The external USB 1.1 device enables even inexperienced users to easily transfer videos from any analog or S-VHS source such as VHS tapes, camcorders, or DVD players to their Mac. USB Instant DVD for Macs utilizes hardware-based MPEG-2 compression (the same format used in DVD movies) for smooth video at full 720 X 480 NTSC (720 X 576 PAL) resolution and stereo sound. Because the MPEG-2 encoding is done on the fly, render time is eliminated and the process can be done in a relatively short amount of time.