Guy Stilson
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2022
After trying lots of free online spreadsheets and programs to try to organize my DVDs and BluRays and finding they all sucked, I broke down and spent $99 on this. It's good, worth the money, but it's not perfect. The instructions were a bit sketchy, but I got them figured out after about 5 minutes--they could be better written and clearer, they are not idiot-proof. When I scan the barcode on a DVD or BluRay, the program autofills a lot of stuff, but not as much as I'd like--things like year of theatrical release, run time, etc. Usually it find sthe cast and director, but a couple of times it has left those fields blank. Also, the 'media' choices (for the type of media the movie is on) include DVD, BluRay, Laser Disc, etc., but do not include 4k UHD BluRays-- so it's time for the manufacturer to update the program. You can do custom fields and fill them in yourself, and it only takes a few seconds each, but I've got something like 700 movies on disc so a few seconds each adds up.A few nits: one of my movies scanned as a book, and there's no way I can find to tell the program to change the media type from a book to a movie. Happily, when the barcode doesn't work (which is pretty rare--it usually brings back what I'm looking for), you can search based on the work's title and so far that's found what the scanned code has not. And if that doesn't work, there's a further option to do a complete manual input for a movie (or book, etc.) Also, the code key (requried to download/run the program) is on a small card that could easily get lost--I photographed it with my phone, as I often lose small cards but rarely lose my phone.Another good feature: it exports to Excel (although it doesn't seem to export the artwork, just the text fields)!So overall: good product, worth the money, it's the best solution I've found so far, but it could use some minor improvements.
Lori b
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2021
Not a single book was recognized by this scanner. Contact with the seller indicates that they are updating their database. Would be awesome if it actually worked.
Niece
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2020
Update: I went on their website today, hoping they fixed their database, THEY DID. I love this scanner. I can scan anything books, movies (VHS and DVD), and music without any issues. I updated my software and it is now working. I am very happy.I purchased this product in 2020. It worked beautifully. However, as of February 2021, it stopped working. I reached out to IntelliScanner and they know the database has issues. This was one of their email comments:From IntelliScanner: "I'm sorry there's trouble with Media software filling up items information. I'll be happy to help with this.Alas, there's currently an issue when filling up information from the online database. We'll get this fixed up shortly and we'll get back to you once it's done. Again, thanks for your patience and understanding."I still have not received a warm fuzzy that it will be working again.
JayBards
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2013
Since I received this unit (less than 24 hr ago) I've scanned nearly 100 DVDs, as well as numerous audio CDs and books. Except for a few DVDs whose numbers could not be identified (even after I manually entered them), everything worked great. Most scans were nearly instantaneous and I was able to accumulate a list of numbers very quickly. Then, when directed, the software goes online to search out various databases to generate the report. The database search can take several minutes, so be patient.Your data can be sorted alphabetically by clicking the headings within the software associated with the scanner and I had no problem exporting the information to Excel. There is very little supporting documentation, but it really is not needed. I had the system up and scanning in 5-10 minutes, after watching a brief online video on the company's website. I purchased the classic scanner (with cord) but can see the advantages of the mini, cordless version, since you don't have to be tethered to a computer.Bottom line: it works fine and i'm happy with it.
William J. Carty Jr.
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2012
The bar code scanner it self is a great device. It works as advertised. The software needs to be tweaked a bit. Although I am unhappy about the report writing portion of the software needs tweaked. But other than that, I an generally pleased with the scanner. One good thing about the software is that you can scan multiple items and once you are done scanning your library, you can have the software go out to the net and get all the data on your movies, books, or music.If there is a weakness with the software is that some of the fields don't export cleanly to excel. The report writer software has six fields that can be included in the report, but the field that describes the movie or book doesn't seem to be part of the report. I am still messing with it. I will either stumble on a fix for the report or find other software that works with the scanner.Bill Carty