Admittedly, after finding out about its relatively low price and its simple, 'all in one box' design, we began to wonder about the depth of Casablanca's capabilities. However, after receiving and trying out the unit, all our doubts were quickly put to rest. From setup through the actual process of nonlinear digital video editing, the Casablanca is intuitive and easy to operate.
Setup is ridiculously easy.
The simple menu is operated with the included trackball. Within no time, you are capturing video and editing away. The video and audio is digitized and saved on the unit's own hard drive. Once there, the nonlinear editing process begins. The captured video and audio is easily split into individual 'scenes,' which can later be trimmed, cut and pasted into a storyboard.