Tuesday, 9 December 2008

Roxio Launches “Easy VHS To DVD,” Sets Bar For Press Kits

If nothing else, you can’t fault Roxio on their press relations. Huge, high-res photos, separate product-specific website, wire-service press release and a promotional video (below) embeddable through no less than 24 different video services. They sure know how to launch a product. This time round, that product would be their new Easy VHS to DVD Kit which works much like Buffalo’s version we saw last week, only it includes software with an attractive, polished user interface for which Roxio is renowned.

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Wednesday, 3 December 2008

Buffalo PC-SDVD/U2 Backs Up VHS Tapes Via Small USB Key

There are lots of gadgets out there that aim to help you back up your old VHS tapes in digital form, but this one announced today by Buffalo is the smallest I’ve yet to see. The PC-SDVD/U2 looks just like a USB flash drive, but with a port at the end for plugging in the included S-Video and RCA Composite Video connectors that in turn, hook up to your video player.

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