Holy Hot Crap! Pinnacle Studio DC10 Plus card at Office Depot!

[BobOki]

Great deal.. but be warned.
It has taken Pinnacle over 3 years to come out with w2k drivers.. and they are STILL not released yet...
They classify the Pinnacle DC10+ as a LOWEND card and therefore do not support it for crap.

 

[duke]

Pinnacle sucks. Good luck getting any support from their products.

 

[TheDuk]

word to the wise, for pinnacle drivers, their english website is a joke. Their German website is spectacular.

if you want the latest drivers, go to http://www.pinnaclesys.de/support/default.asp?lang=2&type_id=9 and go to their support section.

It's amazing what a difference there is between the two sites.

They have the updated win2k/xp drivers there for a lot of their devices.

 

[toant103]

nice

 

[uCsDNerd]

Still $59.xx in La Jolla/Miramar OD.🙁

 

[Lanyap]

uCsDNerd, did you have them do a price check or did you just check the shelf tag. Lots of times they don't get around to updating the shelf tag price on clearance items.

 

[toshiba3020]

On this card there are two 2pin connectors labeled Video in and Video out, on the top of the card. What can this be used for?

 

[Croton]

i picked up 1 extra card.....

if someone wants it, lmk...i'll charge u for the price i paid, plus tax, shipping....and if u wanna throw in a few bucks in for my trouble, that would be awesome.
heh

ning

 

[uCsDNerd]

-=aCk=- i just checked the shelf tag. eRrRr... should I call them up and ask what the price comes up as? Heh.. last time I did that was to Sears and asked how much their Dreamcasts were and that fool didn't even check, he just immediately said $100, when they we're supposedly on clearance for 50.

 

[Maverick319]

uCsDNerd, you hit on one of the possible consequences in calling, they don't bother actually looking up the price. The second consequence is you alert them to the the deal, they tell you "Nope, none in stock." and move the item to the back room so they can buy it later at their discount. (I would too if I worked there)


So you roll the dice on B&M deals, gotta spend the gas to get lucky sometimes. You never know what they will clearance, and you might find a better deal on something while you are there.

 

[SolderSucker]

.On this card there are two 2pin connectors labeled Video in and Video out, on the top of the card. What can this be used for?

The two pins can be used to do what they are labeled as. Composite video is basically two pin feed. Positive and ground.So, if you wanted to, you could rig your own composite break-out box or put video in and out ports on the front of your case.