Pinnacle Releases Four New Dazzle Products by News Editor Published on Oct 20, 2003 12:00 AM

The Dazzle line specializes in helping first time users make enjoyable home video compilations. Studio QuickStart also allows the user to burn CDs or DVDs or their video compilations. Each of the four new Dazzle products comes complete with all necessary hardware.

Dazzle DV Clip is a PCI card which installs inside the PC and is used to import digital video into a computer. Dazzle Digital Video Creator 80 is an external video system that allows for video transfer from both analog and digital camcorders through the PC’s USB port. The Dazzle Digital Video Creator 150, which is also an external system - allows for the transfer of DVD-quality video through a USB 1 or USB 2 port. The fourth new Dazzle software release, Dazzle Fusion is another external USB device as well as a media card reader.

Vice president of product management and engineering for the Business and Consumer Division at Pinnacle Systems, Bill Loesch, ''As our customers move on to become advanced hobbyists and professionals, they can easily move up to the full-featured version of Studio and take advantage of the more powerful feature set without having to learn a new editing interface.''

All four new Dazzle products are currently available online through Pinnacle as well as leading web-based retailers. Dazzle DV Clip retails for $49.99. Dazzle Digital Video Creator 80 retails for $69.99, Dazzle Fusion for $99.99. Dazzle Digital Video Creator 150 serves as the high end product at $149.99.