Pinnacle Systems Ships Four New Dazzle Consumer Video Editing Solutions
London, UK, 03/11/2003 - Pinnacle Systems announces the availability of four new Dazzle® video capture
products designed for first-time video editors. As a result of its recent acquisition
of the Dazzle product line, Pinnacle’s industry leading consumer video editing
solutions now include: Dazzle DV Clip, Dazzle Digital Video Creator 80, Dazzle
Fusion, and Dazzle Digital Video Creator 150. All four new products come with
Pinnacle Studio QuickStart™, an entry-level version of the company’s
award winning Studio™ video-editing software.
The Dazzle product line with Studio QuickStart enables users to make engaging
home movies complete with colourful titles, transitions, effects, and music.
With a CD or DVD burner, Studio QuickStart also empowers users to create video
CDs (VCD), SuperVideo CD (S-VCD), and DVDs of their home movies. Each product
comes with hardware to import video to the computer for editing, preserving,
and sharing.
The four new Dazzle solutions featuring Studio QuickStart are:
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DV Clip: A PCI card that users install inside the PC to import digital video.
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Digital Video Creator 80: An external video capture solution that lets users
transfer video from virtually any analogue or digital camcorder to any PC with
a USB port.
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Digital Video Creator 150: An external video capture solution that lets
users transfer DVD-quality video from virtually any analogue or digital camcorder
to any PC with a USB 1 or USB 2 port.
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Fusion: An external, USB video capture device and media card reader.
Pinnacle’s award-winning consumer video-editing products offer powerful
video editing solutions that can take the user from beginner level to expert.
The Dazzle product family combines easy to set up and use video capture hardware
with an entry level version of Pinnacle’s best-of-breed Studio video editing
software to give consumers the easiest way to get into video editing. Pinnacle’s
award-winning Studio line lets consumers take their video editing to the next
level by adding more professional-quality features such as Slow Motion, Colour
Correction and advanced DVD authoring and motion menus while retaining the same
easy-to-use, intuitive user interface.
And for advanced hobbyists and professional video editors who want a professional
feature set, Pinnacle Liquid Edition offers a comprehensive professional editing
solution with real-time compositing, effects and DVD authoring.
Pricing and Availability
All four products in the Dazzle product line-up are immediately available through
leading retailers:
Dazzle DV Clip is priced at £39.99 inc VAT, Dazzle Digital Video Creator
80 is available for £59.99 inc VAT, Dazzle Fusion can be purchased for
£79.99 inc VAT, and Dazzle Digital Video Creator 150 is available at £149.99
inc VAT. All pricing is listed at the suggested UK retail price. For more information
please visit www.dazzle.com.
Dazzle Upgrade Programme started
An attractive Upgrade Programme has been launched for all Dazzle customers that
had previously purchased any Dazzle branded product. There are three different
upgrades available: a STUDIO Software upgrade, a hardware upgrade to Pinnacle
MovieBox DV, and a combined Software-Hardware Upgrade to Pinnacle Liquid Edition.
Details and more information can be found at www.dazzle.com/specialupgrade.
About Pinnacle Systems:
Pinnacle Systems provides broadcasters and consumers with cutting-edge digital
media creation, storage, and play-back solutions for use at Home, in the Studio
and on the Air. Pinnacle Systems’ award-winning digital media solutions
are in use around the world for broadcast, video editing, DVD and CD-R authoring
and on the Internet. A recognized industry leader, the company has received
nine prestigious Emmy Awards for its technical innovations and carries this
commitment throughout all of its product lines. Pinnacle Systems can be reached
on 01895 442 003 or www.pinnaclesys.com