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Customers find the TV tuner card works like old VCR recorders and deliver top-notch video and sound quality, with crystal clear 720p and 1080p format recordings. The device is solid and reliable, though customers report occasional glitches and firmware issues. The ease of use receives mixed feedback, with some finding it simple once figured out while others find the directions sketchy, and the recording capability and audio quality also get mixed reviews.
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A quick rundown of this product’s key features:
What can it do? – Standalone 1080p@60fps video capture device and digital video recorder. Record video to a USB storage device while watching it on TV, playback the recorded video on TV with the included remote, No PC required at all. Analog to digital video converter, HDMI/RCA/Composite/Component/YPbPr/VGA inputs are supported. Gaming capture and live are also available if you prefer using a PC.
Why do I need it? – Digitalize or archive analog videos to MP4 files from old devices without using a PC. Backup videos from HD/UHD video discs and old VHS tapes. Gaming capture and live. Capture and record videos from cable TV receivers, set-top boxes, PVRs or DVRs. Record online conferencing video. Record online HD video for recreating. Capture screen contents of PC.
Why choose it over other similar products? – Friendly to use by newbies or older adults. Specifically designed for work with big screen TVs and HD/UHD/Analog video players. Recorded MP4 files can be saved on both retro and modern PCs (exFAT, NTFS, FAT/FAT32, MBR,GPT). Ultra-low latency (less 90ms). Various schedule tasks. Trusted since 2016.
Is my device compatible with it? – It works with: VHS Players, VCRs, Camcorders, Hi8 camcorders, DVRs, Set-top Boxes, Video disc Players, Media players, TV Sticks, Endoscopes, Surgery Microscopes, Game Consoles, and any other devices with HDMI/RCA/Composite/Component/VGA Output. [Tip: The Smart TV & TV Antenna can’t be a video Source.]
What’s more? – 90-Day No Hassle Return (at our cost) and 2-Year replacement Service. Free video edit/conversion software included(Windows system only. Mac is not supported). [The device does not support any content protected by HDCP. When connected to an HDCP (Content Protection) source, it will output an error message or nothing. This does not indicate a defect.]
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Reviewer: James Davis
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Impressive little Device A Few Small Issues
Review: 2021 update ive bought another one. Yes another one. These little boxes accept line in inputs from everything. I uad to jave another one. This little box has processed 5000 recprdings so far. And is still humming along at warp speed. Really impressive. This is tue only model out of all tue game recorders out tuere to have multiple line hook ups. Of you have old dvds vhs vhs c laser discs ect. You can process them all. Worth your time. This little box is. Software can be wonky but effective. Use sandisk thumb drives 32gb to 116gb best response to recordings. Thos will record from all game systems as well. Though you may have to tweak your consoles settings depending on what you have. Customer service is in it for the long haul too. They actually have humans. Can take a day or 2 to respond but its a human….2019 review Okay I had to order a second box as the first one was somewhat defective.. The USB port was very loose. So Getting a replacement for it. Helpful Solution to this problem. Buy an added angled USB Extender And hook up your USB stick to that. USB sticks can be kind of heavy on the port It managed to record one tv Program and Game capture before it failed to do anything.. The picture Quality is nothing short of spectacular… Amazon has left and Right switchable angled Cables to aid in your quest for perfection.. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06W56VLLY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2IME0Z5O2LH6Y&psc=1 This device so far performs well But it does have Its Quirks.. First Recording in NTFS Mode can be problematic. Your likely better off In FAT32 mode. Cloner box provides software via download from its web portal.. This will allow you to assemble your recordings nearly issue free. and they also offer Burning software to burn to disc. My issue is no ability to title your projects unless you use a PC to do it. Its a thing they are most likely working on to add in the future. The remote that comes with the unit does not have batteries with it. those are AAA in size so be sure you have some on hand. as you will need the remote almost immediately upon first use. Be sure to format your thumb drive to NTFS or FAT 32 Fat 32 being your better option.. And make sure your USB stick or drive does not exceed 2 Terabytes But make sure the USB is larger than 32 Gigabytes As most recordings will be large. You are recording in HD format MP4 video. You can lower your bit rate to make files smaller. This device does require that you have a bit of Know how to set it up. But a little bit of internet reading allows you to easily understand Bit rates and Formats for video. Not that hard to do. Make sure you read up on those as the instructions could be a little bit more descriptive. that come with the product. Cloner box does have an online instruction manual and how to section that is very easy to understand. That will allow you to save the PDF to your PC for future review. Suggestion also For a very good picture use the component in of this box or HDMI port in. But you can not record HDCP protected content via HDMI. You can however do so Using a work around Or The component YPbPr Connection. You can also use the HDMI out on your preferred device into a converter which lowers it to YPbPr which is still 1080p resolution. You will need a converter for that but that method does not transport the HDCP signal to the Cloner box. or any recorder for that matter. