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]

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

Easy to use. Works perfectly. I used this with my camcorder and was amazed at the ease of use and the quality of the video. Big THANKS TO Clearclick. Great product.

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.)

I bought this item because I wanted to save my 8mm to M-Disc and use the S video output. The unit is easy to use and connect to. I have both reg 8mm, and Digital 8, tapes. What these manufacturers should not only state the file type and video size, but the rated of the video signal. Compared to the last video device I used, this unit seems to have lower quality, and I can see it when I enlarge the size of the video. I also have to re-edit them, because there is nowhere to adjust or program if the video needs to adjust color and or brightness etc. I'm glad I bought it, but they should increase the video rate, because it's not being burned to a DVD disc. Back in the days, some DVD players, would not play if the video had a rate over 8500.

works exactly as advertised. It's so easy to operate and digitize your old camcorder footage.

For a number of years, I've had 8mm, Hi-8mm and audio cassette tapes sitting in my closet. After transferring some to digital video formats like MP4 through video companies, it was getting rather expensive. Thankfully, I kept my high-end 8mm/Hi-8mm cassette deck. I bought the ClearClick converter to see if it indeed works on transferring video to digital. In short, it does and it does well. The ClearClick is very intuitive and easy to use. I found it works best with a USB drive. For some reason, I was not able to use the S-video output into the ClearClick from my cassette deck. But the resolution is very low on these 8mm/Hi-8mm tapes anyway. The image quality from the transfers varies on the type of cassette and camcorder I used originally. Some transfers look bland while others not so bad. After all, we're comparing 30 year+ video resolution to today's HD and 4K resolution. Audio quality was surprisingly accurate to the original tapes. I taped in stereo on those cassettes and transferred the audio to WAV quality. I also transferred audio from audio cassettes and again, audio quality varied on the original recording, tape quality and cassette deck. Some sounded okay while others much better. This little converter is well worth the reasonable price.

I used this product to connect to my old Sony Video camera to transfer countless old family video tapes to digital MP4 files. It would have been cost prohibitive to have sent my tapes out to a service to do the conversion. (Not to mention the risk of a service loosing a tape or the tape being damaged through the mail.) Previously, I had tried to use another product that allowed a direct download to my PC from my camera, but these tapes are 120 min in length, and inevitably Windows would perform a housekeeping chore and I would get frame drops. What that means for the final product would be a slight disconnect between the audio and video. A person would be talking, but the dialog and video would be out of sync. Because ClearClick stands on its own, there are far fewer opportunities for frame drops. Only once did I experience a frame drop, likely because of something that happened on the camera side, and a reprocess of the tape resolved it. Whereas the PC I had frame drops on the majority of tapes I tried to convert. I took countless measures to eliminate them, but it was just not possible. There are many amazing features to this product, one of which is the ability to set a fixed time for it to run before writing out an MP4 file. What that means is that I can download a tape from the camera to digital MP4 in an unattended mode. I strongly recommend the purchase of the recommended Sandisk 512gb USB 3.0 device for capturing the final MP4 files. This brand was recommended by ClearClick, and it worked directly out of the box, no issues, no need to format it etc. From a customer service perspective, there is no question about the high degree of support for this product. I had a question for customer service, which I communicated via an email to Clear Click customer support and received an almost immediate response. VERY responsive and helpful. I highly recommend this product if you have tapes to convert, it works great, it is simple to use, you do not need to have a technical background to operate it. If you can plug a cable from your video camera to ClearClick and press the record button on ClearClick, you are qualified!

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.