Why I buy this one ?
- Archive video footage to VCD, SVCD or DVDs
- Create interactive videos with scene and chapter menus
- Make your own movies with special effects, titles, music and more
- USB 2.0 connection to the PC, backward compatible to USB 1.1
- Capture audio and video via the USB port with “Audio-Lock” technology for perfect lip synch

What our customer's say!

"Very easy to use for home videos", I read the reviews of this product from users who were not satisfied with this hardware, but I found that the setup is relatively straight forward, with the exception of the usb problem I had, and it makes it easy to make dvd's from home videos without having to go through another time consuming process of converting the video to another format. I use Nero to create the movie from the ADS file without any problem. When I first tried to set up the ADS usb using a hub, it wouldn't identify my usb. You have to plug the usb directly into a usb connection in the computer or it won't work. I found this to be a great product to use in making my dvd home videos. - Michael Riley

"product is not good", i bougth this product tinking was good. but it was only head ache. i don't recomend this to any body is just a peace of junk .is not good at all

"Great to still find this", I would have had to pay 75 + dollars for the same box with different software at circut city, great to find this item still available and TigerDirect was great!!! 4 Stars

"Great Product!!", This is exactly what I was looking for! I have a SONY camcorder that uses 8mm tapes. I was easily able to convert my tapes to DVDs. Here are the pros and cons:
PROS: 1) Easy setup
2) Great quality video output!
3) Most affordable way to back up your analog tapes on DVD (CD).
4) Excellent Capture software!
5) Option to choose low quality (low disk space) or high quality (high disk space).

CONS:
1) Had minor hardware connection issues (loose connection on the USB port)
2) Bad DVD burning software (just use NERO, ROXIO, or any other easily available DVD burning software available online)

I had another 8mm tape done professionally (paid $35+ for a 26 minute tape) and got a really poor quality video (skipped every second) and audio. When I compared it to the DVD made by DVD express, there was no competion. DVD express created a DVD that looked just like the original.

"I woudn't recoment it", Maybe mine was defected and this is why I had to return back. It was not working consistently and it cost me many hours trying to make it work. The times it worked, video quality was not that good.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"It definitely works... and its cheap", Look, for a bargain-basement product, what do you expect? First, you expect it to work, and I can confirm it definitely does work.

When plugged in to USB, it signals XP correctly. The driver software is very tolerant. You can install it at any time and there is never a resource conflict or problems with the system recognizing the device. So installation is a 5 minute process.

Next comes the capture and initial encoding. Well, the software is a bit lame as far as features and GUI. Typical. But it absolutely saves in MPEG2 / DVD format just as you'd need it to for making DVDs of all your Dish Network or PS2 or VHS content.

The frame rate is full on 30 fps. It takes an SVIDEO or standard RCA video signal. Both are just fine in quality. The resolutions are not that great... but its passable for DVD when you crank it up. Don't think you can encode some Blu-Ray quality MPEG with this though.

As far as the overall durability of the product, I've literally left mine plugged into the wall and running for about 1 year straight. It gets hot, but its never so much as flickered or needed reset.

Bottom line? This thing is like a kids toy- its cheesy but tough as nails. Get it for your first analog signal MPEG encoder. Its a good value.





"Don't buy this!", This isn't a consistent product. 99% of the time, I can't get it to work. After MONTHS of emails and phone calls, customer service responded. What a joke! They told me the plug in the unit and then unplug, wait 30 seconds, and then plug in. Gimme a break! I shouldn't have to do the Hokie Pokie just to get it to work. By the way, their process didn't work. Poor product, Poor customer service, Poor price.

"Very Good Product for the $$$", The DVD Express 2.0 worked the first time I tried it. It always helps to have a little knowledge of computers as most who have written reviews probably have. I agree that Ulead really sucks and they could have bundled better software witht he unit. If you are having trouble getting this little baby going I would suggest a computer class would be apropriate.

"Freezes and tech help not good", I purchased dvd express and it never worked. I spent endless time with tech support. The old story about, "It must be your computer." did not fly either, my machine is a media type and it far exceeds the system requirements advertised by ADS. I exchanged the item and it was supposedly checked out before I got it. Same problems. Tech support told me I was the only person having trouble with this product. They need to check out a few websites that review products there are hundreds of bad reviews very few good ones. My only mistake was not reading them before I wasted my time and money. ADS also told me it would not work with Ulead's Movie Factory 3, some of the software it came bundled with, but that was Uleads problem. I should use Cap Wiz ( Their program ) DUH!!! Guess what, it did not work with their program either. Ulead said they had several complaints with ADS's product. Their final solution hold on to the product and maybe they will have a new version of cap wiz and that might work. Save yourself time money and aggravation buy another product! P.S. Since ADS doesn't consider the product defective they will not refund your money or allow you trade it in for an upgrade. I don't think they want a product like that either. The only reason I gave one star is.....it was packed well.
JUD

"Easy to Use! Works Great!", I have no idea what the people who can't get this to work are doing! It's so easy to use and works great. I bought the unit to transfer my large collection of music VHS tapes to DVD and after one month of use, I couldn't be more satisfied. Set-up is ridiculously easy: load the software (there is also a driver upgrade on the ADS website), plug in the power cord, connect the USB cable to your PC, and connect the patch cords from your VCR to the DVD XPRESS box. All this took me about a half-hour and I was in business copying VHS tapes. I have never had it freeze up on me even once and the resulting tapes look identical to the master tapes with the audio and video in perfect synch. The ONLY reason I'm giving it 4 stars instead of 5 is that the included Ulead Movie Factory DVD editing software is really rudimentary and somewhat cumbersome to use. Still, if you don't have a lot of editing to do and just need to add titles, chapters and menus, it's fine for that. Overall, this thing rocks!