So I finally got around into pulling in some new satellite cables into my room so that I could watch TV on my PC once more. After spending a few hours trying to set it all up, I finally got it working. Ended trying out several different players, including the official/supported from Pinnacle, but ended up using DVB Dream as you can see in the screenshot below.
And even so I’m still not quite happy with it, noticeable slowdowns when switching channels, silly favourites system where you have hard coded four categories, and can’t define your own, but still so far it seems to be one the better ones out there.
Now if only they could do something about the quality of shows that they show these days on the TV, then it would be really cool. But I suppose watching TV every now and then is a nice change from the usual.
Anyone else watch TV on their PC? If so, could you tell me what TV card you use, and what software?
One reply to “Pinnacle PCTV 400i”
Silver Comet said on April 8th, 2007 at 19:31
I used to use a freeview USB stick from Freecom, but it died after a month, another in the house works fine. I used the one that came with the software…and apparently MythTV is rather good.