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Actually I haven't rigged it for hd through media center yet. It does basic analog just fine - I'm not using a box by the way just the straight cable.What’s new: * Full support for Windows Vista 64 bit. * Parental control for digital TV (ATSC, ClearQAM ). * Direct link to TitanTV.com’s Internet-based TV program guide. * General performance and robustness improvements.I hadn't used my PCTV Pro for nearly a year. I had other things in-between my pc and various capture cards (hardware, usb, firewire, and analog) and was mostly settled on my Pinnacle Studio AV/DV (of which I am still using) but because our great tv series, "LOST" was comming on today (and yesterday) I needed to re-setup my HD hardware. Well, as it turns out, good old USB came to the rescue. All I did was re-plug in my PCTV HD Pro into the USB port and it was that simple. No need to reconfigure anything or software/driver, etc. It just worked like right out of the box and I was able to record my favorite series, "LOST". The brief details will follow shortly, below.I'm also watching it for MCE and future clear QAM support from a Vista laptop. So far MCE does not support QAM and the Pinnacle HD stick Utimate only says QAM is provisioned in hardware but not yet in software.How well is the QAM enabled beta software working now?It's on woot this morning for $39.00.My trouble began when I tried to use Studio 10 Quickstart to capture an old video tape off of my VCR. When I started Studio 10, I received the error to the effect that I either had an invalid license key or no license at all, and that I should reinstall.End the end I gave up and plugged in my old 100e and captured the video that way. It worked with Studio 10 and captured fine.I've been busy this last week testing Pinnacle's latest TVCenter v5.4 software. So far, I like. The response time has improved--the tv pops up much quicker than it did in the prev CD version. Note, the PCTV Pro HD Stick I have is the model 800e . See below for file Download.TVCenter Pro is a fully featured TV viewing and PVR application for Windows XP and Vista. Supported hardware: * PCTV HD Card (800i) * PCTV HD mini Stick (80e) * PCTV HD Pro Stick ( 800e , 801e) * PCTV HD Stick (800e, 801e SE)I actually got it working with windows media center. It even got the program guide listing working properly. I think I will like this. My next step is either to get a bonified windows media center remote or I think I will finally work on getting my xbox set up as an extender. I will use a lan cable to get a constant stable connection at 100 instead of using wifi.I am still testing this new software out, so I haven't found all the PROS/CONS out just yet, but heres a snifflet of what I found so far, and I'm pleased with this upgrade:I bought one of these a while back, but returned mine after having a bunch of problems with it. USB2 is required which I didn't have on my encode machine, so I tried it out on my laptop and on my gaming rig, all had problems with the capture or viewing software.Other USB2 ASTC/QAM cards are coming in the next few months as Feb 2009 approaches. When sombody shows a card that actually works, I'm ready to buy.Some things I noticed (from personal experience) in this upgrade version:Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode.My projects normally go like this:I too have had trouble with running Studio 10 (the one that came with my pctv stick. I quickly just gave up on it, but only because I knew that it also came with it's other capture (PVR) software, Pinnacle TVCenter Pro. I use that to do my capturing of Analog (vcr/cabletv/laserdisc, etc.) and HD ditigal OTA sources. In addition to HD capturing, the TVCenter Pro also includes the features for capturing through Composite/RCA and S-Video sources. I've used it during my initial testing of this product. But, although my system is capable of capturing analog sources using RAW yuv or Huffy codec, I have since setteled better, with my Pinnacle Studio AV/DV pci card.HD: --> capture using the pctv hd stick using the TVCenter Pro software Analog anything: --> capture with my Pinnacle Studio AV/DV card w/ VirtualDub.All I did was boot up media center which comes with vista home premium. I went into to tv setup and went through the wizard and worked like a charm.Any help would be greatly apprieciated. BRGDS/ Russ.The (1920x1080i) capture/recording details..So I reinstall PCTV, only to discover that I cannot receive digital channels. And PCTV had worked fine the night before!All I did was boot up media center which comes with vista home premium. I went into to tv setup and went through the