Pinnacle PCTV 110i Review :

Pinnacle PCTV 110i Review

Manufacturer:	Pinnacle
Title:	Pinnacle PCTV 110i Review
Availability:	Currently Available
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Date:	11-30-2005
Price:	Around $75

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Testing

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This card was tested on a AMD Athlon 64 based processor with 1Gb of memory and a 6800 video card. Here is a screen shot of the picture you receive, clearly you can see just how awful the picture looks. I truly feel no amount of processing power or memory could help improve this cards picture quality. If there is any hope for this card, it is that Pinnacle has released new software and drivers since I reviewed this card. Let's only hope it is 100 times better than the original software it comes with.

Conclusion

Overall, if this card was selling for less than it is, I would say it is an ok low end tuner card, unfortunately it isn't and I would have to say your buck isn't worth your bang when it comes to this card. I have seen other cards around the same price with a much clearer picture. I didn't get to test this card with the new software and drivers but then again, they shouldn't have put out a product without quality software in the first place. Ok, I have to admit, you can watch television with this card, you can, it does do that, it just looks like you are watching a 80's VHS tape that has been played a million times. Now for DVD's, other than a few problems, like freezing or locking up, it does play movies with a lot better clarity. Now if you have Windows Media Center OS, you don't have to use the software that comes with the card and I am sure that this product would work much better. I owned an ATI TV tuner, probably the first one ATI ever made, and it had the same picture quality for television as this card, not to mention it costed the same, way back then! Sounds like someone is trying to make money off of some old technology, which is not cool, especially in the coming of High Definition.