New USB plug-in DTV tuners for PCs will hit stores Sept. 21 from ...
New USB plug-in DTV tuners for PCs will hit stores Sept. 21 from Pinnacle, the company said Monday. Its HD Mini Stick tuner/demodulators connect to USB ports on notebook and desktop PCs and Macs and are about the size…
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of a flash drive -- a bit smaller than three previous USB tuners from the Avid division. They come with a small, high-gain telescopic antenna, are powered through the PC’s USB port, and support terrestrial DTV as well as unencrypted ClearQAM digital cable for HDTV or SDTV at resolutions up to 1080i. During a recent demonstration in our Manhattan office, Pinnacle’s USB tuners pulled in all available DTV stations with perfect clarity and sound -- in an environment where NTSC reception is limited to grainy reception of only a handful of stations because of multipath conditions. The MSRP for the tuners is $119 for a Windows-only version and $129 for one that adds reception for Apple’s Macintosh laptops and desktops. Each comes with a remote control and software that enables a computer’s hard drive to act as a DVR with time-shifting and the capability to record, pause or rewind live TV.