- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $39.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
- Date added: January 22, 2009
- Total Downloads: 2,852
- Downloads last week: 71
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 3 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on October 22, 2009
ZD Recorder provides a neat tool for capturing movement and just about anything else that can be displayed on a computer screen.
Its interface was shockingly plain, which led us to the User's Manual almost instantly. Fortunately, its no-frills layout made recording our actions onscreen very simple. Like running a video camera, there's a dotted square that captures all the action within its boundaries. By operating a series of Play, Stop, and Record buttons, similar to a typical remote control, we easily captured all our actions opening and operating a program. This function could have also been applied to video, but it seemed most helpful as a teaching tool for showing people how to run programs. We saved the video ZD Recorder created as an AVI file. It was instantly playable and easy to watch, too, since it looked just like our regular screen. ZD Recorder can also record sound from a microphone and loudspeakers simultaneously, which could be useful for narrating the action. While its layout could have been more professional, this program could be really handy to have around.
ZD Recorder has a 30-use trial limitation. It installs desktop icons without permission and leaves folders after uninstalling. It's simple and effective.
Publisher's description
From ZD Soft :ZD Recorder is a unique software program that can record almost everything displaying on the computer screen, including desktop applications, PC games, various videos (streaming video, flash video, Webcam video, and DVD video), and record audio from speaker or microphone simultaneously. You can use ZD Recorder to create demo videos to demonstrate how to do something on a computer, make game movies to show how cool you are in the game, or record interested videos to hard disk for later review.
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Version: ZD Recorder 3.0.2.0
"The concept is great, but execution is lacking."
Pros: It is VERY easy to download and use.
Cons: Even when the video source was excellent, the recorded version had digitalization problems. The playback video would often lock up then skip ahead. It most cases, even with a good initial source, the video playback was unwatchable.
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Version: ZD Recorder 3.0.2.0
Pros: works as it says! the file created is much smaller than other products I've tried. simply one of the best Ive used. customizable keys that can allow for even a novice to use it effectively. can be used for a range of options
Cons: none that i can think about.
Summary: my use of this software is primarily for the recording of in game footage for editing. Ive tried fraps and got a lot of problems especially with the size of the files that was created, the audio was absent or off. but with zd recorder I've had no pr... read more >>
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Version: ZD Recorder 3.0.2.0
"This Software is Really Amazing,"
Pros: This Software it's Help me So much
Cons: hhhhh, It's Not free
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