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Pinnacle PCTV DVB-T Stick Solo and Windows Vista compatibility

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Posted by

on Sat, Dec 29 2007 5:10 AM

Joined on Mon, Aug 27 2007 | 13 Posts

Hi guys,

I was burnt by the whole Freecom DVB-T USB stick and Windows Vista Media Centre scenario whereby the stick was said to be Windows Vista compatible, but because of the way Freecom had written the drivers, some channels were unwatchable because of an offset frequency (or something like that). I.E., it scanned and found all channels, but then couldn't view some of them.

I have found the above USB TV card (Pinnacle PCTV DVB-T Stick Solo), and this too is also listed as Windows Vista compatible. What I want to know is, will it work properly with Vista Media Centre in the way that the Freecom stick didn't? I've searched the forum but couldn't come up with any answers.

Thank you for your help.

Michael.

EDIT - Here is the support page for the Pinnacle USB stick if that can help in my query. http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/Consumer+Products/PCTV+Tuners/PCTV+Analog+PVR+%28cable_antenna%29/Pinnacle+MediaCenter+Support/Download+Area/Drivers+-+Updates/PCTV+Drivers.htm?mode=documents&newProductDisplayName=PCTV+DVB-T+Stick+Solo&newProductName=PCTV+DVB-T+Stick

Posted by

on Sat, Dec 29 2007 3:48 PM

Joined on Mon, Aug 27 2007 | 13 Posts

Anyone? 68 views and not a single reply...

Posted by

on Sun, Dec 30 2007 2:18 PM

Joined on Mon, Aug 27 2007 | 13 Posts

*BUMP*. 101 views and no replies?! This is crazy!

Posted by

on Tue, Jan 1 2008 4:11 AM

Joined on Mon, Aug 27 2007 | 13 Posts

Bump again.

Posted by

on Wed, Jan 2 2008 6:36 AM

Joined on Wed, Jan 2 2008 | 4 Posts

I'm possibly in the market for a DVB-T stick for Vista Ultimate as well; so I'll add a bump to this thread, too.

Adam

Posted by

on Thu, Jan 3 2008 11:38 AM

Joined on Mon, Aug 27 2007 | 13 Posts

Bump again.

Posted by

on Fri, Jan 4 2008 7:48 AM

Joined on Wed, Jan 2 2008 | 4 Posts

I'd say at this point you might just want to give Pinnacle support an email and get them to state in writing that it does not have the problem that you describe; then at least if you order it, you should easily be able to return it if it does end up being a problem.

$0.02,

Adam

Posted by

on Wed, Jan 9 2008 3:13 AM

Joined on Mon, Sep 24 2007 | 5 Posts

I don't know if this is of any help, but I'll toss in my two cents worth as well.

I'm running VMC with a pair of Pinnacle dual DVB-T cards (yes, four simultaneous channels, very greedy, I know!) which are allegedly not VMC compatible. However, there are drivers for them on the Pinnacle website which seem to work fine and I don't get any incompatibility issues from them. Or at least I've not seen anything to suggest that they give me problems.

I'd suggest going to the Pinnacle website (http://www.pinnaclesys.com) and looking for the Vista drivers.