Pinnacle PCTV To Go HD Wireless

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  3.5 stars

  "Works fine (If you read the fine print)"

  by sunset1000 on May 7, 2007

  Pros: Remote viewing from up to four video sources. Records to your PC in MPEG

  Cons: resolution of 720X480 local viewing and 320X240 remotely. Four Guides to read through.

  Summary: Once you realize the marketing hype is just that, and your using PC based video technology to watch something you already have in your living room with FAR BETTER viewing. Its great!
  After reading all four set-up and user guides in the install file, (the only paper in the box is an almost useless quick-start guide) and spending a weekend of fine tuning. I can watch, pause, rewind, and record any of four video sources from my desktop and laptop. However, I can also do that without the PCTV to go HD wireless from my TV, Satellite DVR, security camera and Cable box.
  What makes the PCTV to go HD wireless different is that I can record to MPEG and then, by using Windows movie maker and DVD maker, copy the recordings to a DVD and remove them from my DVR and/or hard-drive.
  Remotely, you can NOT record, but can watch anything recorded previously, locally, and saved to your laptop or recorded by your DVR or other connected device.
  The on-screen remotes work well. After a little tuning I am able to use the supplied double IR Blaster to control my HDTV tuner AND Satellite DVR. One connected to the component input, the other to the composite. The PCTV box on-screen remote changes when the input is selected. I did have to configure the learn remote feature for my HDTV.
  Bottom line. If you think youre going to watch HDTV on your laptop while in a hotel room in India, FORGET IT. What youll get is a 320X240 mpeg similar to the other video feeds from the internet.
  If you want to watch your home and any video source from your home on your laptop in a hotel room in India, PCTV to go HD wireless WILL DO IT.

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