Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick (801e) USB TV Tuner

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 17 reviews of Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick (801e) USB TV Tuner. The average rating for this product is 3.6/5, compared to an average rating of 4.2/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviews are divided on the price.

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Expert review by : Julie Strietelmeier (the-gadgeteer.com)

Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick (801e) USB TV Tuner Review

Included antenna does a decent job pulling in stations, Easy to use software, Portable, Included antenna does a decent job pulling in stations, Easy to use software, Portable

Program guide is weak, CPU intensive, No Mac version of the TVCenter Pro software, Program guide is weak, CPU intensive, No Mac version of the TVCenter Pro software

Aug, 2008

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Expert review by : Artiom Bell (techwarelabs.com)

PCTV HD Pro Stick (801e)

Have you ever felt like you had the need to watch your favorite show while on the go? Well with the PCTV Pro Stick from Pinnacle you will be able to not just watch your favorite show, but record it as well. PCTV Pro Stick is a sort of cable adapter...

Pinnacle also decided to throw in a movie making software called Video Spin. This software is basically the watered down, easy to use, version of Sony DVD Architect. In other words, Video Spin is a program that lets you edit and splice different videos...

Jun, 2008

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Consumer review (dell.com)

Terrible

I was excited to buy this product initially but unfortunately didn't work as expected. I had to reinstall the software several times. The response time was really slow. It captured quite a bit of channels at the beginning, but then just a few at the...

None

Not worth the money

Sep, 2008

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Consumer review (dell.com)

I love it!

Basically THROW AWAY the software that comes with this and use media center or if you have a mac but EyeTV its awesome!!

If you are funning VISTA or a Mac this thing works great! Ok, this thing doesnt work well in XP I'll admit that. I have used it on my macbook for about a year using Elgato EyeTV 3 and it performs beautifully. It works equally well in Vista's media center

It gets really hot. Poor support for XP

Apr, 2008

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Consumer review (dell.com)

PCTV HD PRO STICK 801E-USB 2.0

software is suspect but when it works...forget about it!

i got plenty of digital channels and some in high def with the supplied antenna. had no problem with software install. it came with a vista and xp cd. recording is a snap

sometimes the software locks up when recording high def content and is not a hardware issue. for some reason when you take a screen shot of a wide screen video it poorly turns it into a full screen jpeg

Dec, 2007

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Consumer review (dell.com)

Works Great With Vista

I have vista home premium and it worked jsut fine outa the box without installing any software.

Easy to setup. All I had to do was plug it in. MCE just detected it and I was watching TV in 10 minutes

None so far

Nov, 2007

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Consumer review (dell.com)

pinnacle PCTV HD pro stick

best on the market

This unit is awesome,i have recievedexactly 125 channels every HD channel is perfect.If you cant get it to pick up channels,after install close application and reoopen-then rescan channels every one is picked up.Picture quality for me is the same as HD...

none at all

May, 2007

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Consumer review (dell.com)

Don't waste your money

None

Installation was clunky, performance lousy. It kept locking up my laptop. The remote worked the first time I installed it, but after I had to do a reinstall, it stopped functioning. I eventually uninstalled it and tossed the stick in my drawer of...

May, 2007

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Consumer review (dell.com)

Pinnacle TV Tuner

Ease of use

When installing using Windows Vista the package has an install CD, which I used and the product would not work. It stated that it was compatable with Vista so I purchased it. It did not work so I called the help line in which I was told that I should...

Apr, 2007

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Consumer review (dell.com)

Fine, but Needs lots of work

I would only recommend it to a friend because there is no simmilar product. HD quality is fine, but occasionally freezes. HD uses a lot of processing power, so have not tried any of the other features. Seems like the program would die if I tried to do...

Apr, 2007

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