Product DescriptionThe Pinnacle PCTV HD Card is designed for the desktop PC user who wants to add Standard-Definition and High-Definition TV to their PC using an internal PCI card. It will also appeal to Windows Media Center users who want to add TV viewing and recording to their desktop PC. In addition to a full personal video recorder (PVR) and stereo FM radio, the included Pinnacle TVCenter Pro software allows TV recording in MPEG-2 or space-saving DivX formats, or direct-to-DVD. The Pinnacle PCTV HD Card includes a remote control for easy navigation and an FM radio antenna as well as Pinnacle Studio QuickStart for trimming captured videos. In addition to delivering brilliantly sharp HDTV broadcasts via ATSC, the Pinnacle PCTV HD Card supports analog (NTSC) TV signals and is also hardware ready for ClearQAM (unencrypted digital cable) reception. With the TV timeshifting capabilities that are included, you can pause, rewind and fast forward live TV. You can also record TV shows to your hard drive or direct to DVD for playback on a DVD player. TV programs and videos can even be captured from a cable/satellite set-top box or camcorder with the A/V adapter cable that comes with the tuner. Capture from your cable/satellite set-top box or camcorder with the included A/V adapter cable Turns your PC into a personal video recorder (PVR) with time shifting - pause, rewind TV Trim your videos with Pinnacle Studio QuickStart
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Rating: - So so product
Alright product, most of the reviews that I read about this product and the problems that it has are correct. I would by a different brand card next time.
Rating: - 64-bit Vista Media Center w/ 360 Extender - works great!
This is now a great product. When I first purchased it, I used it on 32-bit Windows XP, and had to use the Pinnacle software it came with for watching TV. The software sometimes crashed, I would have to uninstall and reinstall, and it wasn't very usable software either. But it mostly worked. The software and the drivers have since become much better, so a lot of the reviews from several months ago are really outdated.
I've since switched to 64-bit Vista Ultimate, and use Media Center ... Read More
Rating: - Comcast Customers - BEWARE
The product itself works quite well, as designed and stated by the manufacturer. The setup process is a little bit time consuming, however.
The real problem here is for Comcast users. The problem is not with this product, it's with Comcast's ClearQAM support. It's nearly non-existent!
You can currently get all of the basic channels in analog (which obviously precludes HDTV), however only your local channels will show up in HDTV using the digital service. Almost all other ... Read More
Rating: - Small and relatiely inexpensive but, it works.
The Pinnacle Systems 8230-10023-51 PCI format PCTV HD tuner card is not a large device. As such cards go, it is one of the lowest cost models I've run across. But, when I was looking for a replacement tuner card for my HP Desktop Computer that was equipped with Windows Vista Media Center software, to make it HD compatable, this one seemed to be exactly what I was looking for. The small physical size (much smaller than the Hauppage unit it was to replace in my late 2005 vintage HP desktop computer. ... Read More
Rating: - Notes from OldTechnohobbiest
Yep, I just got one of these after three years of no tv. Off the top of my head, it (in combination with that terk antenna)is worth every cent. It does what they say it will do. So, why the four stars instead of the 'wishedfor 5 stars'? Simple--a 13 hour to 24 hour down load to get their update with a 5.6k dialup. They should have included an extra disk.
Anyway, oldtechno didn't get this to record or any of those type things--just to watch tv. My entire review is based on just watching. ... Read More
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- So so product
- 64-bit Vista Media Center w/ 360 Extender - works great!