PORTTA VHS to Digital Converter, Video to Digital Recorder with Remote, Compatible with VHS, VCR, DVR, DVD, Hi8, Mini DV Players, Camcorder, Gaming Consoles (VHS/Tapes/DVD Player Not Included)

Exactly what I needed to convert old Mini DV & Video tapes to a digital format. I’d been looking at sending the tapes off to a third party to transfer the many, many tapes we had but all of the prices were unaffordable. I decided to see if there was a way I could transfer them myself and I came across this. This device was a fraction of the cost of sending the tapes off to a third party and I didn’t have to worry about them getting lost or damaged! You do need a working VHS player or video camera to use with this device (which I have so wasn’t an issue) but worth bearing in mind if you don’t have access to either. Really easy to set up, good quality video (which can be adjusted to suit your needs) and great sound quality too. It does take a little while to transfer the video but only because it is essentially recording from the VHS tapes or video camera tape so if you’ve got a 3 hour video it will take 3 hours to transfer. This wasn’t really an issue for me - I just set it up, pressed record and left it to it. Simple! It’s great to know I now have digital copies of all of the videos from my childhood & of family holidays - Even found footage of family members who long since past and great to know that footage is now safe & secure!

This item is a godsend. I have VHS-C and mini DV cassettes. I fear one day that the tapes will get chewed up, become damaged or they'll be nothing to play them on so I wanted to find a way of converting them into MP4's. I didn't know there was such an item until I randomly checked here a few weeks back. I took a chance and bought it. It's doing a fabulous job converting both cassette types. A few useful configurations in settings but not much to really make a difference to the output quality. Sometimes you can see a few unwanted small effects on the output video of VHS-C's but nothing to make the quality really noticeable that it is bad. Who's to say it's this gadget though because the DV cassettes output is fine. I just wish it had a higher quality output resolution than the max 1920 x1080 so I could test the quality difference. It is worth noting though, this is not an upscalling device so I doubt there would be. I doubt that, if the resolution was even 3250 x 1920, there would be any difference either. I have tested the lower resolution and the output is pretty poor so needs to be set to 1920 x 1080. It will obviously downscale but not upscale. In my opinion, the output recording will only be as good as the cassettes recording anyway. Unless there's a signal at the beginning, it won't record. You can miss the 1st 1 or 2 seconds of a video because of this. I prefer to press record and off it goes. If you lose signal whilst it's recording, it seems to carry on and not stop which is good. On occasion, it seems to get itself in a pickle as it can take ages to save the recording onto the USB stick, sometimes won't save at all. This could be for a number of reasons not associated directly with the device. Most of the time it's almost instant. This device it an absolute godsend in my eyes. No, it isn't cheap but it does the job very easily and does it well. Simple to use and is made of pretty good quality materials. The screen is very convenient because this means you don't have to watch videos on the tv only. Also, I think it's the perfect size.

This absolutely brilliant piece of kit is worth its weight in gold, it might be small but boy does it do its job, I cannot praise it highly enough, the person who invented this should be given an award. It works straight out of the box, plug in your RCA Cables to the red, yellow & white sockets or your S Video lead into the S video socket (if you are using one) or the Audio cable into the Aux if you want to record an mp3 of your favourite music (I have'nt tried the photo option yet) plug in your Portta machine to the mains, it will automatically switch on, make sure you have your Camcorder or whatever machine you are transferring from switched on otherwise it will show a message on the Portta screen "No signal detected" and make sure you have your usb plugged in. Camcorder tapes, VHS Tapes, Cassette Tapes all degrade overtime, I have over 50 Camcorder tapes, I have transferred all tapes apart from 4 that would'nt rewind or fast forward properly and snapped in the camera, its so important to save all your precious memories before they are lost forever. I can thoroughly recommend this wonderful machine, its worth every penny.

Worked well with all my Hi8 tapes played through my old video camera and the quality was great. Better than I expected!! 4 stars because it did not work with my Hi8 tape player even when I got in touch with customer support (who did their utmost) it just did not want to function. Yes a really nice machine and easy to work with.

EXCELLENT SOLUTION TO SAVING OLD TAPES A lot of these devices look similar. I selected the PORTTA. This gadget is BRILLIANT. Why? I needed to copy a box of camcorder video tapes and then edit them around. The PORTTA is simplicity itself to operate, gives excellent quality copies straight onto a USB stick (not supplied) which in turn plugs straight into a PC/MAC to process. NOTE: You CANNOT use an external hard drive that is powered via the USB connection. The screen is easily big enough to keep an eye on the copying in real time. BTW, MACs come with iMovie which is an excellent basic digital video editing tool. I am about to move onto a library full of interviews etc on old VHS tapes but have every confidence the results will be just as good. Am also going to see if it copies movies being screened via a projector fed by a ROKU streaming box. The correct sockets are present so it may function like an old world video recorder ? I thoroughly recommend this bit of kit.

1時間のハイエイト動画を4mbps 128kHzで録画すると、2ギガくらいのファイルになりました。オフタイマーでセットし、ビデオを見ていなくても録画が自動で終わるので、楽ちんです。買って良かったです。

The recorder works quite well and does the job I needed. The only thing I had an issue with is the HDMI output. It would be better if it had a separate audio output for monitoring the recording, as some of the HDMI monitors I had would not connect to the HDMI output.

Bra kvalitet, enkel att hantera och att överföra video till usb minne .Jättenöjd

It is very good device. I recorded 5 old DV cassette. Then I had a problem with my old camera . Then I fixed my camera. It is working now. The manual is difficult to read . It needs much better explanation as I spent one day to make porta to work again after fixing my camera .

Je suis d'accord avec la majorité des commentaires : cette machine est incroyable ! De l'électronique comme on en rêve : on branche et ça fonctionne ! J'ai d'abord relié le boitier au secteur avec l'adaptateur fourni. On peut alors accèder à un menu simple facile à mettre en français. Le menu permet de faire quelques réglages : j'ai tout mis en qualité maximum, je ne sais pas si c'est totalement nécessaire. Ensuite, d'un côté avec les prises RCA j'ai branché mon camescope acheté il y a 30 ans, de l'autre une clé USB formatée en NTSC. J'ai appuyé sur "PLAY" du caméscope puis sur "REC STOP" du boîtier. Une fois la lecture de la cassette terminée, j'ai réappuyé sur "REC STOP" pour arrêter l'enregistrement : et c'est tout ! J'ai obtenu instantanément un fichier mp4 (environ 4,5 Go pour une heure en qualité maxi) directement lisible sur la télévision. Alors, on peut peut être obtenir des images de meilleure qualité en utilisant un autre système ou en passant par un professionnel. Pour moi, les images obtenues sont vraiment correctes et de qualité nettement suffisante (vidéos de famille) et surtout c'est tellement simple. Le mini écran et le haut-parleur sont vraiment qualitatifs. Si on veut plus grand pour visionner les images (à plusieurs par exemple), avec ou sans enregistrement, on branche tout simplement le boîtier avec un câble HDMI sur un téléviseur. Sur le site internet de PORTTA on trouve un fichier de mise à jour système (une archive zip) que j'ai téléchargé mais que je n'ai pas réussi à installer sur le boîtier. J'ai copié les fichiers à la racine d'une clé USB et j'ai utilisé le menu de mise à jour. Je n'ai pas trouvé comment faire dans la notice jointe ni sur internet. Si quelqu'un a fait cette mise à jour pourrait-il partager la procédure à suivre ? Merci d'avance.