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Product:
Pinnacle Studio DV
Company: Pinnacle System
Website: http://www.pinnaclesys.com
Estimated Street Price: $199.00
Review By: Julien Jay
Final
Results and Overall Mark
Well we have reached the end of the
review. Here are my final comments, notes and grades for the Pinnacle
Studio DV.
Final
Comments
| How
It Grades |
|
|
Setup:
85%
Manual: 90%
Features: 95%
Compliance: 60%
Cost: 78%
Ease of Use: 88%
Video Quality: 93%
Overall: 84%
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The
Studio DV board is a great buying. For a cheaper price you’ll have the
ultimate easy to use device to capture and create your own digital films.
Once you’ve solved the configurations problems that can appear on some
computers or with some camcorders (as we’ve experienced) the Studio DV
will become your best friend to capture, create, share, high quality
digital videos in a connected world.
| Specs
& Package |
| Overall
Score |
84% |
| Version
Reviewed |
Pinnacle
Studio DV |
| Release
Date |
Out
Now |
| In
The Box? |
PCTV
DV
Software CD
Manual
|
| The
Good Points |
High
Quality Video
|
| The
Bad Points |
Compliance and software/drivers setup |
| Reviewers
PC Setup |
Pentium
II 450
Windows 98 Second Edition
256 MB SD Ram
Sound Blaster Live!
G400/DXR3
DVD 10 |
| PC
Required |
Pentium 233
or higher microprocessor
1 Free PCI BustMaster Slot
Win 98/(SE Rec.)
DV or Digital8 camcorder or
VCR with DV (FireWire/iLink/IEEE 1394)
port required
64 MB of RAM
30 MB of hard disk space
CD-ROM drive
SVGA monitor
Soundcard Optional
Internet
50 MB for every 20 minutes of
video captured at preview quality (4 GB for every 20 minutes of
finished movie) Hard Disk drive must be capable of sustained
throughput of at least 4 MB/sec. (All SCSI and most UDMA drives
will work) |
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