New Pinnacle PCTV TeleScope All-in-one TV Tuner/antenna Brings Digital TV To Home PC Networks

[The following is a release from Pinnacle Systems]

September 1, 2008

Pinnacle Systems Inc., a part of Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID), announced today a unique all-in-one digital television tuner and antenna—a sleek desktop accessory that turns any personal computer into a digital TV with timeshifting, recording and editing capabilities. The Pinnacle PCTV™ teleScope allows television signals to be sent to up to three computers in a home network. The Pinnacle PCTV teleScope is a hub for watching television on a PC. Its stylish, stream-lined design combines in a single USB device a digital video broadcast (DVB-T) receiver with a high sensitivity antenna. Installation takes just a few clicks on a screen menu and offers ultra-sensitive reception capabilities due to the signal booster of its pivoting and detachable antenna. The included Pinnacle DistanTV ™ software can stream the TV programs to one, two or three PCs or notebooks (laptops) in a local area network. By housing the tuner and antenna in a single device, Pinnacle PCTV teleScope ensures that it looks sleek and clean on the desktop, with no unsightly cables. Pinnacle PCTV teleScope aims to be the heart of the PC-based TV viewing experience for the whole home, providing an integrated solution for digital terrestrial TV and radio and digital TV reception in HD. "The Pinnacle PCTV teleScope meets the demand created by two accelerating trends in the PC market," says Joern Lembke, Pinnacle's director of product management, TV viewing. "First, in the consumer space there's a steady migration from traditional desktop PCs for the home office to portable platforms like notebooks. Second, we see a new market sub-segment, composed of laptops with screens of 17" and larger. These devices are usually part of a stationary digital media set-up, used for home office multimedia and gaming applications. Pinnacle PCTV teleScope is perfect for watching TV on these new, larger laptops." Another key trend for 2008 is that just as the market for television sets moved some time ago from one per household to one per person, the same is happening with PCs – but not many PCs have a TV tuner. If users simply add to their home network a transmitter like the Pinnacle PCTV teleScope, they'll be able to watch TV programmes on up to 3 PCs in their home, easily and at a modest cost. The Pinnacle PCTV teleScope ships with a slim-line remote control and has ultra-low power consumption. It includes a suite of three software applications to meet the demands of the most sophisticated PC user: Pinnacle TVCenter Pro, which turns a PC or notebook into a full digital recorder, with one-click recording (live or scheduled, MPEG-1/-2, DivX® or HDTV) – that is direct to DVD. It also allows the user to watch TV in a full or scaleable-window, and to use timeshifting to pause and rewind their favourite live TV shows. Pinnacle DistanTV ™ turns the PC into a hub, which streams a high-quality TV signal to as many as three PCs on a home network (LAN). It's easy to set up in just a few clicks. Pinnacle VideoSpin™ is an entry-level video editing tool that makes it possible for PCTV teleScope users to edit their recordings. Pricing and Availability The Pinnacle PCTV teleScope is Windows Vista® certified and works with Windows Media Center®. It is scheduled to ship in mid September, and will be available through leading retailers, online resellers and the Pinnacle Systems estore with a suggested retail price of 69 €. For more information: http://www.pinnaclesys.com.

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