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| Brand | Hauppauge |
| Item Weight | 259 g |
| Product Dimensions | 20.4 x 13.4 x 7 cm |
| Item model number | 290E |
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| ASIN | B004C1176E |
| Best Sellers Rank | 2,364 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100) |
| Shipping Weight | 322 g |
| Date First Available | 12 Nov 2010 |
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PCTV nanoStick T2 is the world's first DVB-T2 USB receiver and turns your PC and laptop into an HDTV PVR. The included TVCenter application lets you time shift and record TV shows and even stream Live-TV and TV recordings to your iPhone, iPad or other PCs and Macs.
PCTV nanoStick T2 is fully backward compatible to DVB-T and delivers outstanding reception for both standards. Other features include integrated EPG and support for Windows Media Center (DVB-T only).
DVB-T antenna, USB extension cable and mini remote control are included.
Product Description
Pctv Nano Stick T2 (290e) Dvb-T Stick
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
77 of 79 people found the following review helpful
By P. Millar
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This is about the only PC TV tuner on sale in the UK which supports DVB-T2, which is required for receiving the Freeview HD channels. I purchased this for my MythTV system after reading that drivers had been written and intially I had to compile and install them myself, but from Linux kernel 3.0 they are included (I am using Ubuntu 11.10 which has support for this tuner built in).
This is an excellent piece of kit for MythTV, it gets a better reception than my exisiting Nova-T 500 card and is more convenient as it is USB rather than PCI (more modern motherboards have phased out the PCI slot in favour of a PCIe one), so it is easier to upgrade a motherboard without worrying which slots are on it. The only downside is that it's only a single tuner, but in MythTV you can create multiple virtual tuners to record more than one TV channel from a single tuner (as long as the channels are on the same multiplex). At the moment I am using this in tandem with my Nova-T 500 card to have a total of 6 tuners, but ultimately I intend to replace the Nova-T with another one of these, probably about the time I'll be looking for a more powerful mini-ITX motherboard.
If you are looking to add Freeview HD channels to your MythTV set-up then this is about the only choice you have, at the moment, and if you are using a Linux kernel > 3.0 or don't mind compiling your own drivers for it then it practically works 'out of the box' in as much as anything under Linux works 'out of the box'.
This is an excellent piece of kit for MythTV, it gets a better reception than my exisiting Nova-T 500 card and is more convenient as it is USB rather than PCI (more modern motherboards have phased out the PCI slot in favour of a PCIe one), so it is easier to upgrade a motherboard without worrying which slots are on it. The only downside is that it's only a single tuner, but in MythTV you can create multiple virtual tuners to record more than one TV channel from a single tuner (as long as the channels are on the same multiplex). At the moment I am using this in tandem with my Nova-T 500 card to have a total of 6 tuners, but ultimately I intend to replace the Nova-T with another one of these, probably about the time I'll be looking for a more powerful mini-ITX motherboard.
If you are looking to add Freeview HD channels to your MythTV set-up then this is about the only choice you have, at the moment, and if you are using a Linux kernel > 3.0 or don't mind compiling your own drivers for it then it practically works 'out of the box' in as much as anything under Linux works 'out of the box'.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Smeefa
I bought this product to use with my Windows Media Center PC. Undeterred by reading about other people struggling to get the thing working with existing tuners I decided to try it.
Good product - well made, picture and sound much better on the HD channels and it comes with a USB extension cable in case you don't have room for it sticking out the back of your PC.
Poor Integration - if you use this product on its own with Media Center then it is fine. Plug and play - tune it in and off you go. I didn't want that, I still wanted to use my existing tuners so I could record more than one thing at a time (Media Center allows this). Plugged it in, Media Center starts to scan then tells you that the thing has no signal. After loads of messing around and a useless mail from PCTV support I got it working with two other tuners.
This is what I did (Windows 7)
After plugging in install the media center upgrade app on the disk. Next go to settings and set up TV signal, after it downloads local details it will ask if you want to scan, select no and do it manually. Take the tick out of the PCTV tuner and scan for channels, when it finishes it should ask you if you want to scan on the additional tuner, select yes and it should work (this took several attempts for me but stick with it!).
Good product - well made, picture and sound much better on the HD channels and it comes with a USB extension cable in case you don't have room for it sticking out the back of your PC.
Poor Integration - if you use this product on its own with Media Center then it is fine. Plug and play - tune it in and off you go. I didn't want that, I still wanted to use my existing tuners so I could record more than one thing at a time (Media Center allows this). Plugged it in, Media Center starts to scan then tells you that the thing has no signal. After loads of messing around and a useless mail from PCTV support I got it working with two other tuners.