wizard and worked like a charm.Sometimes the Audio would be out of sync with the Video on some clips. Sometimes I'd capture an hour's worth of The Tube only to find out it only captured 5 minutes, though it seemed to be recording the whole hour.FILE DOWNLOAD: version 5.4.0.3032 -- 12/18/2008 -- exe -- 251 MB.I'm glad ppl are having a better time with the Pro Stick than I did. It is a neat little device, but I think the software has much to be desired.yoda, what software did you use for it to work with media center? I am so tempted to get one of these especially with the sale this week at Best Buy but have stayed away because a lot of reviews were saying it doesn't work with media center, the only HD channels that I would be using it for would be the 4 major networks clear qam channels.My solution was to completely uninstall both PCTV and Studio 10 using the method provided by tech support. Then I first installed PCTV, then Studio 10, and finally the Studio 10 patch.I have been using the PCTV 100e, but found the lure of having access to digital channels too great, so I picked up the HD Pro Stick (which is the 800e model).I just wanted to make a short update on my PCTV HD Pro Stick experience.I checked tech support again, but the only references to this kind of error pertained to either the 500 or 700 series, neither of which applies to my situation.Now I've got PCTV receiving digital channels, and Studio 10 working. Great. Except now when I connect my VCR, I get an error message that there is no valid video signal detected.I'm waiting to see if any of this can be documented to work before I spring for a card. I don't trust Pinnacle promises. I want to see proof of standalone QAM and MCE QAM support.I would like some help. digital channels are the only channels worth watching here. I just want this thing to work. Do you guys have any suggestions? Things for me to try? I have a few days to solve the problem before I should return it. I don't want to give up because of the favorable hardware reviews.And no software was needed. I had installed the included software for the stick but I couldn't get it to read the analog channels.If this doesn't work maybe I'll return it for the ati usb capture card - by the way I have no free pci slots - a firewire card and a sata card filled up my four slots (well three really since I have a pcie nvidia card in it).Today, (after "LOST" finishes) I decided to give re-SCANNING of the channels another go, for the NBC station. Well in short, I am getting it too. If you read on (way above, you'll see that I did make a special note about some weard phenomina about receiving some stations during a certain period or time of the year -- last mid February. Well, it seems that I can get these channels in January too. I wish I had tried in December, but I was too lazy then.CONS: 1. I did notice that they now incorporate some kind of fail-safe PCTV HD Pro Stick: Downloads * TVCenter Pro 5.4 Update - 12/18/2008.Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick, my experience.I have it split with a four way splitter to three sources - my high def dvr, my tv, and now the usb adapter.But I ended up blowing half a day on this.Display.Hey Guys- I reading all of your comments about the Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick. They all seem preety positive, but I can't get my device to work correctley. I bought the stick at Fry's and installed it on my computer (Win XP SP2, INTEL 3 GHZ HT, 1 GB ram). I was very impressed with the ASTC signals. I have not seen anything better.After three attempts at uninstalling and reinstalling the software, I finally decided to contact Pinnacle tech support. They pointed me to a web page to deal with this problem. Apparently, I'm not the only person who has had this error, because Pinnacle makes available a little programe to edit the Windows Registry to remove Pinnacle products. Two attempts later (the first time I didn't read the directions all the way through), I finally get Studio 10 working. But to do this I had to uninstall PCTV.Playing back the 1080i (note, for some reason, DGIndex is reporting it as 1088i) is without a hitch -- perfect.Actually I haven't rigged it for hd through media center yet. It does basic analog just fine - I'm not using a box by the way just the straight cable.My solution for capturing HD content was to buy a Samsung DTB-H260F set top box, and just run it through my ADVC-100. Since I don't have an HDTV (but widescreen--it's 10 years old!) and still convert them to DVD, S-video is fine enough for me. It's great watching 16:9 content and not have to zoom in, losing picture resolution.Am I alone in my