Pinnacle Systems DV500+ Dual Stream Native DV with ANALOG & DV I/O Adobe Premiere 6

Price: $199.99


Pinnacle Systems DV500+ Dual Stream Native DV with ANALOG & DV I/O Adobe Premiere 6 Review
I recently purchased the DV500+ after extensively researching lower and higher priced units. My intent was to handle the following tasks: (1) analog capture of VHS tapes and other sources, (2) transfer/editing of DV tapes from a camcorder, and (3) archiving of video onto CD-R. The DV500+ handles all of the above, although it's ability to archive video at low bit rates (e.g. MPEG-1 or SVCD-compliant MPEG-2) requires use of freeware from the internet....My previous video capture solutions were ATI All-in-wonder cards, both the 128 and Radeon versions. Although the ATI multipurpose display/video capture card is good for the money, you cannot reliably capture very high bit rate video streams without jumping through lots of hoops. The DV500+, on the other hand, has been rock solid in capturing analog video in DV format with no dropped frames over hour+ captures. The included software package is great.. Premiere 6 is the pinnacle of Windows-based non-linear video editing. I am still playing with the other items including the title editor, 3D renderer, DVD menu/clip editor, etc. The DV500+ is not as "real-time" as the Matrox RT2500 which is its main competition, but it's at least ... cheaper and may have more trouble-free installation. If you need MPEG-2 editing and capture, think about the RT2500 since the DV500+ only captures in DV format but allows later transcoding to MPEG-2..... Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you?�Yes No Report abuse | PermalinkComment CommentMost of the consumer Reviews tell that the "Pinnacle Systems DV500+ Dual Stream Native DV with ANALOG & DV I/O Adobe Premiere 6" are high quality item. You can read each testimony from consumers to find out cons and pros from Pinnacle Systems DV500+ Dual Stream Native DV with ANALOG & DV I/O Adobe Premiere 6 ...

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