By Carlo S. Suerte Felipe
Aside from its world-renowned video editing software, Pinnacle has extended their products by introducing to the market their new hardware peripherals ideal for both PC and Mac. Consumers now have the option to turn their Apple or PC desktop or laptop into an Internet TV or an audio source like a stereo player or radio.
Television fans will surely enjoy the Pinnacle PCTV To Go – a new product that gives consumers the ability to enjoy their home entertainment systems from any location inside their respective homes or around the world. Users can just connect their TV service provider to the PCTV To Go and broadcast it over their home network or the Internet. Once Pinnacle PCTV To Go is connected to a home network, it enables consumers to watch full resolution, DVD-like quality in MPEG-2 while viewing television in and around the home. If you are outside your home or in another province or country, you can still view your home television with high quality MPEG-4 remotely through the Internet.
Pinnacle PCTV To Go is unique in the market in a way that it communicates wirelessly to an existing network or directly to a wireless PC. This eliminates the need for consumers to co-locate an Internet router and/or access point in the proximity of the entertainment system. With Pinnacle PCTV To Go, consumers can connect to a broad range of devices, including cable and satellite set-top boxes, over-the-air antennas, DVD players and fully functional DVRs. It also seamlessly works as a TV source within a wirelessly connected Microsoft MCE equipped PC, meaning that consumers can set up and use an MCE entertainment system in a location far from their TV source.
With integrated Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) support and comprehensive digital video recorder (DVR) capabilities make Pinnacle PCTV To Go a must-have for anyone interested in watching high quality TV on a PC anytime, anywhere.
Mac users can now also watch TV on their Apple computers with the new ultra-portable Pinnacle PCTV 800E for Mac Stick, also known as the PCTV for Mac HD Pro Stick. This device can turn any Mac computer into a full-featured TV receiver/recorder and access ATSC HDTV in addition to standard analog TV. Since it connects to your Mac like a USB flashdrive, it requires no power supply and it comes with a remote control so that users can sit back and enjoy television programs with the same comfort as a traditional TV viewing experience. The stick is then connected to an external antenna thanks to the built-in, standard antenna input, and it also come with a mini antenna for use outdoors or in buildings where there is no external TV antenna.
Pinnacle TV for Mac Sticks come with the highly acclaimed Elgato EyeTV Lite TV viewing and recording software, allowing users to record shows on the fly or schedule recordings ahead of time using the integrated electronic program guide (EPG). Users can save recordings on the Mac's hard drive in DVD-quality MPEG-2 format. The included A/V adapter cable also enables users to import video from external sources such as a camcorder, making it a handy no-hassle solution for transferring videos to a Mac computer.
Aside from TV gadgets, Pinnacle also came up with a few audio hardware that is easy to use and very affordable. The SoundBridge™ HomeMusic wireless music player is one of Pinnacle's newest product which allow consumers to easily broadcast digital audio music files stored on their PC and Mac, and Internet radio throughout home audio systems, via Wi-Fi. The wireless music player gives users instant access to all the music stored on the computer, including Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM), in any part of the house. It also lets users to listen to Internet radio from around the world.
Pinnacle SoundBridge HomeMusic supports iTunes (which can be downloaded free), Windows Media Connect and Windows Media Player 10, Napster and PlaysForSure. Compatible formats for the player include WMA, AAC, MP3, AIFF and WAV music file formats. In case you don't have any Wi-Fi connection at home, store all your digital audio data on an SD card and plug it in to the SoundBridge's card slot. This wireless music player is sure to impress friends and relatives alike during parties and social gatherings set inside the comfort of your home.
On the other hand, SoundBridge Radio is a wireless network music player which connects to a Wi-Fi access, without a computer, to get thousands of free Internet radio stations. It is also compatible with both PC and Mac without any software installation. The SoundBridge Radio is capable of playing digital music files stored in SD or MMC cards and has a fully-functional clock with multiple alarms. It can be programmed to wake up its user with Internet radio, AM/FM radio, playlists, podcasts or alarm tones.
Powered by award-winning RokuTM software, this product is the ideal answer for consumers who want a wireless music player compatible with the music in their Mac or PC library, and controllable via hand-held remote from any room of the house.
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