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F6URXYY/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_3?smid=A3GE4HK1J73CN8&psc=1 Amazon has a huge array of converters so they are easy to find. You will find the picture quality is really good regardless.. until HDCP is eliminated this is the method you have to use to copy HDCP protect content.. Advisable if you are trying to copy Blue ray discs ect. Convert your signal down then back up to HDMI via a second converter. Though your image will be better via just the component Direct connection..Now that we have this out of the way. The unit itself is very small and very light.. All connections except the USB port are on the back of the device. The USB port is on the right side of the unit. Though it looks well constructed That USB port is in a very bad spot and the heavier your USA stick is the more it will weigh down on that port. The suggestion above solves this issue easily With an angled connector. All other ports were solid. But your PC Connector cable is way too short. I recommend an upgrade to this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0143K4ZSK/ref=twister_B07CBVG4L8?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 This will be a 10 FT cable. Reason being is the provided cable is really short. And really thin.. If your pc is far away from the cloner box and most peoples PCs are you will need the length to use the record to PC feature.. Its basically a long phone charger cable. Make sure its USB data capable. The MIC recording feature also works really well to capture your own audio over gameplay for recordings.All in all this is a good purchase once you figure out how to get it to do what you want it to do. And Cloner alliance has very good customer support. They can help you solve a lot of problems. Note this will be some culture shock to those users used to DVD recorders. its a bit more complex but for the picture quality its worth the time. to upgrade to this format. Im sure future releases of boxes will have newer features and smoother operation. I myself will be keeping my eye open on Cloner Box They are the top of the line when it comes to capture boxes..What I would like to see added to cloner boxes in the Future.. Longer cables for PC connections. An angled USB connector for the USB port.. Titling ability via the Remote.. But you can do this Via Your pc later its just an added annoyance The box itself could be about an inch or 2 larger to space out your connectors as they are really close on the back of the box. Also I would like to see smaller Formats added as most or large format recordings that are very high Gigabyte size More of a 300 to 700 Megabyte range. That would lower image quality But it would also allow Space saving for phones and Tablets.. Other than this the box is a great addition to a mediaphiles Equipment.. I hope this helps some of you to have a good experience with this device
Reviewer: Bob Burqawitz
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This thing has so many features, it’s almost a must-have for everyone.
Review: When we first got this box, it seemed like it didn’t work at all. We were ready to ship it back. But as other people have indicated these guys have great customer service and helped us get it up in running within a day. You have to hold down the power button for a long time to get it to turn on the first time you use it. Just pressing the power button, or even holding it down for a few seconds, does nothing. Just keep holding it down and eventually the thing will turn on.I bought this to capture videogame footage for my youtube channel, and it works spectacularly for that, but the multitudes of additional features give it far more functionality than that. All those extra features also makes this far superior to other gaming capture cards on the market too.Since it has a remote, you can start and stop your captures without having to trek across the living room to the TV, which is spectacular. But the box is also capable of playing back the video you record instantly right on your TV, without being attached to a computer. This makes the box essentially function much like a DVR – except with external usb drives, so you can just swap out a new device any time your drive gets full, rather than trying to deal with replacing an internal hard drive, or deleting old files to make room for new ones. It even has a timer, so you can set it to start recording at a specific time – although this functionality is limited and won’t have as much versatility as an actual DVR. You can only schedule a single recording at any given time.The video doesn’t have a lot of compression, so the files are quite large. If you were using this for movies that you’re planning to keep, such as backing up and digitizing your blurays or dvds, you’d probably want to run the files through handbrake or a similar file compression/conversion tool to get the files down to a reasonable size.You can choose to record at various resolutions, including 1080p, 720p, and a PC setting that can vary slightly, and you can choose between a few odd resolutions by pressing the PC button multiple times. Video is saved as mp4 file type, with h.264 compression. Long story short, that means the files will be readable by almost any device that can handle video.You can also take still images, which are saved as .jpg. I would have preferred something with lossless compression like a .png, but this isn’t a huge issue.Additionally, the device can read and play back many different types of video, music, and image files, and even