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Pinnacle Video Transfer, Analogue to Digital in Your Pocket
2:00AM Mark Wilson | The Pinnacle Video Transfer is one of the best-looking solutions for analogue to digital file conversion we’ve seen in a long time. A pocketable 4.8″ x 2.6″ x 0.9″ device, the Video Transfer converts video from analogue composite and S-Video through the H.264 codec to MPEG4…wait for it…through USB to iPods, PSPs, or flash drives. More »
Entertainment
Pinnacle’s ShowCenter 250HD Media Streamer Plays DivX and XviD
10:55AM Jason Chen | We’ve seen and tested a few streamers before, including ones that play DivX and XviD, but this Pinnacle solution looks like it’s going to hit the sweet spot for price/performance. The thing can handle 1080i playback of Windows Media Video 9, WMV-DRM, MPEG1, MPEG2, MEPG4 AVI, DivX, XviD, as well as high definition files like WMV 9, DivX HD and MPEG-4 HD. The 250HD works with Vista and XP PCs that have Windows Media Player 11 or Windows Media Connect (not Windows Media Center), and can grab files through Ethernet or 802.11g. All this for a price of $200 means DivX and XviD fanatics have something to look forward to this Christmas. [Pinnacle via Electronic House via Uber Review] More »
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New ATI TV Wonder Cards Add Enhanced DVR Functionality, QAM Tuner
10:19AM Seamus Byrne | Today, ATI announced the 600 USB and 650 PCIe cards, one for USB one for PCIe. The USB is a single tuner HDTV device for laptops, like the Pinnacle. The 650 PCIe is a desktop card with two tuners (that’s new) that records and plays an analog and digital source simultaneously. Both cards have Orb DVR software which allows other PCs on the network to stream shows from the host PC. More »
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Pinnacle PCTV HD Stick Gives You Cheap HDTV Recording on Your Laptop
10:44PM Seamus Byrne | Pinnacle’s PCTV HD Stick just lost a couple of features and got even cheaper. Now you can use this little USB tuner to turn that PC into a personal video recorder for just $99.99 instead of the $129.99 of the PCTV HD Pro Stick that’s still available. What’s the diff? The PCTV HD Pro Stick (What? There are Pro TV watchers? Sign us up), announced late last year, adds a mini remote control and the ability to capture from sources such as set-top boxes and camcorders. galleryPost('pctvhdstick', 3, 'PCTV HD Stick'); So if there are HDTV stations you can receive over the air where you live, now your PC is also an HDTV, giving you that live or recorded 720p goodness just by plugging this doo-dad into a USB port, setting up its mini-antenna, and firing up Pinnacle’s PVR software. Hey, wait a minute. We’ve had some relevant experience with the PCTV HD Pro Stick we can tell you about. More »
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