Testseek.co.uk have collected 36 expert reviews of the Pinnacle Video Transfer and the average rating is 73%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Pinnacle Video Transfer.
April 2008
(73%)
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The editors liked
Good quality video capture
With files transferred straight from your video source onto the iPod or other storage device
Simple to use
Direct recording to devices
Reasonable picture
Easy to connect and use
Three quality modes
Can transfer direct to iPod
The editors didn't like
Needs a PC to reformat your iPod – this can’t be done with a Mac
Confusing status indicators during recording
No timer
Bordering
Pricey
Restricts you to the H.264 format and Fat 16/32 drives
Good quality video capture, with files transferred straight from your video source onto the iPod or other storage device
Needs a PC to reformat your iPod – this can’t be done with a Mac, confusing status indicators during recording
We don’t have any complaints about the quality of its video recordings, but Pinnacle could still do more to improve the Video Transfer’s ease of use. The device needs to provide better feedback during the recording process and, of course, need...
Abstract: Pinnacle has done well with the Video Transfer, producing a video digitiser thats simple to use without needing a PC. It converts analogue video for iPod or PSP well, but the higher resolution screens of normal TVs or PCs may cause it some problems w...
Simple to use, Direct recording to devices, Reasonable picture
No timer, Bordering, Pricey
To date, taking a TV show with you to watch on a laptop or portable media device has meant downloading it (e.g. from iTunes) or else recording it using a TV card or capturing it from a set-top box on a computer and converting it to suit.Pinnacles hand...
The Video Transfer is a good way of generating quick and dirty transfers of movies and TV shows for playback on an iPod, PSP or other portable media device. Pinnacles done a very good job of making the process simple, straightforward and PC-free. O...
Abstract: Inside Video Transfers small box is a hardware-based video encoder that produces H.264 movies for use with iPods and other devices. Its a standalone device that converts analogue video, whether its old video camera footage or output from a set-top box.
The great thing about this device is that it hardly matters what kind of video source you have " as long as it has some kind of video-out socket, you can plug in the Pinnacle Video Transfer. Cutting the PC out of the process basically means using an i...
Abstract: While I’m an iPod owner and love the gadget to death, I’ve always been annoyed at the limitation it puts on getting my own video content (TV shows and DVDs) without having to buy from iTunes. I can record TV shows onto my DVR and take my DVDs anywhere...
The Pinnacle Video Transfer is a cute unit thats elegant at transferring analogue video to a USB storage device but thoughts of recording late night TV before an early flight are fantasies because youll have to be there, recording. You may as well r...
