Grass Valley ADVC-55 Analog to Digital Media Converter

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★★★☆☆
3.0

 

$164.95 at B&H Photo Video

 
 

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Pros

  • Easy setup (7)
  • Fast setup (6)
  • Great sound quality (5)
  • Easy to use (4)
  • High quality (3)
  • Highly compatible (3)
  • Simple controls (3)
  • Improves performance (2)
  • Compact for easy sotrage (1)
  • Lots of features (1)
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Cons

  • Does't work in reverse (1)
  • Pricey (1)

Best Uses

  • Home movies (3)
  • Home use (3)
  • Studio (3)
  • Complex projects (2)
  • Any rca or svideo analog (1)
  • Customer transfers to dvd (1)
  • Getting video into editor (1)
  • Independent films (1)
  • Single analog to firewire (1)
 
 
 

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ADVC-55 Analog to Digital Media Converter

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Last update: Nov 11, 2009

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Grass Valley ADVC-55 Analog to Digital Media Converter Review

Bingo!

★★★★★
5.0

    Pros

  • Easy Setup
  • Fast Setup
  • Simple Controls

    Cons

  • None

    Best Uses

  • None
 

"I got this to use with a DVX camera. This camera's fire wire was out. Using this with the DVX yielded excellent, instant results. I saw no degradation of the picture quality. I was impressed. "

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Nov 11 2009
Robert
Houston, TX
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Grass Valley ADVC-55 Analog to Digital Media Converter Review

Amazing Product

★★★★★
5.0

    Pros

  • Easy Setup
  • Fast Setup
  • Great quality

    Cons

  • None

    Best Uses

  • Home Use
 

"The Firewire cable powered mine. I use it to put all my old high school football vhs' onto my computer. I edit them with titles and such then simply burn to a dvd. works like a charm. Great Product. The same quality that goes in comes out. "

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Nov 21 2009
Holy Moly Productions
East Rockaway, NY
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Grass Valley ADVC-55 Analog to Digital Media Converter Review

Simple & Effective Solution

★★★★☆
4.0

    Pros

  • Easy Setup
  • Fast Setup
  • Good Audio
  • Simple Controls

    Cons

  • None

    Best Uses

  • Single analog to firewire
 

"Used the Canopus to connect analog video connection to my laptop which uses Firewire. Worked perfectly with no loss of resolution.



This is a very simple and effective solution. The only negative I can see is that even though the product writeup claims that power is not required if one uses a 6pi …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Oct 13 2009
Pesi
Vancouver, BC
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Grass Valley ADVC-55 Analog to Digital Media Converter Review

The best Analog to Digital Video Convert

★★★★★
5.0

    Pros

  • Easy Setup

    Cons

  • None

    Best Uses

  • Home Use
 

"I had few PAL and NTSC VHS tapes and wanted to digitize them. I tried few Video cards and USB to DVD converters. They all produced very poor quality video. Finally I decided to give this unit a try, it did produce fantastic results. The unit will convert the Analog input to DV format, which can be e …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Oct 21 2009
Ranjith
Ontario, Canada
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Grass Valley ADVC-55 Analog to Digital Media Converter Review

I'd buy this again.

★★★★☆
4.0

    Pros

  • Compact for easy sotrage
  • Easy Setup
  • Fast Setup
  • Good Audio

    Cons

  • None

    Best Uses

  • Any rca or svideo analog
  • Home Use
 

"Unfortunately I have a camera that does not have USB or firewire ports so I needed an a way to get the analog signal of my home movies converted. The ADV-55 is simple to use and does everything I need it to do. It would be nice to be able to control the device from my computer, but I cannot complain …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Jul 15 2009
Kirt
Cary, NC
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