Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder 2 Plus Digital Video Recorder | 
 enlarge | Brand: NEUROS
Category: Wireless
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Platform: Sony Psp
Color: Black
Media: Wireless Phone Accessory
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Sony PSP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 5 x 3 x 1
MPN: 4030500
Model: 4030500
UPC: 180106403056
EAN: 0180106403056
ASIN: B000HLZKH0
Release Date: August 20, 2006
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| Features:
| • | Product Type - MPEG4 Recorder | | • | -ISO Standard MPEG4 SP encoding with AAC-LC audio. | | • | -MPEG4+AMR Audio for 3GP settings. | | • | Audio Encoding - all modes=128kbps AAC except AMR for 3GP settings | | • | Video Decoder |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Want to watch your favorite TV show or movies on your iPod video, PSP, or mobile phone without hassling with an online subscription service? Turn to the Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder 2 Plus, which works like a mini digital VCR but eliminates all fees, hassles, and file conversion. The Recorder 2 Plus--an enhanced version of the original Recorder 2--is easy to use, as it plugs into any existing home theater component via simple RCA cables. Once connected, it records from any analog video source, including cable or satellite TV, DVD players, camcorders, VCRs, and PVRs such as TiVo. And because the Recorder 2 Plus uses compact memory cards as the storage medium, you can play back the resulting video files on your TV or easily transfer them to the digital devices you already own, such as PSPs, iPod videos, laptops, PDAs, and SmartPhones. The applications of the Recorder 2 Plus are virtually endless. You can watch your favorite late-night talk show or morning news show on your commute or during your lunch break, enjoy the movies of your choice during a cross-country flight, capture your video game highlights and e-mail them to friends or opponents, or digitize your home movies for viewing with friends. Everything is at your fingertips. The quality of the recordings depends on the quality of the original content and signal, but the Neuros Recorder 2 Plus captures its footage at 30 frames per second with a 640 x 480 resolution (close to DVD quality). Users can then save the content via one of several resolution/compression options. The resolution methods include VGA for TV playback; WQGVA for the PSP; QVGA (15 and 30 frames per second) and QVGA 3GP for handhelds such as the PSP, iPod, SmartPhones, PDAs, and Pocket PCs; and QCIF and QCIF 3GP for mobile phones. The compression options, meanwhile, consist of superfine, fine, normal, and economy. Note that the superfine and fine settings are only available for the VGA resolution. Operating the Neuros requires almost no learning curve, as the device uses your TV screen for all the menu controls. With its credit-card-sized remote, it's a cinch to move through the menus and select the handheld device you want to use for viewing. Simply choose the iPod or PSP, for example, and the Recorder 2 Plus encodes the recording into the proper format, so you don't have to worry about details like frame rates, bit rates, or codec types. The device even offers programmable and timer recording functions, just like a traditional VCR. The Recorder 2 Plus records onto the following memory cards: Secure Digital (SD), MiniSD, MicroSD (Transflash), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Compact Flash (CF) type I and II, Memory Stick Pro, Duo and Pro Duo, and Microdrive. Other details include a JPEG photo viewer with a slide-show option, a one-click record feature from the remote, and upgradeable firmware. The Recorder 2 Plus measures 4.6 by 0.71 by 3.42 inches (W x H x D) and is backed by a 90-day warranty on labor and a one-year warranty on parts. What's in the Box
Recorder 2 Plus system, standard A/V RCA cables, power supply, remote control, software CD-ROM, user's manual.
