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Pinnacle Video Transfer Smartphone & PDA Essentials 80 - Converting video to a format your computer, PMP or smartphone can handle can be an endeavour fraught with software conflicts, missing codecs and long waits. The Pinnacle Video Transfer however, is a completely stand-alone hardware solution that takes an analogue video signal and spits out a digital video file to a connected USB storage device in real time.

Pinnacle Video Transfer Personal Computer World 6/2008 - Able to digitise video from analogue sources, the Pinnacle Video Transfer device could be the answer for those with large video collections making the transition to the 21st century.

Pinnacle Video Transfer Register Hardware 6/2008 - Pinnacle is seeking to make transferring old tapes to digital formats an altogether more enjoyable experience. Simply plug one end of the device into a video recorder or camcorder and the other into a USB external hard drive or memory card and you're away.

Pinnacle Video Transfer Computer act!ve 4/2008 - Transferring analogue videos to a computer has previously involved a combination of the right hardware, the right software, a powerful computer and a lot of patience. The Pinnacle Video Transfer device however, takes three of these out of the equation.

Pinnacle Video Transfer PC Advisor 4/2008 - If you have a lot of VHS footage still to make the crossover to the 21st century but can't be at your computer all the time, then the Pinnacle Video Transfer may be just what you need.

Elgato Video Capture MacFormat 7/2009 - Getting recordings off VHS tapes before they degenerate or just so you can comfortably view them again is the aim of Elgato's Video Capture. With S-Video and Composite connections and a SCART adaptor, it transfers VHS to your Mac into the H.264 format.

Elgato Turbo.264 HD video encoder. Will this save you time encoding clips? Pocket-lint.co.uk 4/2009 - Video conversion is a nightmare of codecs and formats, compression levels and then finding software and devices that will play it. Elgato's Turbo.264 HD video encoder claims to make all that easy with drag-and-drop automatic conversion for almost any format to almost any device.

Turbo.264 HD MacUser 4/2009 - Video encoding can often be a drag, especially when older Macs struggle with the processing. Elgato's Turbo.264 sped up the process of converting to H.264 considerably, and with the Turbo.264 HD intend to repeat this for HD.

Pinnacle Video Transfer TrustedReviews 3/2008 - Last month Riyad reviewed Roxio's excellent Crunch video conversion software, which offered iPod and iPhone users a quick and simple way to convert video files stored on a PC or Mac into an Apple friendly format. In a similar vein, Pinnacle's new Video Transfer device is aimed at making life just as easy for users who need to capture and digitise video from an analogue source, and all without the use of a computer.

Plusdeck 2c peripheral Computer act!ve 9/2007 - Elsewhere in this section, we look at a device that can help convert video tapes to a form that can be viewed on a computer or copied to a DVD. Similar devices, such as the Ion USB Turntable, exist for copying old LPs. The Plusdeck 2c, on the other hand, is the first device we've ever seen specifically for copying old audio tapes to a computer.

Pinnacle Dazzle Video Creator Platinum video editing Computer act!ve 8/2007 - Videotape has pretty much bitten the dust now – it's no longer easy to buy video recorders in the high street, and VHS films languish in the bargain-bins in branches of Blockbuster Video (which, itself, is all about DVDs nowadays). Even so, there are still plenty of people who own non-digital camcorders, or who have collections of VHS tapes that might benefit from transfer to DVD. Pinnacle’s Dazzle Video Creator Platinum is designed with that task in mind. The package consists of a small silver video capture box and two pieces of software.

Elgato Turbo.264 MacWorld WWDC/2007 - If you've ever tried to convert digital video into a format your iPod or Apple TV understands, you'll quickly have grown frustrated at how long conversion takes. If you're a keen iMovie-maker, you#ll have had plenty of experience watching your Mac render your compositions. Video transcoding is one of the most processor-intensive tasks you can ask of your computer. An episode of Gordon Ramsey's F-Word may only last an hour, but converting it for Apple's entertainment products takes several times that using your Mac's own processor (Intel or otherwise). It can mean you record a show on Wednesday and don't get to watch it on your device of choice until Friday. This hurdle to ease-of-use is annoying, particularly if you've spent your cash on an Apple TV. Thankfully Elgato's Turbo.264 makes it faster to transcode content into Apple's favoured H.264 codec - by up to 300 per cent.

Pinnacle Studio MovieBox USB Computer Shopper 6/2007 - Like Terratec's Grabster AV400, Pinnacle's Studio MovieBox captures analogue video to your PC via USB.

Pinnacle Studio Moviebox USB peripheral Computer act!ve 1/2007 - Transferring old video to a digital format is a great way of ensuring precious memories are kept and shared, however, getting video onto a computer in the first place can be a bit of a lottery. Pinnacle's Studio Moviebox USB has all the inputs you could need as well as the software needed to work with the video.

ADS DVD Xpress DX2: Legal, but imperfect, DVD Copying Tom's Hardware 7/2006 - As we all know, DVDs are easily damaged and aren't quite as forgiving as CDs when scratched. Making a backup copy of a DVD allows you to keep your original safely stored in pristine condition away from harm while the disposable copy takes the abuse. It sounds pretty simple, doesn't it?

Kworld DVD Maker USB2 video capture device Computer act!ve 7/2006 - Looking like an oversized USB key with a bunch of cables dangling off it, Kworld’s DVD Maker USB2 is, in fact, an external video capture device.

Terratec Grabster AV400 peripheral Computer act!ve 6/2006 - When you think how difficult it used to be to convert VHS and other analogue video tapes to DVD, products like Terratec’s Grabster AV400 seem like modern miracles in comparison.

StorVision MiniVCR SV-1000 peripheral Computer act!ve 5/2006 - Video recorders come in all shapes and sizes these days, recording digitally to DVDs and hard disks where once they used clunky old VHS cassettes. The Storvision MiniVCR SV-1000, however, is a new breed of video recorder altogether. This tiny little box actually records video straight to memory cards.

Terratec Grabster AV150 peripheral Computer act!ve 5/2006 - Many of us still have a large collection of VHS videos, comprising old television favourites or home movies. As VCRs fade into the ether, transferring video to DVD is becoming more important and the Terratec Grabster AV150 should provide a simple way to do it.

Terratec Grabster AV150 VHS to DVD converter Pocket-lint.co.uk 4/2006 - If you are over 30 you may remember audio cassette tapes, if you are over 40 you may still own some. Not that you’ll be able to play them of course because just as computers increasingly don’t come with floppy drives any more so Hi-Fi is usually sans tape deck. If you’re quick and get there before Dixons becomes an online only store, go see how many VHS players they sell. The point being that before long the VHS tape will become as good as extinct purely because the technology upon which to play it will be phased out. Which leaves the millions of us who have invested our time, money and memories in the format in the proverbial canoe without a paddle. Which is where the Grabster comes in ...

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