Canopus ADVC300 Advanced Digital Video Converter
Amazing, simply amazing
Someone wrote a review about the ADVC-300 in which they said \\"I am no expert when it comes to video editing..\\"  I am, I have been in the professional video editing business for 10 years and all I can say is that this gizmo is out of this world!!! <br /> <br />Simple to use it gives you a very intuitive control panel based on sliding bars in which you can preview adjustments to your footage which are done on the fly without the need to render scenes, AMAZING!!! <br /> <br />This is PERFECT for anyone who wants to do editing and is concerned about quality of color and speed, for the novice it is an incredible gizmo that will restore your VHS tapes to a state close to the original fixing midtones, highlights and shadows on the fly, it lacks additional software to perform global color adjustments such as gammas  but hey, for the price and unless you own sophisticated software, hardware and are in the editing business this is MORE than you need. <br /> <br />  Your old tapes have never looked this good.  This is 100% compatible hith Apple's I-Movie, you can even preview your restored footage on I-Movie's widnow!!! how cool is that??? <br /> <br />I bought other hardware before and it was a pain in the gulliver, I highly, highly recommend this converter, this comes from a pro, it is worth every penny!!