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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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I've been through more expensive internal PCI cards than you can shake a stick at. All failed after a short while and all were were a waste of money.
So when I saw this item being offered for so little money I laughed but decided to give it a try anyway. I'm still laughing but with pure pleasure. This has to be the best value Freeview tuner anywhere.
The main caution for any prospective buyer to be aware of is that, like all these Freeview terrestrial tuners, they require a good strong signal. To that end, the supplied wire aerial and pretty pointless unless you are living in plain sight of a transmitter. Otherwise you do need a feed from a rooftop aerial leading to your computer ... there is a socket on the back of the Peak stick to take a conventional TV coax plug.
In the lounge, where my roof aerial feed enters the property, I was able to receive 66 channels (TV & Radio) and in my computer room which is fed by a long TV extension, the signal had dropped enough to 'only' provide 55 channels. That's quite enough to keep me entertained.
The provided software is simple and easy to use, although the user manual supplied on the disc is a bit basic and leaves you to figure out some of the facilities provided.
At this price, you simply can't go wrong so long as you can provide an adequate TV signal to the device. Highly recommended.
So when I saw this item being offered for so little money I laughed but decided to give it a try anyway. I'm still laughing but with pure pleasure. This has to be the best value Freeview tuner anywhere.
The main caution for any prospective buyer to be aware of is that, like all these Freeview terrestrial tuners, they require a good strong signal. To that end, the supplied wire aerial and pretty pointless unless you are living in plain sight of a transmitter. Otherwise you do need a feed from a rooftop aerial leading to your computer ... there is a socket on the back of the Peak stick to take a conventional TV coax plug.
In the lounge, where my roof aerial feed enters the property, I was able to receive 66 channels (TV & Radio) and in my computer room which is fed by a long TV extension, the signal had dropped enough to 'only' provide 55 channels. That's quite enough to keep me entertained.
The provided software is simple and easy to use, although the user manual supplied on the disc is a bit basic and leaves you to figure out some of the facilities provided.
At this price, you simply can't go wrong so long as you can provide an adequate TV signal to the device. Highly recommended.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I had been fighting with a Compro S350 DVB-S PCI card in the Windows MC7 HTPC I have recently built, just could not get a glitch free picture from my perfect sky dish signal. Gave up trying in the end and not wanting to throw any more money at the thing I bought the cheapest DVB-T tuner I could find, what a difference!
Ripped it from packet, discarded the table top antenna, ignored the software/driver disc, chucked the included remote back into the jiffy bag from whence it came. Plugged my ariel into the USB receiver, plugged the USB stick into my media centre. Windows searched for a few secs, installed drivers and said it was ready to go. Into the media centre software, setup a new tuner, scanned for channels (took a while) 96 channels found.
Checked picture quality, this was where I was expecting to be let down, I was very wrong. Its perfect.
Picked myself off floor and closed mouth with hand then went and ordered 2 more!
Ripped it from packet, discarded the table top antenna, ignored the software/driver disc, chucked the included remote back into the jiffy bag from whence it came. Plugged my ariel into the USB receiver, plugged the USB stick into my media centre. Windows searched for a few secs, installed drivers and said it was ready to go. Into the media centre software, setup a new tuner, scanned for channels (took a while) 96 channels found.
Checked picture quality, this was where I was expecting to be let down, I was very wrong. Its perfect.
Picked myself off floor and closed mouth with hand then went and ordered 2 more!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
This item is not really the 203244AGPK variant. A newer model has come out and this is what is being shipped. I only realised this after opening the pack and trying it out on my linux system. It appears the chipset requires the realtek drivers that are not in kernel as of 2.6.37.
In fairness to the supplier they accepted the return even though the package was opened.
In fairness to the supplier they accepted the return even though the package was opened.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Worked at the start then stopped for no reason
When I first set this up it worked straight away and I was very pleased. Within a week it stopped showing a picture. Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. V. Owen
PEAK DVB-T DIGITAL TV USB STICK 203244AGPK
This is a very clever bit of kit and worked so easily as soon as plugged in. I hope to be able to use my laptop as a TV now whilst out camping. Very neat.
Published 6 months ago by bigkat007
Simple to install and excellent performance
I've not used a USB TV tuner before so picked this one, based on the positive reviews, for my wife's Sony Vaio touchscreen desktop with Windows 7 Home Premium. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Geeps
great gadget, only wish there was a HD version
Really good piece of technology, does exactly what it says on the tin. Little challenge getting it to work with MS Media Center but once achieved, really good. Read more
Published 8 months ago by colin
Peak TV-USB-Stick
This is a very good product easy to install and very easy to operate, the best one iv`e had and iv`e had a few.
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Published 10 months ago by skyetender
terrible item
I connect through aerial cable but it does not even have any signal except for the first time i used it has weak signal. 1X.XX pound wasted
Published 11 months ago by nkw1992
Peak DVB - T Review
As I can see my TV transmitter from the house, perhaps it was not surprising that the Peak DVB performed well in picking up stations, even with the aerial (bent wire) supplied. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Joebuyer
PEAK DVD-T USB STICK is definitely PEAK value without a doubt
Have been toiling with a Hauppaugge 1300 tv card for some time now ,picture freezing in windows 7 media center etc ,got fed up with it,took win tv card out of pci slot and got one... Read more
Published 13 months ago by townsy37
Does exactly what it says on the tin...
I built a 'new' HTPC from an old HP thin client as the PC I was using took up too much room. But what to do for a DVB-T connection? Read more
Published 14 months ago by Charlie
Very Poor Service
Item which I ordered was discontinued, so a different item was send, without my consent. I very much rely on other ratings when shop. It has served me well. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. A. Farzanegan
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