This is what I did (Windows 7)
After plugging in install the media center upgrade app on the disk. Next go to settings and set up TV signal, after it downloads local details it will ask if you want to scan, select no and do it manually. Take the tick out of the PCTV tuner and scan for channels, when it finishes it should ask you if you want to scan on the additional tuner, select yes and it should work (this took several attempts for me but stick with it!).
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Waynus
Firstly, I don't usually bother writing reviews but...
I can only comment about use with windows media player in windows 7 64 bit system (Quadcore). I have a standard high gain freeview aerial in my loft.
I read a few reviews about this product including difficulty with EPG and tuner priority.
Decided to buy and installed - I also have two other hauppauge PCI tuner cards installed - I did not bother with the bundled software as windows 7 recognised device and installed drivers automatically - so now WMC regonises 4 tuners are installed.
When I set up signal automatically with WMC it did not find EPG information for HD channels.
I took online advice to maually install tuners - when WMC listed the 4 tuners I unchecked the 3 hauppauge and continued with only the 290e tuner - when WMC asked "install more tuners" I confirmd and checked the remaining 3 hauppauge tuners and continued through process and channel search - it took longer than usual but I ended up with 105 channels instead of the usual 101. When I checked the EPG the HD channels and programs were listed.
Without any other configuration I set the EPG to record "The Hour" in both Digital freeview and HD both recording at the same time. There was no conflict with tuner priority and both programs recorded.
What a difference in HD! Yes, both picture and sound was noticebly better than the standard digital freeview recording.
With my setup I can now record 4 digital freeview channels or 3 digital freeview and 1 HD channel at the same time - useful sometimes.
Hope this helps...
Enjoy!
I can only comment about use with windows media player in windows 7 64 bit system (Quadcore). I have a standard high gain freeview aerial in my loft.
I read a few reviews about this product including difficulty with EPG and tuner priority.
Decided to buy and installed - I also have two other hauppauge PCI tuner cards installed - I did not bother with the bundled software as windows 7 recognised device and installed drivers automatically - so now WMC regonises 4 tuners are installed.
When I set up signal automatically with WMC it did not find EPG information for HD channels.
I took online advice to maually install tuners - when WMC listed the 4 tuners I unchecked the 3 hauppauge and continued with only the 290e tuner - when WMC asked "install more tuners" I confirmd and checked the remaining 3 hauppauge tuners and continued through process and channel search - it took longer than usual but I ended up with 105 channels instead of the usual 101. When I checked the EPG the HD channels and programs were listed.
Without any other configuration I set the EPG to record "The Hour" in both Digital freeview and HD both recording at the same time. There was no conflict with tuner priority and both programs recorded.
What a difference in HD! Yes, both picture and sound was noticebly better than the standard digital freeview recording.
With my setup I can now record 4 digital freeview channels or 3 digital freeview and 1 HD channel at the same time - useful sometimes.
Hope this helps...
Enjoy!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Glad I finally took the plunge
I was a little worried about ordering this after reading the reviews - figured it might be 50/50 on whether I'd be able to get it to work or not. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Suzanne
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great stuff
initial difficulty installing but everything fin ualityqe now - fantastic picture
buy it now - don't wait - fantastic product
buy it now - don't wait - fantastic product
Published 1 month ago by Hieronymous
5.0 out of 5 stars
much better picture than the one it replaces
I bought this to replace a Haupppauge dual tuner stick. My Grandson is a big Dr Who fan, I can't convert media centre recordings for his innotab tablet, so I decided to use the tv... Read more
Published 1 month ago by D. Hindmoor
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not up to much.
I bought this unit to try to receive HD Freeview. I say "Try to" because no matter what I do , this device simply will not receive and display HD channels on my PC. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. Nicholas Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars
arrived on time
arrived on time and works great with my mythtv setup.10 more words required 7 more words requiredmore words requiredOne more word required
Published 2 months ago by Mr. P Szyndel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great HD reception - Plug-and-Play in Linux (OpenELEC)
Installed this on my Arctic MC001 box, running OpenELEC 2.99.4 lightweight Linux with TvHeadend 3.3.485 and XBMC 12 (Frodo). Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. MCBRIDE
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fa quello che promette
Buona sensibilità e demodulazione dvb-T2 senza errori (Mux Europa 7 in Italia dal Monte Serra) , nessun problema particolare riscontrato
Published 2 months ago by FaGa
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good reception
The included small aerial seems more of a gesture than anything but I suppose it might work in some locations. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. C. Grice
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works well
I needed something to replace a Slingbox which has been unreliable. Even when I ordered it, I wasn't sure this PCTV gizmo would do the business, but it has exceeded my... Read more
Published 3 months ago by David
2.0 out of 5 stars
Buggy, poorly made, HD works, still expensive
The software crashes regularly, and since you are seemingly stuck with using the included dumbed-down software this makes matters worse. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Clive
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