transfer home movies

anyone have comments about software that is used to transfer vhs tapes to dvd. i use pinnacle studio 10 with Vista OS and seems to be plauged with problems. the site to find out solutions to problems is massive, it takes a good 10 minutes just to find the section with the problem you are having, and it freezes alot. does anyone have any exprience with other software? i know windows has movie maker but i wasn't thrilled with it. any suggestions will be appreciated. thanks