Pinnacle Makes it Easy to Preserve and Enhance Videos

23/05/2008 by john.

London, May 22, 2008 – Pinnacle Systems, Inc., the consumer division of Avid Technology, Inc., announces today the update of its Dazzle® video capture family. The Dazzle family allows consumers to easily transfer video content from camcorders, VCRs or almost any other video device and burn it to DVDs for archiving and viewing. The Dazzle family consists of three products: Dazzle DVD Recorder to easily back up videotapes to DVD, Dazzle Video Creator for digitising videos and quickly editing them with the included Pinnacle Studio software, and Dazzle Video Creator Platinum, includes Pinnacle Studio software and Scorefitter vol.1 & 2 plug-ins to create great looking movies from captured videos. These movies can be shared on the web or even transferred to mobile devices like Apple® iPod® and Sony™ PSP®.

Many people have their special memories recorded on VHS tapes, which aren’t the best format for long-term storage and over the years show signs of video quality degradation, with the risk of having those special videotaped moments disappearing. The best solution is to transfer them to DVD. Today’s DVD burners and easy-to-use video capture solutions like Dazzle make the task of transferring footage to DVD discs affordable, fast and simple. The Dazzle product family is the one-stop solution for effortlessly digitising and archiving videos, prolonging the life of all those memories caught on VHS.

With the Pinnacle Instant DVD-Recorder software included in all three Dazzle products, users can record from a video source to a DVD with one-click. Thanks to its direct-to-disk feature, the Pinnacle Instant DVD-Recorder makes an exact copy of the tape to DVD and automatically adds DVD menus and chapter points by detecting scene changes. In minutes, users will have rescued their family videos from deteriorating and can enjoy their DVD on any home DVD player. Moreover, with Pinnacle Studio™ software included in Dazzle Video Creator and Dazzle Video Creator Platinum, videos can be easily restored and transformed into high-quality movies with effects, transitions, titles and soundtracks.

Product Family Overview
Dazzle DVD Recorder – for simple and fast DVD creation. It is a portable, USB 2.0 device that is easy to install and use with one-click transfer of videos to DVD. It also includes Pinnacle Instant DVD Recorder. SRP £39.99.

Dazzle Video Creator – for fast, high-quality DVD creation and video editing. It includes Pinnacle Studio software to quickly edit movies with a full range of automated editing and restoration tools. Afterwards, users can burn movies on DVD or share them on the web via Yahoo Videos. Also includes Pinnacle Instant DVD Recorder. SRP £59.99

Dazzle Video Creator Platinum – for DVD and mobile video (MPEG-4) creation. This product allows users to create a high-quality video that is compatible with portable media players, including Apple Video iPod or Sony PSP. The included Pinnacle Studio software and the soundtrack creation plug-ins Scorefitter vol.1 & 2 make it easy to create great looking videos that can be enjoyed on DVD, on portable devices or shared on the web. Also includes Pinnacle Instant DVD Recorder. SRP £69.99

Product Availability
Dazzle products are already shipping, and are distributed through Pinnacle Systems website (www.pinnaclesys.com) and major e-tailers.

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