologies DVD XPRESS DX2

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ADS Technologies DVD XPRESS DX2

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  Reviewed by: pinkonion

  02-24-08

  Duration of ownership: 14 Months

  Strengths: Works well, till you upgrade to Windows Vista

  Weaknesses:Tech Support

  Overall Evaluation: It worked very well when I had WXP. I upgraded to Vista and Upgraded from ULead9 to ULead 11 Plus. It will not work. I could not make it work after I deleted everything and installed CapWiz. I could not get a driver upgrade to work. There is no way to contact their support. Everything on their support page is years outdated.

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  Reviewed by: r26101

  11-14-07

  Duration of ownership: 1

  Strengths: Small size and ease of hooking up to the source and computer. ADS Tech service.

  Weaknesses:Software was defective and not available to download on the internet.

  Overall Evaluation: The disk packaged with the DVD XPRESS DX2 was defective. The Ulead VideoStudio 9 SE DVD part of the disk would not load on my computer. Several attempts at loading were unsucessful. I was not able to contact BUY.COM or Ulead by telephone or the internet. ADS Tech was helpful and requested that I try a different computer. From the results, he determined the disk was indeed defective and promised to ship a replacement.

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  Reviewed by: mplaks

  11-05-07

  Duration of ownership: 1 Months

  Strengths: good value

  Weaknesses:none

  Overall Evaluation: does what it is supposed to do: converts analog video into digital format. Quality seems to be good but i did not compare with similar devices - so take it for what it is worth

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  Reviewed by: lennya

  09-02-06

  Duration of ownership: 2 Years

  Strengths: Makes video capturing easy. Good capture quality, S-Video input.

  Weaknesses:Software good be better.

  Overall Evaluation: Update 8/16/08: After 2 years of usage I still find this device quite useful. I find myself using it to capture from many different sources which I never originally envisioned. Drivers, software (including Vista) and documentation available here:http://www.adstech.com/support/productsupport.asp?productId=USBAV-709-EF&productName=DVD Xpress DX2I purchased this device to convert about 20 Hi-8 camcorder tapes to DVD. Connection to the PC is very easy since it uses USB 2.0. The device has analog stereo audio inputs and composite (RCA cable) and S-Video video inputs. My camcorder has S-Video outputs so I used that connection for better video quality. They include two capture programs: CapWiz and Ulead VideoStudio 9 SE DVD. CapWiz, short for Capture Wizard, allows you to capture video from any input source and save it in a variety of file types such as MPEG-2 (DVD) and MPEG-4 (DivX). CapWiz has a fair amount of configuration options but its basic job is to capture video and it does that quite well. I connected my camcorder, started the video tape, pressed RECORD in CapWiz and came back 2 hours later to stop the capture. You can also set it to stop after a predefined amount of time. After that you can use the Ulead software to create DVDs menus, capture, edit, etc. Once all that's complete the Ulead software will process your video file and create the files necessary to burn a DVD. That final processing can be a lengthy process. It took over 90 minutes for 2 hours of video on a Athlon 64 3800+ computer with 2 GB of RAM. CapWiz also has a 'Direct to Disk' feature which allows you to capture and burn to DVD in one step. You can also set it to create chapters at preset intervals as well. This is the fastest way to convert video tapes to DVD if you don't mind having only a very basic menu on the DVD. You could for example create a 2 hour DVD in the same time it would normally take to only capture the video and you save all the extra authoring time. I tested this a few times and decided not to use it for my home video conversion project because the DVDs it produced would not work on my Samsung DVD/VHS combo player. The DVDs worked fine on my other Apex DVD/VHS combo player. This might be a limitation in my Samsung DVD player and not the software, I never could figure out which. So instead I used Capwiz to capture the video and then Ulead to create the menus, chapters, etc. The Ulead software has a wide variety of features and functions too numerous to go into in this review. Basically it allows you edit video files, create menus & chapters and burn to DVD or CD. The only real complaint I have with the software is that it only supports creating DVDs with MPEG or PCM audio. I would have preferred something more standard like AC3 (Dolby Digital) so the DVDs would play back through my home theater receiver over its coaxial digital audio connection in the same way real movie DVDs do. I suspect most people have their DVDs connected to their TVs using normal RCA cable analog connections in which case they won't have any issue with the audio formats like I did. In summary, this device produces good quality captures in common video file formats. Most people will find the included software adequate to produce good looking DVDs of their home videos.

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  Reviewed by: dallrich

  07-17-06

  Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks

  Strengths: Small size, powers from USB, good price, easy to use, comes complete with all needed cables.

  Weaknesses:The DX2 doesn't play nice with other capture software. Limited usefulness once archives are completed.

  Overall Evaluation: I bought the DX2 to archive our family's collection of analog 8mm tapes. The included software works pretty well, and we're now on our way to getting all 15 years worth converted to DVD. I wish the DX2 would allow me to capture directly into Adobe Premiere or Ulead VideoStudio 10, but at least it works as advertised. The good reviews and $20 rebate were the main reasons I decided to go with the DX2 and I am pleased with my purchase. The ability to get the archive process going and not have to babysit it for the full two hour procedure is nice. I may resell the DX2 once all our tapes are converted now that we have a DV camcorder. It's a very use-specific device, but it works well.

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