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List Price: $159.21
Our Price: $93.90
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Manufacturer: Pinnacle Systems
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Pinnacle
EAN: 0613570221906
Feature: Box Content - USB video capture device with MPEG-4 compression hardware, Pinnacle Video Capture software
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Label: Pinnacle Systems
Manufacturer: Pinnacle Systems
Model: 8230-10021-01
Publisher: Pinnacle Systems
Studio: Pinnacle Systems
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Features
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Box Content - USB video capture device with MPEG-4 compression hardware, Pinnacle Video Capture software
Easy connection - Just plug it into a USB 2.0 or 1.1 port on your Mac
Flexible recording - Record video from any analog source - camcorder, set-top box, game console or VCR
Video for iTunes - Videos automatically added to iTunes, ready to sync with iPod or Apple TV
Hardware encoding - Built-in MPEG-4 encoder frees up the Mac's processor for other tasks
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Editorial Reviews:
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Pinnacle Video Capture for Mac is a sleek and simple way to add analog video capture capabilities to a Mac. The user can capture video in an iPod-native format from a wide range of analog sources - camcorder, set-top box, game console or VCR. Imported videos are automatically added to iTunes, ready to sync with an iPod or Apple TV. The built-in MPEG-4 encoder frees up the Mac's processor for other tasks. Capture Formats - Hardware compressed Mpeg-4 System Requirements - Mac OS X, version 10.4 or later, Power PC G4 500MHz or faster, G5 or Intel Core processor, 256MB RAM
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not what I hoped for.
Comment: Ultimately, I was disappointed in this product.
THE GOOD: I purchased this for a friend who is not very computer literate, but she was able to install it and transfer some video without problems.
THE BAD: Her primary use was to transfer VHS videos of family events which she would put onto DVD to preserve them as well as make copies for other family members. The problem is, the quality of the transfer is poor at best. The unit captures the original video onto the computer as an MP4 into iTunes. There is no option to transfer it at a better quality or into iMovie (which would have made more sense). We burned the captured video using iDVD and played it back on a regular 19 inch TV. I was shocked at how poor the quality was. The audio was a bit tinny, but worse was the video. I flipped back and forth between the original VHS and the new DVD and the picture from the DVD was probably 30-40% worse than the original material.
Since this gets transfered into iTunes, maybe the quality would be okay for playback on a 2 inch screen on a Video iPod, iPhone or maybe on YouTube, but if you plan to watch it on a TV, I'd suggest spending more money and get a better capture device... particularly if you want to preserve family memories or other material that is important to you.
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Summary: LOUSY VIDEO TRANSFER
Comment: The Pinnacle Video Capture for Mac is a waste of money. I used Dazzle years ago with an iMac and it was fine. This new device for Mac does not let my VCR sync with my MacBookPro ( Tiger ). It lags a few seconds behind in both video and audio and then the computer tries to play catch-up which it is not able to do. So the results are full of pixels trying to form an image. Pinnacle's support services have been very annoying since they have continually told me they could not read my emails to them and have asked me to send in my complaint 3 times. Are they trying to discourage me ??
I had great hopes for this product ( not really cheap ) and have been very disappointed. I could not recommend this product.
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Summary: Critical Review
Comment: This product is not capable of capturing video from game systems without having a sound and video lag. This product WOULD be better if it was produced with FireWire cables instead of USB. It was easy to return this product thanks to Amazon. BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK
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Summary: Unpolished software
Comment: Once I got the Leopard updated drivers installed (took a long time with tech support to figure out) it works as advertised.
There are absolutely no options in the software as others have mentioned. It won't even let you change where the files get stored - kind of tacky for a $100 product..
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Summary: Video Capture for Mac
Comment: This product is great. After trying several freeware products to convert old analog home videos to digital ( necessary to use them in imovie), I was about to give up. This product is reasonably priced, simple to use ( plug and play) and does the job without a hitch. Well worth the $99.
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