Pinnacle Show Center View & Listen

by Pinnacle Systems

Product Features

• Play digital media files from PC on home entertainment system
• Instant access to digital library with TV and included remote control
• Finds and automatically organizes media by category
• Create mixed-media playlists; backup media files; parental control
• Extensive audio/video outputs; network cable included

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 10.7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000V3OKW
• Item model number: 210100315
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 25, 2003
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,491 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Play movies, music, and photos from your PC on any TV or stereo in your home with Pinnacle ShowCenter. ShowCenter finds your music, movies, and photos and automatically organizes them by category, so you get instant access to your entire digital library with your TV and the included remote control. Just select a file and play.

Get out from in front of your PC!
Would you like to enjoy the hundreds of MP3s, playlists, photos, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 videos that are on your hard drive in the comfort of your living room? Then step up to Pinnacle ShowCenter. ShowCenter lets you organize your personal and downloaded movies, music, and photos on your PC, then enjoy them on your home entertainment center. Play all of the most popular media formats on your television and home stereo with awesome picture quality and audio fidelity. ShowCenter is the easiest way to enjoy all of your digital media in the most comfortable room in your house.

ShowCenter does the work for you!
ShowCenter quickly finds all of your music, movies, and photos, then organizes them by category, giving you a complete overview of every media file on your computer. This is the first software of its kind that lets you manage and playback all of your digital files with little or no effort.

You'll never change a CD again.
Let ShowCenter manage your entire music collection. It doesn't matter how many songs you have or where they're located on the computer. ShowCenter will find them, let you quickly categorize them, and then play them back on your home stereo. Create custom party mixes in moments, select personalized background music for family gatherings, or simply listen to your favorite songs all afternoon.

It's showtime! All the time.
Pinnacle ShowCenter gives you instant access to your entire digital film library. From Internet downloaded films to your own home movies, ShowCenter lets you enjoy digital video the way it was meant to be. Why crowd around a small PC monitor? Gather your friends and family on the couch, in front of your big screen TV and enjoy the show!

A picture-perfect experience.
If you have a digital camera you probably have hundreds of photos on your PC. Unfortunately, there never seems to be an easy way to share them. With Pinnacle ShowCenter, you simply select a group of digital photos, choose your favorite song, and enjoy. ShowCenter lets you easily browse a lifetime of digital photos stored on your PC and view them easily on your TV.

Connect or not connect--the choice is yours.
Connect ShowCenter to your PC via a wired network connection or wireless network. If you're connecting to a wired connection, plug in the included cable and go. If you want to use a wireless solution, ShowCenter includes a PCMCIA slot, allowing you to choose from several products on the market, or you can buy the Pinnacle-approved wireless card from the Pinnacle shop.

From your PC, to your TV, to you.
With all of these features and more, it's easy to see why ShowCenter is the perfect complement to your existing home entertainment center and the most practical way to enjoy all of your digital movies, music, and photos in the most comfortable room in your house.

Key Features:

Watch all of your digital media files on your TV
ShowCenter gives you access from your television to all of the video, photo, and music files stored on your PC.

Wide format support
ShowCenter supports a wide range of formats, including the latest MPEG-4 formats. If a format is not supported natively, the ShowCenter software converts the file then streams it to the ShowCenter player.

Easy to install and use
ShowCenter intelligently searches your PC for all media content and organizes them by type. From there you can organize your files further by grouping them into custom playlists. Another great feature built into the software is that it never moves your original media files from their location on the hard drive, even when you're grouping, sorting, or reordering the media.

Create playlists with mixed media
ShowCenter lets you create playlists that incorporate both pictures and music. For example, if you're preparing a slideshow of your recent trip to Jamaica, you could import MP3 songs that contain steel drums or other appropriate instruments. After you've created and premiered your masterpiece, the ShowCenter software lets you burn a backup CD or DVD of the entire show!

It's easy to find newly added content
ShowCenter lets you tag certain folders as "watched" folders. When a new file appears in these folders they are automatically included in the new media category located on the top left-hand corner of the TV interface.

Parental control
ShowCenter lets you restrict access to specified files with a four-digit pin code. When a file has been restricted, it does not show up on the list of available media files unless the user has entered the pin code.

Backup all of your media files
ShowCenter lets you burn your media files to CD and DVD. Burn your last "party" play list to CD and listen to it in your car! The software can even convert an audio CD to the MP3 format and vice versa. For movie files, the application copies content to VideoCD, Super Video CD, video DVD, data CD, or data DVD--and can do so without menus. Image files can be output to data CD or data DVD.

Connect your entire home
ShowCenter lets you connect more than one ShowCenter box to a single PC "media server," allowing you to stream content to several rooms in your house simultaneously. It is also possible for ShowCenter to pull content from more than one PC on the home network. Network cables are included in the box.

Connect to practically any TV or home stereo
ShowCenter includes a vast array of audio and video inputs and outputs that allow you to attach the device to just about every type of home entertainment system in the world. The outputs include, digital audio (coaxial, optical), component video, S-Video, and composite video.

It's all in the box!

• Extensive audio/video outputs for easy connection to your TV or stereo system.
• Pinnacle ShowCenter also includes optical and coaxial S/PDIF audio outputs for best-quality digital connection to your home theatre system.
• Component output gives you high-end video quality on your TV (YPrPb). S-video and composite output connectors are also included for wider compatibility with standard televisions.
• Network cable is also included.