i know this discussion has been tooled over a lot, im just looking for people with hands on experience. i have lots of old vhs tapes i want to put onto my computer, edit them, then burn them onto dvd. since i have the aluminum macbook, no firewire (insert apple slander here ________). so that rules out the canopus advc110. id rather not convert vhs to dvd, handbrake, edit, then re-burn. so the only other options ive come across are the elgato250 plus, or the pinnacle video capture, both which transmit via usb. im a hobbyist, not a professional, but i would like to get the best quality i can (i know vhs already is sub standard quality) and i dont care much about the tv tuning capabilities of elgato. anybody use either of these two devices and have pros/cons/recommendations? thanks
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elgato250 plus vs pinnacle video capture for vhs->macbook
- Thread starter b.lang
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I hope my answer helps you a bit: I have a 24" iMac and I bought Pinnacle video capture(great product which I also used on my pc). I transfered all my vhs tapes that I had to iTunes to watch any time I want, then I transfered those to iMovie to edit them, then I burned them to dvd's to have a back up.
It has been a long time since I've done that, so I don't remember if you can somehow, improve the image quality right before you transfer the video but definetely you can do lots of good editing with iMovie but like you said, the quality of vhs movies is not that good.
I am not familiar with el gato 250 but you can't go wrong with Pinnacle.
It has been a long time since I've done that, so I don't remember if you can somehow, improve the image quality right before you transfer the video but definetely you can do lots of good editing with iMovie but like you said, the quality of vhs movies is not that good.
I am not familiar with el gato 250 but you can't go wrong with Pinnacle.
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