TrustedReviews reviews the latest Creative product – the Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor. The Video Editor features:
* Add multi-layer menus, animated-titles, slide shows, 3D transitions and multiple audio tracks
* PerfectView Pro MPEG encoding keeps digital artifacting from occurring, preventing blockiness and loss of detail – even at low bitrates
* TrueView Pro offers Motion Compensated Temporal Filtering (MCTF) to reduce video noise
* Comprehensive video connections – DV, S-Video, and Composite Video ins and outs let you connect, capture, and even preview from virtually any video source
* Capture, encode, and burn DVDs in real time to play in your car, living room or PC DVD drive
It’s essentially a USB sound card and video capture system all wrapped up into one external device. How does it work?
Despite the impressive quality captures the just-above average review score reflects the issues that I have with the audio quality and the inherent unpredictability of USB. Restricting video capture to the supplied software is also less than satisfactory. Where the Audigy 2 ZS Video Editor makes sense is if you have a specific set of requirements that necessitates using an external box for audio or video capture from a non-DV camera, (for example if only a laptop is available). If that’s the case then the Audigy is a fairly priced solution that gives excellent picture results but with a less convincing audio performance.
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