Product Description
The Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder 2 enables you to effortlessly capture video content for the Sony PSP from any analog video source, including cable or satellite television, DVD players, VCRs, camcorders, and PVRs such as Tivo. The video content is saved as MPEG-4 video files, eliminating the hassle of proprietary file formats. Using Memory Sticks and Compact Flash (CF) or Microdives as the storage medium, you can record content on a card for viewing on your PSP or TV, or then transfer onto your PC, Laptop, PDA, SmartPhone or Portable Media Player like the Neuros 442 or iPod. Roughly the size of a PDA device, the Neuros MPEG-4 Recorder 2 hooks up to your existing home-theater system, and allows you to view video and still photos on your TV or listen to MP3 audio files. Watch on an iPod too: Transfer the recorded file to your PC via a USB card reader (purchased separately) and add it to iTunes, then sync your iPod. Take it with you! Video Play Capabilities - MPEG-4 SP with MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) audio,30fps up to D1 resolution DivX 3.11@ CIF Resolution; DivX 4.x,5.x,30fps up to D1 resolution Quicktime 6; MPEG-4 AAC-LC stereo, MP4 format at up to D1 resolution ASF, AVI, MP4 file extensions MP3 and AAC audio capabilities Storage Card Compaible - Memory Sticks - Duo and Pro Duo / Compact Flash - Type I and Type II / Hitachi Microdrives with CF type II interface With 1GB memory card, it can record up to 111 minutes VGA quality or up to 250 minutes QVGA quality Upgradeable firmware for future expansion Size - 4.6 inches x 3.42 x. 71 inch / Weight - 4.9 oz Note - CompactFlash - MicroDrive - and/or Memory Stick Storage card required but not included
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Flimsy connectors and grainy MPEG compression August 7, 2008
I find this unit not very reliable for recording - the flimsy 1/8" connectors for A/V on the back cause video to come and go and I have to jiggle it to get a picture for recording - them sometime in the middle of recording it'll move just enough and leave me with a blank video screen with audio. OR I'll get the video channels but one of the audio channels will be off - just the left channel is recorded.
Additionally on the highest level of Quality (TV mode) the video compression is still poor and very blocky - I was expecting much higher quality at this setting then I get.
If you're considering buying this I recommend considering instead a A/V capture card for your computer - which should not have the flimsy connectors to it to cause you grief.
 This thing just did not work June 4, 2008
I only gave this product a star because I couldn't go any lower. This machine is completely unreliable. When it works it works wonderful, but it has not worked more than it has worked for me. The main problem was the formating requirements to make the memory card compatible with the recorder. If your really computer savvy it may be worth buying. But it your not, like me, I would strongly recommend against it.
 makes great video but... May 24, 2008
The Neuros MPEG-4 records video very well. I record alot of my favorite Family Guy clips off of my TIVO and then put them on my IMAC or my PSP. They look and sound great. My only gripes are that the interface is a little confusing and the remote control for the device is a little clumsy. These are really the only two things holding it back from getting 5 stars. It does get the job done and is well worth the money!
 Very geek oriented, but more or less does the job May 10, 2008
The good news is that if you want to make copies of video suitable for an iPod or other small screen device, you can do it as long as the video source has a single analog out for video and one or two outs for audio.
The bad news is that the manual is opaque and you have to be very geeky to understand how to set this thing up. The video interface is something out of PacMan circa 1978. This device is not for the non-technically inclined.
The other bad news is that even at the highest resolution, the video quality is marginally suitable for TV watching. It's OK for watching on a small device like an iPod, but even when you modestly blow up the image to something like 26", you can see just how splotchy the blacks are and how grainy the image is. It's like watching a mediocre VHS tape.
This device will not be particularly good for archiving old DVDs or even VHS tapes because of the image degradation. The company suggests a different device for archiving, their OSD. That device has an extra video in, S-Video, in so it might be a little better. But if you are using RCA jacks on that device, I'm guessing you'll have the same problem as you'll have with this device in terms of poor archival video.
The bottom line is that this device is a pretty good one trick pony if you're technically inclined. And that one trick is that it can record low quality mpeg4 video suitable for an iPod or PSP onto an SD card.
 love the neuros recorder 2 plus May 4, 2008
i did some research before i bought this ,and i just love the neuros . i recorded some of my bands videos from a dvd on to a compact flash card ,then i put the flash card into my card reader and into the usb on my computer,then i saved the files and uploaded them onto you tube,they came out great. my computer doesn't have a dvd player or a memory card slot.it an old dell. then i just got a sony psp . so i wanted to put some videos on that. my sony memory stick duo pro didnt come with a adapter , you will need that for the neuros , the adapter usually comes with the memory stick when you buy it. so i ran my dvd player into the neuros ,with the memory stick in the neuros and recorded on to it. i put it in the psp and it worked perfectly. great videos. make sure that you format the memory stick in the psp before you record on it.there are instructions in the sony psp manual on formatting the memory stick.
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