Pinnacle Video Transfer

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...

To record at the highest resolution of 720 x 576 pixels you will need to use a hard disk or memory key. However, videos captured at this resolution are recorded with interlaced frames, just like regular TV broadcasts. When viewed on a computer screen,...

Captures directly on any USB storage device ; Works with PlayStation Portable and iPod natively (with the exception of iPod touch and iPhone) ; Easy to use ; Portable size

Analog inputs only, no HDMI ; Doesn't work with iPod touch natively ; No timed recording feature ; Cannot choose other video formats

Service And Support The Pinnacle Video Transfer comes with a two-year warranty. The support Web site is quite comprehensive, with email, telephone and even live chat for certified technicians to assist you. Software and hardware updates are also...

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...

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 work...

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...

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...

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