The Video Transfer solution can take content direct from a video source and transfer it to a range of USB enabled devices.

Adding to its range of video capture and archiving devices, Pinnacle has released the Dazzle DVD Recorder (DVC100).  This product acts as a conduit between a video source and whatever is your designated DVD destination.  Adopting the same tear shape used by the other Dazzle products, the DVC100 is easily identified by its bright red colour.

Just after this review was published Emtec came back to us with answers to some of our concerns with this product in the form of a new software release.

It is 30x25x5cm and black and grey in colours. You need another 4cm on the 25cm depth to allow for connection of cables. So unpack and plug your coaxial into the rear and the provided SCART lead also. Next plug the 13amp plug into the mains. Your TV should automatically tune to the SCART channel if not do so manually, you will now see a screen where you set the aspect ratio 4:3 or 16:9 and then tell it to search for channels.

Hard disk recorders have been around for a little while - most famously pioneered by Tivio and then, in the UK, by the Sky+ box. Great if you're a Sky subscriber. With the advent of FreeView based Digital Television Recorders (DTR) this facility is available to the masses without the expense or restrictions of a subscription-only services. have launched their own product in this space - the " " - not quite as catchy as "sky+" - but don't let that put you off.

It is a black box that works equally as well horizontally or vertically (cradle provided) The face is 18x6.5cm with around 23cm of depth required for cables etc to be plugged into the back. All the connections are on the back, there are two SCART connectors, the DC power input and an 'X' arrangement where top left is the aerial input, bottom right aerial outlet (if required) and the top right/bottom left being the externally connected pass through (RF-Loop).

It was with some trepidation that I plugged my very old TV aerial into the back of this Humax FreeView PVR. Having been on cable for the last 5 years with the aerial dangling in the garden I was expecting the worst! Luckily though the box sprang to life and discovered a good range of digital channels. The Humax PVR9200T provides everything you need to receive and record FreeView programmes onto it's internal hard-disk drive (HDD).

The black box of the Samsung BD-P1000 blu-ray player has a silver strip along the bottom half of the front, it is much the same size as a standard video recorder at 43x32x7cm. You will need to add around another 3cm to the 32cm depth for insertion of any cables in the rear of the unit. The front has some buttons but everything - apart from insertion of the DVD's - is possible from your armchair via the 49key remote control.

First let me explain - the is a twin tuner unit and not a twin recorder unit. You can watch one channel while recording another. You can playback something while recording another, however, you cannot record two programs at the same time. Goodmans GHD8015F2 It is very small in comparison to other such units in fact the width and depth are no more than a standard video recorder but the height is half that.

The is a video recorder, a DVD recorder and a hard disc recorder all in one unit. It is somewhat larger than other such units - not all of which also have video - at 43x37x10cm. Funai HDR-B2735 I suspect the main use - for most people - for the video recorder part will be to dub to DVD or hard disc. It is probably easier to dub to hard disc but I managed to do it both ways without problem.

The Dazzle Platinum is generally no long available. You might like to read our review of the latest product, the . Dazzle DVD recorder According to my Concise Oxford Dictionary, the word "Dazzle" means "Glitter" or "Confuse or dim with excess of light".  Fortunately neither of these definitions applies to .

Patience can sometimes be rewarded as my experiences with this next product proved.  Grabster AV150 comes with the claim of being able to convert VHS tapes to DVD media.  I must admit that my initial attempts to get this product to work were a complete failure.   This is where the patience comes into the picture.  Let me explain.

There are lots of hard disc recorders about, some are analogue, a few are digital but this unit marketed by Evesham Technology has built in Freeview (so no other box is required) and best of all it can record two separate channels at the same time. Because of the loop through you can still watch an analogue channel at the same time.

You notice the things you did not have immediately, then you realise other goodies that your did not even think about. Basically this is a DVD and Hard Disc recorder and player. On the DVD side it can record to DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD RAM discs. However I am sure most people will record in the first place to hard disc. This means that you can view and should you wish to keep it you can then dub it to DVD.

Designed as an inexpensive alternative to the multi-channel record facility available from a Sky Plus box, the Phantom PVR consists of a special Scart adapter that is attached via a lead to a small transceiver unit. After removing the Scart lead supplied by Sky as part of its kit, the Phantom Scart adapter, with its piggy-back or throughput approach, slots into the vacant Scart connection of your digibox.