Have you ever wanted to transfer your videos from one device to another only to find that it seems to be a rather complicated process that involves time and usually spending more money. The most common way to do this is to buy a capture card to put inside of your PC and then convert to the format you need, and it’s done in real time so in can be a time consuming and processor intensive process, if the movie it two hours then it will take at least those two hours to complete. Then you’ve got to convert the movie which might involve resizing it for your portable devices or encoding it to a different format to be compatible with those devices.

Pinnacle has sent me over their Video Transfer product for review, it allows the user to simply and easily transfer videos from numerous sources and store them on a portable hard drive, flash drive, iPod or even a PSP. It encodes in MPEG-4 format so the end results will be playable on most devices, and you can even select from three different quality settings as well. The great thing about this device is that it does not use your PC, it’s a stand alone unit, you plug your source video into on end, your storage device into the other, hit record and walk away, no fuss, very simple and easy to do.

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Last week I took a look at one of DXGs HD cameras, the DXG-595V and I found it to be a very good HD camera, especially if you consider it’s price point is around $200. Today I’ve got another DXG camera, the DXG-569V model, it’s an HD camera as well, but it’s smaller in size and of course lower in price.

The DXG-569v can record in HD up to 1280, it’s got a 5mp CMOS sensor, and a 3″ TFT screen as well and it includes a nice bundle of software from ArcSoft so you can edit and create your own movies. So read on to find out if it’s worth your hard earned cash…

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Video cameras are becoming more and more popular, and more and more smaller, but just because they’re little and inexpensive doesn’t mean you can’t get a good quality video from them.

One such company that makes HD video cameras and sells them at very inexpensive prices is DXG, most people balk at the quality vs price with these cameras, they can’t believe that a sub-$200 camera can produce a quality video. I’ve got the DXG-595V HD camera for review today, it’s DXGs flagship camera, and by the HD in the name we can see it’s a hi-def camera, and it can record up to 1080p resolution.

With a price of about $200 for a hi-def camera, most people can’t believe that it can possibly be any good, well it’s not bad really, especially if you consider the price. The videos at all resolutions are decent, but the still photos leave a lot to be desired, but this is primarily a video camera with the added function of a still camera, so these types of products are normally sub-par with still pictures, so it’s to be expected.

The DXG-595V HD Camera is easy to use, small and compact and seems very well made, I’ve been using it for all of our unboxing and product related videos since it got here, and I’m going to continue using it for some time to come. So if you’ve checked out our reviews lately with videos in them, chances are they were made with this camera…

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Manufacturer: Geeks.com

Product Name: Jazz Elite HDV-188 5MP HD Video Camera w/3" Screen

Review Date: 09/17/08

Author: Kristofer Brozio

It seems everyone has a video camera, a still camera and a portable media player, sometimes tow or more of all of the above, wouldn’t it be nice to have a decent, inexpensive product that that does it all for you?

Today for review I’ve got the Jazz Elite HD Video camera and not only does it film videos in HD, but it’s also a fully featured multimedia player as well so you can take videos, take stills, listen to music and even watch movies on it. In my time with it I’ve used it quite a bit, I’ve found it’s easy to use, takes good videos and it has a great battery life. Did I mention it’s inexpensive? So read on to check out the Jazz Elite HD Video camera from Geeks.com…

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