Brazil was listed for me.

I have vista and I would hope win7 would be just as easy. The great thing about Vista is that when you plug something into the usb it automatically downloads and installs any drivers you need. [you Must be connected to the internet.] then use –windows-media-center–. Look through the settings option. set up the guide and scan the channels then go through and un-check the ones that are poor quality.

I think PAL should work. When looking through the settings section of the –windows-media-center– look for the country of origin and that should configure the device for you.

Never could get the remote to do anything. I think it is made to work with a “set top box.”

I need the software (Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick USB 2.0 TV Tuner ) to this device (Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick 801e)… I lost my original CD and I can´t use this device. It´s posible?

Thanks

That was my biggest tech mistake of 2009!
The software is flawed (I’m using it with XP Pro). It has a ridiculous delay after you press the RECORD icon, while the audio ‘hiccups’. When the unit finally starts to record and I click the STOP button, a confirmation box pops up!!!!!!!!!!!! “Are you sure you want to stop recording????” Suddenly the software sounds like a mother-in-law!!!! Why the &*^*% do you need to confirm stopping a recording?????
It’s moronic.
Oh, then there’s playback…looks like crap.
About the only clarity with the program output is in the still capture BMPs!!!!! 99 bucks for a frame grabber!!!! whoopy!!!!!

This product is crap. And what confirms this? Anytime a company omits its corporate contact info on its website, it means it’s got something to hide.
This is true with Pinnacle.

As for me, I’m going back to my clunky Avermedia tuner. It may be clunky, but it works. And that’s more than I can say about the Pinnacle debacle!

I purchased the pctv from Pennacle last year. I just got a new computer and they can’t install it on my new computer without the disk and I can’t find it. Is there somewhere that I can go to download it to be installed?

Operating System: XP SP3
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: GA-73PVM-S2H
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz CPUs)
Display: Samsung LCD monitor 22″

It installed, After that i was not able to watch video using Composite, Antena worked but not the composite input. After trying hard for two days some how made it work. I use Samsung LCD monitor 22″. On the screen it displays properly when we record small tiny line appears, I tried to capture using other software in vain. Very very bad experience. Do not waste your money.

thanks

Thanks for the tip. I’ll try to get my hands on some Mac software to try with this tuner.

Bill:

The PCTV is not a converter box. It’s a tuner and it will continue to work after 2/19/09. You’ve always had the ability to pull in HD signals with an analog antenna (I’ve been doing it for quite a while now). The trick was that you need an HD capable TV, satellite box or cable box in order to show the signals / programs on your TV. You can go to antennaweb.org to see what channels are available in your area that can be pulled in with a regular antenna.

Shows can be recorded to your hard drive in MPEG-1/2 or DivX formats, or direct-to-DVD.

Jake:

Sorry, it just has one tuner, not two )

are you saying that this works like a converter box so that it will continue to work after 2/19/09 even if you are using an analog antenna instead of cable?

Second, when you record something what form does it take? avi? mgeg4? is there a choice?

thanks again for the review