Pinnacle PCTV Hybrid Tuner Kit for Windows Vista 330eV

Advantages: A real bargain!
Disadvantages: Very bad drivers and software, lack of after-sales support.

...If you are looking for a TV tuner, I have to say, never think of any Pinnacle products. I bought my PCTV Rave, one year ago. At the beginning, everything seems to be fine. But after I install some new software, e.g. Nero 6, and Windows Update, especially the Windows XP Service Pack 2, I have got lots of incompatible problems with the program come with this Card called Pinnacle Vision. So I tried to find some solution on the company’s website. Until then, I found they have stopped to publish new update for its software and left all its users in its forum to try to exchange their solution themselves. So far, I have not solved this problem yet.... Read review

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Advantages: Simple and easy to setup.
Disadvantages: No DVD Input option

...Spent a while looking for a video input graphics card until i came across this little number. Graphics cards were coming in around the £100 mark and this was just not practical. I'm not a high end user and just need the basics such as playing vhs video through the pc. Pinnacle PCTV Rave is a fully featured TV Tuner card to watch TV on your PC with ultimate image quality for an incredible price. It also allows you to record video clips and capture high-quality single screens from your TV, camcorder or VCR onto your hard disk, and to access Teletext pages from Internet. This product lets you watch tv on the pc and with a bit of tweaking with the good old bunny ears aerial you can pick up all five channels (northern ireland). The Product was very easy to install and software was straight forward. Stick the card in the pci slot and bung... Read review

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Advantages: easy to setup
Disadvantages: wish I had got a DVB one

...I bought this card for the sole task of watching TV while surfing the internet, and for this purpose the card does its job well. I bought it from PC world about 6 months ago for £49.99. I installed the card in my PC (normal PCI connection) and connected a normal portable indoor aerial to the card and booted up. The sotware took a while (15 mins) to fully install but it was all self explanatory and I was soon up and running. The job was to connect the audio lead from the TC tuner to my sound card. Luckily I had a spare input but check you have before you purchase. The first time you run the Pinnacle software the card scans for channels (takes about 3 mins) and after that you are ready to go. The interface is simple and ressembles the controls on an old non remote controlled TV. Volume and channel buttons on the control... Read review

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