Obsessed with Pinnacle

Since buying Studio 11 a few months ago (Pinnacle’s video editing software), I have been on their mailing list and have seen some incredibly nifty looking products from them, and the one they have shipping now, Pinnacle Video Transfer, is definitely a don’t miss for me.

Features:

• PC-less capture of your video to an iPod, PSP, USB 2.0 hard drive or USB Flash Stick
• One-touch start/stop recording from any video source including a TV, DVD, PVR, camcorder, set top box or gaming console.
• High Quality MPEG-4 encoding in H.264 at up to 720×480/576 (NTSC/PAL) resolution.  That’s huge for something like this.
• Multiple capture options for mobile devices, full-screen PC and even video editing or DVD burning.
• S-Video, composite video and stereo audio analog inputs
• Compact size makes it perfect for traveling
• Recharges iPod battery during video transfer

For what would I use this, you might ask (I know my husband will…)?  Well, I was talking to my friend Mike not long ago about how to capture video and stills from video games - I believe this would do it.  This would also capture red carpet events and any other television that you might need to capture. This would transfer video straight to an external hard drive.  I think I need this.  And its pretty inexpensive at $129.