txt files, so you can use it as a media box, transferring various types of media to it for playback on your TV, beyond just what the box is capable of recording. You press the playback button on the remote and it switches your display on the screen to a menu where you can select and play back various files. All this is available without running the box through a PC.The device comes with a MMI cable converter that allows you to connect VGA, Component cable, or AV input – allowing you to connect almost any device to it for recording. I only use the HDMI input myself, but it’s nice that I could connect a non HDMI computer video output to the device if I needed to.The actual video quality seemed a little lower than my last capture card at first, but then I realized I was recording at a lower datarate. You can actually choose between three datarates – high, medium, and low, from the device’s menu settings, in addition to the resolution setting. The highest data rate is around 16MB/s, which is very high quality. There is some signal loss with this device. My previous setup, running through a splitter, was not viable. It caused an extremely grainy picture with terrible artifacting. Luckily, this device can bypass HDCP protection, allowing me to record my videos without needing the splitters. After removing the splitters from the chain my video came through just fine. I still run everything through an HDMI hub so I can switch between multiple game systems as needed.The recorder changes resolution output based on the output you select on the remote, allowing for changes with the press of a button, which is also extremely convenient for recording game footage, because I can adjust my resolution without having to take the time to go through the game console system settings.The box also has both in and out jacks for audio, so you could use it to add a headphone jack to any device you’re using, or to add commentary to videos with a microphone.You may have to do a firmware upgrade on the device to enable some functionality. This can be kind of a technical process, but from what I’ve heard the customer support is great if you need their help installing the newest firmware. I didn’t have any trouble doing this, but if you’re not used to doing this type of thing it could be difficult.After the update you can create large video files – taking up the full space on your attached drive in a single file. The drive needs to be formatted to NTFS file system to do this. Without the update, video files will be broken down into a maximum of 2G file sizes.I don’t have the device attached through my PC. I don’t need that functionality and was specifically looking for a box that I wouldn’t have to run through my PC to record. But it’s nice to have the PC option available to me. This makes it possible to do streaming setups and a few other options if you wanted to use it for that. I also haven’t tried out any of the software that came with the device. It’s just not anything I need. I have other tools for doing these jobs.One complaint I have is the naming convention. It’s just a bunch of nonsense numbers – which seems pretty random, and can sometimes apparently place a video you just recorded right in the middle of a group of videos, making things difficult to find at times.
Reviewer: Jethro
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This does exactly as advertised. Use a fast access USB drive to load full HD video. Audio settings on TV are irrelevant as TV is simply a monitor for what you are recording. I can record concerts or football etc on the PVR and play back through this unit to the USB. Has 3 different qualities. Works very well, instructions are indeed a bit meagre. I will often let football games record overnight with the tv off it has a timer function.I highly recommend this device, no computer necessary keeps it simple and is a very handy device.
Reviewer: David Summerfield
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The Cloner Alliance Box Pro Is very good. I have converted 14 video 8 tapes to digital, so far, using this device. I have used this with my old Samsung VPL300 Camcorder camera. The Cloner Alliance Box Pro comes with a set of adapter leads so can be connected to many different devices. In my case it needed to connect with the jack on the camera then to the white and Yellow RCA output plugs which connected straight to the RCA socket, adapter cable of the Cloner Alliance Box Pro. The image quality is excellent, as good as the Video 8 from the camera. I have recorded in 4:3 aspect ratio, which is the original AR from the camera. I have also recorded in resolutions 1024×768 and 720P. Both images are good. Hard to tell the difference by my eye. I bought a 64Gb sansdisk USB and that has worked flawlessly to record on to. There are also very comprehensive instructions which can be downloaded from the Cloner Alliance website. I strongly recommend reading them to get the best from this device. However it does work straight out of the box with just the default settings and the quick start instructions enclosed in the package.Yes…I would recommend this product. Very happy with it.
Reviewer: gabriel de jesus carreira
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Estou encantado com o cloner alliance, muito fácil de usar, muito boa qualidade, não tive que fazer nada nos settings a não ser alterar o bitrate.Em conclusão uma ótima compra, recomendo.
Reviewer: BEEDLES KEITH EDWARD
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Non avendo più la possibilita di salvare il mio contenuto sul DVD perche i registratori DVD non esistono più non sapevo cosa fare.Ho trovato questo goiello quest’anno, registra da qualsiasi fonte, DVD player/recorder, VCR, Decoder satellitare e persino l’Amazon firestick.Ottimo, 5 stelle.
