Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick- HI-DEF TV Tuner
Bring high quality Digital HD TV with full DVR functionality to your laptop. Introducing Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick, your key to free high quality digital HD Programming on your laptop computer. The USB 2.0 powered Tuner and mini-remote are so small that you could actually put them in your coat pocket, but with their good looks you won’t want to hide them. No longer must you modify your schedule to enjoy your favorite TV shows. Now, you can pause, TimeShift and even automatically Record all of your favorite shows in HD and SD with no service fee. PCTV HD Pro Stick is also compatible with Windows MCE.
Specifications:
- Inputs & Outputs
- TV antenna input (F-connector)
- S-Video (via included adapter)
- Composite Video (RCA, via included adapter)
- Stereo audio (3.5mm headphone plug, via included adapter)
- TV Standards
- ATSC (HDTV up to 1080i, SDTV)
- NTSC (cable, over the air)
The sleek USB 2.0 powered portable PCTV device from Pinnacle will allow you to watch live high quality digital HD and SD TV without service fees from anywhere on your laptop, listen to Internet radio at home or on the road or instantly transform your PC into a personal digital video recorder (DVR). Never miss a critical part of your favorite show again with pause, rewind and replay! Even more, you can turn your Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) computer into a full featured analog and digital TV set (MCE remote sold separately).
Minimum System Requirement:
- Windows™ XP (SP2 or higher)
- Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, Pentium M 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 processor (for HDTV reception, a Pentium D or Pentium Dual Core or equivalent AMD Athlon 64 processor is recommended)
- 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended, 1 GB recommended for HD)
- DirectX™ 9 or higher compatible graphics card (64 MB real memory required for HD)
- DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card (Creative™ Audigy™ or M-Audio™ recommended)
- 1 GB of disk space to install software (20 GB recommended for TV recording)
- USB 2.0 port
- DVD-ROM drive to install software
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