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If you are looking for a great economical solution for converting those old VHS tapes, then this is the way to go. I spent the last two weeks looking at a number of solutions for my project and it came down to the Elgato Video Capture, Diamond VC500 and this product by TOTMC. I read all the reviews and decided to take a chance based on the price. I was not disappointed. With Amazon Prime it was quickly sent to my door and the install was pretty straight forward. I installed the drivers and the somewhat outdated ArcSoft ShowBiz software first, then after making my connections from the VCR to the corresponding cables plugged in the USB connection to my computer. My computer is a home built system running Windows 8.1 64bit, 8GB ram and 1TB hardrive. I think some of the negative reviews related to voice\video sync may be related to a few variables such as (NTFS or FAT32), (32bit vs 64bit) and (HDD vs SSD). I also make it a point to have nothing else running when capturing. The capture software ArcSoft ShowBiz is old, but it does work within Win8 and once I captured my video as an Mpeg2 file, I used Windows Movie Maker to make any edits before burning to a DVD. My file sizes averaged 2.1GB for about 1hr of video and about 4.3GB for 2hr of video. I couldn't be happier with my purchase and happy I took a chance on this product.