ClearClick Video to Digital Converter 3.0 (Third Generation) - Record Video & Audio from VCR's, VHS, AV, RCA, Hi8, Camcorder, DVD, Turntables, Cassette Tapes [Requires Working VCR/Camcorder & Tapes]

Works great as described. Easy to set up and navigate the menus. 30 year old VCR tapes recorded fine. Remember a VCR tape is low resolution so don’t expect it to produce a 1080 P image. A few 40+ year old tapes showed disintegration and would not play correctly on the VCR so obviously it would not work. Overall, very satisfied

The user manual alone is sets this device apart from any electronic gear I've purchased in a generation! I've done video to digital transfers through the years with other devices, and this is by far the best. It is incredibly functional, yet in a nice small package, with intuitive buttons and menus. Not being connected to a computer is so refreshing, with a micro SD card slot, a USB-C for power or to charge its internal battery, and the built in monitor is wonderful. One thing that any who are expecting higher resolution than this device produces should recognize is that analog video media had a top resolution of 720x480 (and actual television recorded on VHS was 640x480). You've got to accept that video was different from digital, with a much lower ceiling on what could be compressed into its magnetic tape. (And remember that television and camcorders had a nearly-square 4:3 format -- which, in my opinion, should be left at that aspect ratio to maintain its true character; so put the aspect to 640x480 for recorded tv shows. Don't stretch 'em.) From my test recordings and viewing on my desktop's video editor, I am very pleased with its captures. How much do I like this great little tool? I am about to buy another! I returned because I realized that for its price, and the miles of old tv shows on VHS and recorded video on Hi-8 I have waiting for conversion, I could cut my project time in half by running two of them at once. (And I can even do overnight recordings using its simple and effective timer.) I have finally found a way to actually archive my video media, rather than "wishing" I would, or the piecemeal stuff I've done in past years. So I'm going to make this a spring project. Send me another! (I'm now finishing my Beavis and Butt-Head "Moronathon" from MTV, complete with all the goofy stuff broadcast in the 1990s, including commercials. Pee-Wee's Playhouse is next. The original wake-n-bake tv show! Fun times, digitally preserved.)

Digitized my home movies years ago, the process was complicated and I had cables all over the place connecting the various devices. I lost everything when my hard drive crashed. The original tapes sat in a box for 20 years. I looked into sending the tapes to a digitizing services but the cost is astronomically high. Then I found this wonderful device. I can't stress enough how good this thing works. It's easy to use and the video quality is great. The video gets saved and stored on a USB drive and you can easily copy it to your PC or external hard drive for editing. The only gotcha is that you need a device that can play the original tapes. I had both Hi-8 and Mini-DV tapes and thankfully I saved the old camcorders and they still worked. Again, you need something that can play the tapes, this device will not do that... You can even use this device to digitize old VHS tapes as long as you have a VCR. I noticed a lot of negative comments from MAC users. It's not the MAC that is the problem, it's that the file type of the movie that gets created is MP4. MAC doesn't like this file format. No big deal, download a free file converter and convert it to MOV format. Problem solved. This device is amazing! I've been digitizing old tapes non-stop and haven't had a single issue. This product is worth it!

Found a bunch of old tapes from my childhood and decided to digitize them. This works well. I would say everything it does is 8.5/10. Biggest drawbacks are not something you can get away from with cheaper digitizing equipment. There is a random lag at times. It is hard to describe. It's like the digitized footage is blinking. It sort of jerks at random points and after a little reading, this is common. The video being digitized is basically rewinding for a millisecond. Cant really get away from it like I said. If I tried digitizing all over again it would just do it in other random spots. For the most part everything turned out well and watchable. Worth it for the nostalgia.

I don't usually write reviews but in this case, it is warranted. Five stars for the ClearClick Video2Digital 3.0. I have been using this device on weekends to capture media from video (beta / VHS and audio) tape devices. Great results. The menus are easy to figure out, and once recordings are captured it's a simple process to move the files over to some sort of permanent storage. I especially like the auto-stop feature so I don't have to sit and monitor recordings. I can see and hear the recording while in process to identify potential problems (from malfunctions of the tape player). Videos are saved as .mp4 and audio as .mp3. The most work involved from my perspective is keeping source tapes in order, then going back to relist the files with meaningful names (replacing ClearClick's default of date/time, etc.). I have purchased three ClearClick devices, and they all are good products (and still work), but the Video2Digital is best of all because I can capture without using my computer. Also - I entered a tech-support question early on a Sunday morning and had a quick, personalized response within ten minutes. What manufacturer has THAT level of customer support? Highly recommend. Tim

The clear click converter 3.0 was easy to setup and has worked great. It’s also fun to watch the old videos as they are being converted on the large screen. Glad we bought it.

