Play Snappy Video Snapshot

Pros: inexpensive, produces tremendous quality images, don't have to buy a digital camera or a scanner
Cons: none that I've found (but not available for the Mac)

If you own a camcorder, you DON'T need to buy an expensive digital camera. All you need is this inexpensive video image capture device called Snappy. It's awesome.

It only costs $100 and it outperforms digital cameras that cost over...

Pros: Better than having a digital camera
Cons: You may need other peripherals

I've had Snappy for 4 yrs, and I still use it(version 3.0). I paid $99 and it came with (amongst other programs) Photodeluxe 2.0, which I also still use. Granted, it's not Photoshop (yes, I have that too) but it's easy to use and can be used to edit...

Pros: Easy to use, Fun...good alternative to expensive digital cameras
Cons: runs on a 9v battery...needs power pack which should be included but is not

It was our children that made us buy a snappy. They didn't actually "make us" but, they were the reason. We live far from our relatives and wanted to get the kids images on the web for all the family to see. We searched the stores and looked...

Pros: USB connection, no other power source required; captures stills plus video and audio
Cons: Requires windows 98 or MAC OS 8.6

Dazzle Digital Photo Maker DM-5000- captures still pictures and video!

I was searching for a way to capture still images from my new Sony Hi8mm camcorder and read about Snappy. In the course of my research however, I came across information...

Pros: Easy to install and use
Cons: snappy needs to be tight and sometimes gets lose if slightly move system, etc

When we were about to have our first baby we thought, ok we need a camcorder and a digital camera. While looking around and pricing we found we really couldnt afford both and tried to find a way to make it so I could still take pictures for auctions or...

Pros: inexpensive way to produce digital images in several formats.
Cons: If you have one printer port switching form Snappy to printer is necessary unless you have a switch box and cables to use.

While my digital camera was being repaired I needed a way to get images onto my website. I have a camcorder so I bought Snappy for $99.99 without shopping around and was very surprised with the quality of the images. It is very easy to use and the...

Pros: don't need digital stills/videos, captures analog photos from camcorder/vcr/TV (but will capture digital sources), easy to use, cheap
Cons: e-mail export works only with Winmessaging, software requires update patch (1 Mb) from Play Web site

Like most people, you've got homemade analog videos of your friends and family with some primo images sprinkled throughout. If you could capture that one frame where your kid was caught with a perfect smile, you'd give up your eyeteeth. But how do you...

Pros: inexpensive, easy to use, convenient, cost-effective
Cons: none

I had the opportunity to use one of these little gadgets to help my daughter put together her science project for school, and it was great! For how inexpensive it is, it is an amazing way to capture video and put it onto paper.

What we did...

Pros: lots of added features, convenient, great analog & digital video captures, organizational software, Adobe Photodeluxe
Cons: hardware unchanged, another $169.95 for just a software upgrade unless they make the software available separately for a reasonable price, weird uninstall for this and previous version

I wrote a review of Snappy 3.0 in this category, but obtained a copy of the latest, Snappy 4.0. Read my Snappy 3.0 review for some background on the program itself. Snappy 4.0 is a software only upgrade, so you will not need new hardware if you already...

Pros: Digital quality without digital price
Cons: Hard to screw on parallel port

I've been using Snappy since it first appeared on the market and in general I have the highest praise for it. In this time of everyone trying to sell you a digital camera it is nice to know that there is an alternative which certainly is cheaper ( for...

Pros: Great shots, cool interface.
Cons: Hogs the printer port.

My snappy is happy. I am working on a book on how to build ukuleles. Recently I took 250 high resolution digital snapshots of the project with a Sharp ViewCam, in live mode, and captured them on a 166 Pentium w/ 32mb ram using a Snappy 3.0. Deluxe. The...

Pros: easy to use and setup
Cons: can be slow downloading picture

The new and improved Snappy, from Play, Inc., is an affordable way to capture video on your computer. Snappy is very easy to use. A great video capturing tool for the novice through expert.

This will allow you to attach color or black and...

Pros: easy, cost efficient, many uses
Cons: connectors for the port are hard to turn

So far i have loved mine! I got it for a great bargain of 50.00, and have gotten well over my moneys worth from it. From taking pics off my camcorder of my son to email to friends and family to connecting the vcr and printing out photos of grandparents...

Pros: easy to use; captures images hard to obtain elsewhere.
Cons: eats up batteries; uses printer port on PC

This is one great product for anyone who can use pictures/stills from movies or home videos. Like its name, Snappy is easy to use. It works off the parallel port of your PC, which has a minor pitfall in that my printer does, too. But it is simple to...

Pros: good quality pictures from external video source
Cons: additional hardware needed to complete installation, Adobe Software version listed was not included

I confess, I'm a General Hospital junkie. What does that have to do with this? It's what led me to purchase a Snappy. In my egroups, a few of the other listers have these little devices that they use primarily to create pictures or screen ...

Pros: Good price, useful for certain tasks
Cons: Limited use - due to quality limitations

Whoaaaa! Stop the five star stampede! I agree, the Snappy is a cool tool, BUT - if you are expecting miracles, you will be disappointed.

For toying around, this thing can't be beat. But if you need quality graphics, especially for a business...

Pros: Great image quality, easy to install
Cons: Poor user interface, battery problems

I tried Snappy Video Snapshot a couple of years ago (version 3.0), and now that $100 unit is sitting on my shelf collecting dust. It could have been a great product, but there were just too many annoying problems that prevented it from truly being worth...

Pros: none
Cons: poor quality pictures, difficult install

After reading all the rave reviews, I got v3.0 Deluxe last year. First problem, it requires a dedicated parallel port: I didn't feel like unplugging my printer every time I wanted to use snappy, and the laser printer I have isn't happy with switchboxes....

Pros: Snaps good framegrabs, sounds.
Cons: Poor program, poor movies, hard to t install, cheaply made.

Snappy had been on my mind for months. I picked up the information: the pamplets, the product info at the website, and other resources.

I was wrong. I was wrong to splurge $250 for Snappy Deluxe 3.0. I was wrong to spend the money I sold my...