ADS Technology Ships USB Instant DVD For Mac

[J.A.F._Doorhof]

ADS Technologies is now shipping its new real-time DVD-Video capture device, USB Instant DVD for Mac. While DVD creation was once limited to the latest model Power Mac G4's with Apple Superdrive and iDVD software, USB Instant DVD for Mac provides similar features and benefits to older Power Mac G3's and G4's. Users can now quickly and easily record their home movies in full resolution DVD-quality video, then author on DVD or CD recordable discs to share with family and friends.

Available now and priced at about $399, the external USB 1.1 device enables even inexperienced users to easily transfer videos from any analog or S-VHS source such as VHS tapes, camcorders, or DVD players to their Mac. USB Instant DVD for Macs utilizes hardware-based MPEG-2 compression (the same format used in DVD movies) for smooth video at full 720 X 480 NTSC (720 X 576 PAL) resolution and stereo sound. Because the MPEG-2 encoding is done on the fly, render time is eliminated and the process can be done in a relatively short amount of time.

The captured video can be trimmed, authored and burned to a CD or DVD recordable disk with bundled software from Pixela. Captured MPEG-2 video also can be exported to DVD Studio Pro (not included) and a CD or DVD recordable drive is required.

"Mac users have always been on the forefront of video editing," said Mike McCoy, ADS Technologies president. "And since the current G4's offer the leading DVD authoring solutions available, we wanted to give the millions of users with older Power Macs a quick, plug and play way to capture DVD-ready video."

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