Pinnacle Systems also claims to support a few camcorders that can be controlled with an infrared remote or a Panasonic 5-pin jack, only used abroad.

Pinnacle Systems, Inc. is a California-based American manufacturer of digital video hardware and software for the consumer and broadcast markets.

Pinnacle Systems was later acquired by Avid Technology, who initially used the AT-Vista when they were a two person startup company.

It acquired German audio software manufacturers Steinberg in January 2005, from Pinnacle Systems.

Pinnacle Systems, Inc., a digital video producer and distributor.

The other two major contenders for this business are Pinnacle Systems and Grass Valley Group, a unit of Thomson, the Canadian media company.

Shares of Pinnacle Systems, based in Mountain View, Calif., now trade at $12.43, up 35 percent from a year ago.

A new product from the consumer division of Pinnacle Systems, a leader in professional video editing equipment, promises to solve the complications of installation.

Earlier attempts to create a home video market did not change the world, although Pinnacle Systems contends its recently acquired Video Director has sold 130,000 units.

Some of their previous competitors included Matrox and Pinnacle Systems.