Pinnacle 22238 PCTV HD PCI Card

by Hauppauge

Product Details

• Item Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001PBRIC6
• Item model number: 22238
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,195 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 10, 2009

Product Description

Pinnacle PCTV HD Card brings SD and HD TV with full personal video recorder (PVR) functionality to your PC ¿ with no desktop clutter. Watch, time shift and even automatically record all of your favorite HD and SD TV shows with no service fees. The PCI TV Tuner card fully supports both analog (NTSC) and digital (ATSC) TV signals; the TV tuner hardware is also ready for ClearQAM (unencrypted digital cable). Record programs on your hard drive in MPEG-2 or DivX or even direct-to-DVD. Pause, rewind and fast-forward live TV with time shifting. Capture SD video from a camcorder or set-top box using the included adapter cable. Supports the following TV Standards: ATSC (HDTV up to 1080i, SDTV) NTSC (cable, over the air) ClearQAM (HDTV up to 1080i, SDTV). Inputs: TV antenna input (F-connector/Coaxial) FM antenna input S-Video, Composite Video (RCA), Stereo Audio (2 x RCA). Recording Formats: MPEG-1/2 DivX. System Requirements: Windows Vista (32-bit) or Windows XP with latest service pack Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz, Pentium M 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 processor (for HDTV reception, a Pentium 4 2.8GHz or Pentium M 1.7 GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon 64 processor is recommended) RAM: Windows XP ¿ 256MB (512MB recommended); for Windows Vista ¿ 512 MB (1GB recommended) Free PCI rev. 2.3 slot Sound / graphics controller with support for DirectX 9 Hard drive with minimum 1 GB free space (20 GB recommended for TV recording) DVD player/burner Internet connection for registration/activation High-gain indoor or rooftop aerial and/or connection to an existing cable TV jack (coaxial cable). Package Contents: PCI TV tuner card for for ATSC, ClearQAM, NTSC and FM radio reception, Mini remote control including batteries, Remote control receiver, cable FM radio antenna, A/V Adapter Cable, Printed quick start guide, CD with Pinnacle TVCenter Pro and VideoSpin editing software.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent TV product from Hauppauge, August 10, 2009

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Marvin "protoss" (Barbados) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pinnacle 22238 PCTV HD PCI Card (Personal Computers)

I knew when I purchased this product I would have no disappointments. I had and purchased Hauppauge products before and living it up now. This Pinnacle 22238 PCTV installed easy and worked remarkably. Hauppauge is affilliated with this product by hardware while Pinnacle handles the software to my knowledge. Make note the product software was made for and works with XP and Vista (only). The driver portion did not properly install in windows 2000 and the TV Center software does not at all install in 2000. GREAT PRODUCT AND GREAT PRICE

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Solid Product, January 12, 2010

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dominicius - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pinnacle 22238 PCTV HD PCI Card (Personal Computers)

This capture card is a great "budget" card. The quality of picture is beautiful with mythtv. I have yet to install the software included with the card, however I have a the 801se USB and the software looks the same. A good choice for a dual SD/HD card.