Dazzle was hardware, no drivers like a video card .... basically cables RCA in and RCA cables out.

Except - it's junk. And technical support didn't exist. And their manual was .... well, lots of clipart and very few words. Dazzle has a ton of Better Business Bereau complaints against them now and at least two lawsuits for merchantability.

They were selling a product that never worked and never would work - it was a con.

My groan was about hardware and software in general. (Actually anything now that you can buy - cars, videocameras, tvs ..... so much junk, a good thing there's Consumer Reports out there.) Doesn't anyone take any pride in what they do? Isn't there any testing? I realize about having to push a product out and deadlines - but pushing out product that doesn't work in the first place to unsuspecting consumers? That's just ridiculous. It's like selling a defibulator to fire departments across the country that you know don't work.

It also calls into question one thing that has bothered me for a long time. If people who write software and engineer hardware are so lax about what they do - what's to say your surgeon, airlines pilot or car mechanic really know what they're doing? Kind of scary to think that your pilot may have been flying on sheer luck until your flight .....