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Pinnacle announces PCTV HD Ultimate TV tuner

by Brad Linder, posted Sep 20th 2007 3:01PM

Pinnacle PCTV HD UltimatePinnacle has introduced the latest in its line of USB HDTV tuners. And it looks like they're running out of names. First there was the PCTV HD stick, then the PCTV HD Pro stick, and now we're looking at the PCTV HD Ultimate stick. Where do they go from here?

So what's the Ultimate stick got that the Pro doesn't?
  • Clear QAM support for recording unencrypted digital cable television
  • No software installation necessary, just plug it in and fire up your TV viewing application of choice
  • Includes enough built-in flash memory for storing 2 hours of video
Like previous PCTV sticks, the PCTV Ultimate lets you record over the air ATSC high def programming as well as standard definition NTSC cable or broadcasts.

The PCTV Ultimate stick will set you back $130 when they launch in October. A desktop version will also be available for $80. We're guessing there won't be any flash storage in that version.

[via Engadget]

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Davis Freeberg

There was a time when I would have actually gotten excited about this, but over the last two years I have had nothing but grief whenever I've dealt with Pinnacle products. The final straw happened after I purchased an upgrade for their editing software and because of some weird driver incompatibility, it broke my original software. When I tried to get them to let me downgrade back to the original, they wouldn't let me without purchasing the original software for a second time. If you ever need tech support from them say goodnight, I probably spent 10 hours troubleshooting only to find out that they wanted more cash after their upgrade broke their own product.

September 20 2007 at 7:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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