I purchased this to transfer VHS tapes and 8 mm video cameras. I was able to transfer from tape to digital format and then share with family and friends. Has a bigger screen than comparable devices. It's easy to connect and compatible with multiple devices.

I really wanted to love this. I really did. I tried and I tried and I tried but this thing is just complete junk. This is also the second unit I’ve bought, and both of them crapped out. I’ve never used a more finicky piece of electronics in my life. It has to have the exact kind and type of SD card, the exact kind of cable, the exact kind of formatting on different computers, the stars and the sun have to align for it to work correctly. Jittery video that can only be resolved by using adapters with S video cables?? Dear Lord, I’m not sure what kind of programming these engineers who built this were using, but it’s been an absolute nightmare headache and didn’t solve a single problem in my life, yet created 50. I’ve been back-and-forth with the company on emails every single day trying to fix what’s going on and gotten nowhere. It stopped formatting cards, then started extremely jittery video, then it started not being able to write to cards saying there wasn’t enough space even though they were brand new. Over and over and over I’ve been through so much turmoil trying to use this thing I could write five books. I REALLY wish this would work because I have mountains of tapes I wanted to convert and it worked great for about two or three of them, and crapped out… on two different units! What can I say, if you want to simply convert your videotapes, this thing might be the biggest headache of your life. I’m not sure if it’s because of this model or of all this company’s products are like this, but this one model I wouldn’t buy again if my life depended on it.

Impressive converter, love the larger screen size. Had some concern at first with charging the battery, it would only go to 5 percent and then back to zero. Did this a few times and finally made progress, took five hours to get to 50 percent, then a half hour to complete the final 50 percent for a full charge. As recommended I keep the converter plugged in while converting so can't comment on battery use but still holds at 100 percent. I've done about a dozen vhs tapes, family outings,etc from as far back as 35 years ago with excellent results on almost all of them. A couple were jittery as others mentioned but quite impressed with the quality of the old tapes and how well it converts them to digital with no loss in quality. They offer a free S video to RCA adapter to solve the jittery tapes. Used a Sandisk 256gb Cruzer Glide 3.0 flash drive to record to.

Excelente conversor vhs para digital. O melhor.

Bought this to digitise all my 8mm home videos tapes. Great item, very easy to use, would highly recommend.

Para mi que me dedico a hacer transferencias de casi todos los formatos como VHS, S-VHS, VHS Compacto, Beta, Hi-8, Digital 8 y Mini DV me es muy cómodo y rápido con este equipo, antes tenia que hacerlo con cables hacia la computadora y era desconectar y conectar los equipos fuente de los diferentes formatos y la verdad era muy engorroso y lo tenia que capturar con el programa Adobe Premier para luego pasarlo al formato DVD para después entregarlo o hacer el render en MP4 para entregarlo en un USB al cliente, el formato que te entrega este aparato es MP4 o H264 ya de origen que es un formato bastante versátil y reconocido por la mayoría de los programas multimedia, el mas usado es el VLC que te acepta infinidad de formatos, para los que gustan de guardarlo en formato DVD el MP4 es aceptado en la mayoría sino es que en todos los programas de edición y de quemado, ya he hecho varias transferencias y han quedado muy bien, lo recomiendo ampliamente, si se preguntan si es mejor comprar el que te hace la transferencia en HD además de que es mas caro les diré que solo si tu te dedicas hacer ese tipo de grabaciones a nivel profesional tal vez te convenga pero para mi los clientes que traen sus recuerdos en casets son de formatos estándar o digamos de calidad inferior a la HD y este aparato cumple muy bien su cometido con eso, en cuestión del sonido y transferencia a MP3 aun no lo he probado ya que no me han pedido que les transfiera algún caset de audio o algún disco de vinilo pero de seguro también debe ser bueno ya que el sonido de los videos se escucha muy bien

Fast delivery and item as listed. Excellent converter. Thank you.