Reviewer: Paul Friar
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I have spent several days trying out a few different ways to get the best out of this clever little ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro recording device to suit my specific needs and now I feel that I am in the position to write an honest and detailed review of it to the best of my ability – something I think is really important as this device may be able to help many people looking to record video from sources they can find no other way of doing currently.The first thing to say is that the ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro product is a fantastic bit of kit that has made something possible that I feared I would be unable to achieve – namely recording a video stream from NowTV.But it actually works better than I hoped it might and I have been really enjoying using it.This review will be mostly created by the notes I have been making about the various ways I have tried and prefer recording with it, and I know that anyone wanting to record streams will benefit from reading this and trying out such a great gadget as this.Firstly, I want to mention something that did put me off when I first used it – that annoying “Och, something wrong!” message that appears when you first try connecting the device to your tv and video source.It turns out that it really is a simpler fix than even the instructions lead you to believe – you just press and hold the “Source” button on the front for 10 seconds to really sync everything together and then they just work together again forever without any further effort from you.Until I knew that I kept on having to disconnect and reconnect everything to the ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro every time they were powered down. Now, no such problems and everything just reconnects and works each time I switch all the devices back on.I will now explain my exact use of the device which may give you a better idea of whether it will be of use to you.I have been trying to get high quality versions of the episodes of 2Point4 Children as streamed via NowTV because I know that they will never be released by the BBC on DVD due to a licensing issue with Lady Penelope’s pink car from Thunderbirds (if you can believe such a thing.)In my tests I found the best way to record them was to first fast forward the episodes to the end of each clip, cancel that annoying “watch next episode now” message that would otherwise appear at the end, rewind to the beginning once again, then cancel the play positioning bar by using the rewind 10 second button and press record on the ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro at the same time to enable me to get a perfect recording from start to finish without any more annoying pop up or display bars on it.The ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro enabled me to do exactly that and get the episodes I wanted recorded perfectly (I now need only hope that more episodes get shown on UK Gold to allow me to get the entire series recorded!)However, with the ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro it goes without saying that you only get out of it what you put into it.By that I mean that you should have the following:1. A good stable internet connection and being prepared to record late night/early morning (if using the ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro to record from a streaming service such as NowTV to prevent buffering/jumpy playback/audio issues.)2. A high quality stream or video input such as 1080p as the ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro will not provide HDMI upscaling.3. A decent quality flash drive/external hard drive (unless using the ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro to record straight to pc.)I tend to record with it earlier on the morning when my internet connection is at its best to ensure the optimum achievable rate of transfer, plus I have NowTV boost to receive all content in 1080p.That being the case my ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro is able to record in perfect clarity with the files looking great in playback once transferred to my pc (I usually don’t check the playback on the device itself, although it does have that ability.)When it comes to playback of recorded files, I have adopted the method of recording straight to a flash drive and then simply copying files across to the pc after I have finished, and so I cannot comment on connecting to PC via HDMI (even though I bought a long enough high-quality HDMI cable to do so) or really even using the software to edit/combine files – apart from one minor thing I will mention in a moment.The software that you have access to with a purchase of the ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro does seem quite good, but I only tried editing a file recorded with it once as I changed my recording method after that.(I just know that something will likely always go wrong if using software on a pc due to the constant updates computers get – so even if the software provided with ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro works now, it won’t be long before Microsoft comes along and breaks something, hence my reason for not really trying it too much.)When I was first recording with the ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro, I had my flash drive formatted in fat32 rather than NTFS which I now prefer – fat32 is apparently more stable for recording with it, but NTFS records files record in one piece rather than splitting anything over 2GB into multiple files.I decided I would prefer single files due to a slight “audio drop” issue at the point of split I noticed when using the provided MP4-Cloner software to merge split files back into one file.However, there is another important choice to be made regarding the formatting standard if using an external drive to record to, because the same quality and length of 30 minute episode recorded on a fat32 formatted drive which comes to around 2GB would be around 3.2GB on a NTFS formatted drive.This is all due to the size of the default allocation unit size used in the drive formatting, which is something you will have to search for yourself to get the best results for you – however it is of little concern to me really because I plan on storing my precious recorded files on my large 4TB external hard drive connected to my TV for later playback and for burning straight to Blu-ray discs for long term backup, but for those with limited space requirements you may wish to take care with your choice here.Apart from the slight audio drop out issue I mention above during the only time I tried file merging and possibly the slight moment of panic caused by that initial “Och, something wrong!” message that was solved after a quick online search, I cannot find anything I do not like about the ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro. It performs better than I had hoped it might when ordering and right now I think it may well be greatest electronic gadget I have ever bought.(And yes, for those that are inevitably going to ask if the ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro can be used to record from copyright protected DVD’s and Blu-ray, I can say during my test it did so perfectly and made an excellent recording, as you might expect, because it simply records whatever video source it receives to a file. Just please only use it for whatever you might legally have the right to do so, okay?)In the added pictures you can see my current setup with all my various devices for watching content, my NowTV device for streaming and the ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro itself (with the flash drive removed as it was connected to my pc at the time.) It is now just starting to look a little dusty, I really must do some cleaning – the other little marks on the rest of the devices are just emulsion paint from my roller when decorating I promise!I can happily rate the ClonerAlliance HDMI Pro 5 stars and recommend it to anyone wanting to find a way to record HD streams that other devices will not accept.
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