Dazzle DVD Creation Station 200 User’s Guide • Getting Started • Page 8Hardware OverviewYou can connect your camcorder, VCR, or TV to the DCS 200 to capture DVD quality videoto your PC. All you have to do is connect your video source to the DCS 200 and click theCapture button in MovieStar 5. The DCS 200 has an integrated DVD encoder chip, whichautomatically converts video in real-time into the DVD format (MPEG-2) before it lands onyour hard disk. This process shrinks the video to about 1/4 of its original size whileretaining DVD quality. You not only save a lot of hard disk space, but since your video isalready in DVD format, you don’t have to convert the video later.Great videos are even better if you add still pictures for dramatic effect. The DCS 200’sintegrated digital media reader makes it easy to read photos directly off the digital mediacards from your digital camera. The DCS 200 can read/write Type I and Type IICompactFlash, Memory Stick, SmartMedia, MultiMediaCard, SD Card, andIBM Microdrive media.LED ModeCompactFlash,Media ReaderMemory Stick,SmartMediaSD Card,MultimediaCard,S-VideoIn /OutRCA VideoIn/OutUSBConnectorConnectorPowerIndicatorsRCA AudioIn/OutIBM MicrodriveCard ReaderDCS 200/Front View DCS 200/Rear View