Pinnacle Video Transfer Expert Reviews

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 ...

As a fan of making the most of what I already have, the Pinnacle Video Transfer is a winner, because it lets me watch TV shows and movies on my iPod, but I don't need to buy them each time

For many folks the prospect of working with video on the computer is still a daunting task. Some folks just don't want to deal with hooking up their camcorder and importing video footage. Others don't want to learn how to use a video editing ...

Bring video to your iPod with ease with Pinnacle's Video Transfer. This interesting device cuts out your computer completely.

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, needs to ...

The Pinnacle Video Transfer is a handheld device that allows you to plug in any video source, such as a camcorder or DVD player, and copy from it directly to your iPod, Sony PSP, external hard disk or flash memory drive, storing the video content as ...

Grab video without even using your PC. A fast and easy way to digitise video from a variety of sources.

Inside Video Transfer's small box is a hardware-based video encoder that produces H.264 movies for use with iPods and other devices. It's a standalone device that converts analogue video, whether it's old video camera footage or output from a set-top ...

Once you've digitised old VHS and Hi-8 tapes, however, Video Transfer may become eBay fodder. Pinnacle's suggestion of using it with a set-top box is unconvincing given how cheap and flexible Mac-based TV tuners are, and software such as EyeTV and The ...

A quick and easy way to save and store video content

Easy to connect and use ; three quality modes ; can transfer direct to iPod

Restricts you to the H.264 format and Fat 16/32 drives

The Video Transfer's appeal is in its simplicity and, while not particularly versatile, it's very easy to use

A quick and easy way to save and store video content

A quick and easy way to save and store video content

Lets you copy a video source to any USB 2.0 mass storage device, without the need for a PC

It isn't portable, you can't program it to record video at a set time from a set channel

The Pinnacle Video Transfer is a cute unit that's elegant at transferring analogue video to a USB storage device but thoughts of recording late night TV before an early flight are fantasies because you'll have to be there, recording. You may as well ...

Pinnacle Video Transfer lets you copy a video source to any USB 2.0 mass storage device, without the need for a PC. But that's all it does.

The Pinnacle Video Transfer is a cute unit that's elegant at transferring analogue video to a USB storage device but thoughts of recording late night TV before an early flight are fantasies because you'll have to be there, recording. You may as well ...