experience with this product?Installation: Uninstall any previous installation of Pinnacle TVCenter Pro. Reboot your PC if the uninstall wizard asks you to do so. Click the download link below and choose “save as” to download the update to e.g. your desktop. Once the download is completed, double-click on the downloaded file. Follow the instructions of the installation wizard. When the wizard asks you for a serial number, please enter the serial number that has come with your product, printed on a label on the sleeve of the original TVCenter Pro installation disk. Please reboot your PC if the install wizard asks you to do so.After having used Studio 9 Quickstart and the PCTV software for the last two years, I thought I was pretty comfortable with Pinnacle's products. So Friday night, I installed the PCTV software, and Studio 10 Quickstart.Lucky you! I run MCE 2005 XP and the wizard wouldn't let me complete the TV setup the first time I tried it without a MCE remote.And no software was needed. I had installed the included software for the stick but I couldn't get it to read the analog channels.1. has signal stregnth meters for Quality and Reception 2. quicker response time: tv opens up faster 3. improved channel scanning, though I'm still debating this 4. in addition to PS (program stream) it now includes TS (transport streams) though I think its still PS 5. a change in EPG feature, incluces a free'er tv guide version, though I haven't trided it 6. has some DVXA support, though I haven't looked into that area 7. clearQAM support, according to their website, even the pctv pro hd stick.EDIT - I got it working It turns out the software it came with wasn't that red hot.Note that is the older PCTV HD Pro Stick (ATSC/NTSC only), not the "Ultimate" that has promised digital QAM support.Thread Tools.Hmmm. other than that, I don't know what else to report. I'm so happy -vhelp 4509.anyone have problems capturing analog cable through the pctv hd stick? I just bought one for 70.00 at best buy for my vista pc today. I was hoping to use it as a tivo replacement with my new 500gb harddrive. So far it doesn't read my analoge cable stations. It scans them it just won't display them.I don't know.. I just love this little stick. It just works.I even managed to record this week's Star Trek Remastered off of one of the local digital channels (though it recorded in 16x9).I am *VERY* happy to report that I finally managed to test it out on 1920x1080i sources, and it was a smashing success. The picture quality and the picture/sound all previewed (played) inside the PCTV HD Pro's (Pinnacle) software flawlessly. No hickup in the audio (like in my Hauppauge 1600 experience) and recording was as simple as recording my usualy (ABC-7) 720p source.My problem, I think, is with the software. I have tried all of the patches- upgraded from 4.7 to 4.9 with no luck. While I am watching the digital channels, the program will occasionally hang- 2 to 3 times in an hour - the screen goes blank and the program doesn't respond- I have to kill the process through the task manager and processes section. I don't think it has anything to do with reception or my machine. I have even reduced my displays color pallet from 32 bit to 16 bits to see if that could be the problem (I had an old Happuage TV card that did better in 16 bit color). I have re-installed the old software and re-installed the driver. I have researched alternate TV programs and have come up empty handed.Is there something I'm missing? I'm currently 7th in line for the online chat with support so hopefully I can find out that way.After the channel scan, I was about to pick up about 15 analog channels and 29 digital channels. I have to admit, even using rabbit ears, the quality of the digital channels is pretty good.Notes: With this version, the integrated Electronic Program Guide (EPG) with its “list view” has been replaced by a direct link to TitanTV.com. TitanTV is a free and user-friendly Internet-based program guide that can be used for scheduling recordings with TVCenter Pro. If you want to keep on using TVCenter Pro’s former built-in premium or free EPG (as included until version 4.98), you may prefer not to update to this version. This software is intended ONLY for the use with the PCTV products listed above and cannot be used with any other product. If you are looking for an update for PCTV HD Ultimate Stick, please click here. For the installation of this update, a valid TVCenter Pro serial number is required. You can find your serial number on the sleeve of your original PCTV install disk that has come with your product.

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