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BrandPinnacle
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PCTV nanoStick is a gem of a USB DVB-T tuner. It picks up digital TV even if the signal is weak, thanks to its ultra-sensitive reception technology. The incredible nano-sized design makes it the perfect match for today's thin laptops and compact desktop PCs. You can enjoy TV in full-screen mode or in a scaleable window while using other applications.The jewel-sized PCTV nanoStick (73e) picks up all DVB-T channels even if the signal is weak, thanks to its ultra-sensitive reception technology. Watch TV in full-screen or scaleable-window mode. TimeShift and record TV using the easy to use TVCenter software. Record what you're watching or schedule recordings for later. TVCenter supports recording to your hard drive in MPEG-1/2 or space-saving DivX formats, or even directly to DVD.
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Pinnacle PCTV nanoStick - DVB-T receiver - Hi-Speed USB.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Good points
- Stong signal on most channels
- Recordable to hard drive or dvd
- very compact
- Easy to install and use
- Works with vista and windows media centre
- Picks up most channels a freeview box would
- very cheap price
- Really good picture quality at full screen
bad points
- some channels that arn't picked up by the pinnacle software are picked up by media centre.
- Need to get the arial in just the right possistion to work perfectly on all channels.
- Record function using supplied software causes audio to not match the picture, but recording with media centre works fine.
- A bigger indoor arial needs to be conneced to get the best signal every time.
(used indoors, top floor of the house)
overall
I would reccommend it to anyone looking for their first usb tv stick, however when a bigger ariel is needed it no longer becomes compact and travel friendly.
Other than that i love it.
- Stong signal on most channels
- Recordable to hard drive or dvd
- very compact
- Easy to install and use
- Works with vista and windows media centre
- Picks up most channels a freeview box would
- very cheap price
- Really good picture quality at full screen
bad points
- some channels that arn't picked up by the pinnacle software are picked up by media centre.
- Need to get the arial in just the right possistion to work perfectly on all channels.
- Record function using supplied software causes audio to not match the picture, but recording with media centre works fine.
- A bigger indoor arial needs to be conneced to get the best signal every time.
(used indoors, top floor of the house)
overall
I would reccommend it to anyone looking for their first usb tv stick, however when a bigger ariel is needed it no longer becomes compact and travel friendly.
Other than that i love it.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
My computer is 10 feet from the window and the stick does not have any major problem picking up the TV signal, given that the analogue signal at my house (Melton Mowbray) tends to be weak and I need to use Sky dish for my main TV. The only problem is sometimes the picture and the sound are slightly out of sync - I'm not sure if this is due to signal / stick / my computer / software.
The software on the CD installed without problems but it took almost 15 min. However, it seems a bit bloated and is slow to install and to load each time you want to watch TV.
Installation was much more straight forward in Ubuntu Linux 8.04 if you know what you are doing despite the manufacturer says it is not supported, and the Linux software is quicker and easier to use as well. I am using Kaffeine from Ubuntu's repository, and you will need to download drivers for the stick. Details on how to do this are here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=856069
The Linux / Kaffeine software also seems to be faster at scanning for channels than the Windows software supplied.
The software on the CD installed without problems but it took almost 15 min. However, it seems a bit bloated and is slow to install and to load each time you want to watch TV.
Installation was much more straight forward in Ubuntu Linux 8.04 if you know what you are doing despite the manufacturer says it is not supported, and the Linux software is quicker and easier to use as well. I am using Kaffeine from Ubuntu's repository, and you will need to download drivers for the stick. Details on how to do this are here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=856069
The Linux / Kaffeine software also seems to be faster at scanning for channels than the Windows software supplied.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I bought the Pinnacle Nano stick after testing a cheap noname DVBT stick. With the old one I had fewer channels and unacceptable performance after 20 minutes of uninterrupted usage (probably due to overheating of the device).
The Pinnacle stick performs absolutely fantastic and is worth investing into.
Minus one star because of problems with the bundled software which crashes all the time on my WinXP SP2. Finally I had to switch to BlazeDTV and forget about remote control, because it is not not fully supported by the software.
The Pinnacle stick performs absolutely fantastic and is worth investing into.
Minus one star because of problems with the bundled software which crashes all the time on my WinXP SP2. Finally I had to switch to BlazeDTV and forget about remote control, because it is not not fully supported by the software.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Fabulous Hardware, Shoddy Software
Now, as on all of the other reviews I have ever seen for this product, I agree completely with the statements that this is a great little device, however, the bundled software is... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Albert Currystein
Good stick, but some bad points.
I've had this stick for around 6 months now. Upon installation on Vista (32 bit), I only installed the driver and not the viewing software. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2008 by Mr. C. D. Steele
Does a good job
Pinnacle PCTV DVB-T STICK Nano
Bought one of these recently, to go with new Dell laptop. Had some initial problems with the channel scanning but found this was due to a... Read more
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Published on 7 Aug 2008 by Brian Kirby
TVCenter Pro is Broken Software
Good points:
1. Hardware seems well built and capable.
2. I get decent reception using the supplied mini-aerial, but I'm in central London, on a second floor, and... Read more
1. Hardware seems well built and capable.
2. I get decent reception using the supplied mini-aerial, but I'm in central London, on a second floor, and... Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2008 by Dan
Brill
I have the Pinnacle Nano stick, l am after another one, anyone know where else you can get them from. Just so everyone knows, these are brilliant, worth investing in.
Published on 21 Feb 2008 by Manminder Bahra
