http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/01/pinnacles-hdtv-usb-stick-reviewed-kicks-ass-on-macs-too/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:07:35 -0500 hourly 1 http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/01/pinnacles-hdtv-usb-stick-reviewed-kicks-ass-on-macs-too/comment-page-1/#comment-32269 Cary Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:40:41 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/01/pinnacles-hdtv-usb-stick-reviewed-kicks-ass-on-macs-too/#comment-32269 I tried this product for about a week, but returned it in favor of DVICO's FusionHDTV5 Gold USB. Pinnacle's portable stick works well for the limited over the air HD channels in your area, but the software is very flaky and the provided remote is very limited as compared to other PVR remotes out there. DVICO's product can get unscrambled HDTV channels (QAM) and uses much much less CPU power because of it's better decoding algorithms. I hope this helps those of you considering buying this product. Think twice...there are much much better alternatives for the same price and work much better with other software (like MCE, BeyondTV, Media Portal, Nero Home etc) I tried this product for about a week, but returned it in favor of DVICO’s FusionHDTV5 Gold USB. Pinnacle’s portable stick works well for the limited over the air HD channels in your area, but the software is very flaky and the provided remote is very limited as compared to other PVR remotes out there. DVICO’s product can get unscrambled HDTV channels (QAM) and uses much much less CPU power because of it’s better decoding algorithms. I hope this helps those of you considering buying this product. Think twice…there are much much better alternatives for the same price and work much better with other software (like MCE, BeyondTV, Media Portal, Nero Home etc)

]]> http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/01/pinnacles-hdtv-usb-stick-reviewed-kicks-ass-on-macs-too/comment-page-1/#comment-31079 Joey A. Tyson Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:00:25 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/01/pinnacles-hdtv-usb-stick-reviewed-kicks-ass-on-macs-too/#comment-31079 Link update: http://www.everythingusb.com/pinnacle_pctv_hd_pro_stick.html (The current review link is just to the Photobucket image.) Very cool, though! Link update: http://www.everythingusb.com/pinnacle_pctv_hd_pro_stick.html (The current review link is just to the Photobucket image.) Very cool, though!

]]> http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/01/pinnacles-hdtv-usb-stick-reviewed-kicks-ass-on-macs-too/comment-page-1/#comment-30846 Marc Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:46:35 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/01/pinnacles-hdtv-usb-stick-reviewed-kicks-ass-on-macs-too/#comment-30846 Hum....I wonder if this is Linux compatible as well. If so, could you then use your PS3 (if you should be so lucky) as a MythTV box? Hum….I wonder if this is Linux compatible as well. If so, could you then use your PS3 (if you should be so lucky) as a MythTV box?

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