Mini Tuner – Mega Performance! Digital TV for your PC or Mac

With its latest generation chipset, the gem-sized PCTV nanoStick Ultimate Plus delivers high-quality digital TV and is ready for terrestrial HDTV (in MPEG-4 AVC / H.264), where available ¹. Watch TV in full-screen or scaleable-window mode. The included software turns your PC or Mac into a full-fledged Personal Video Recorder that lets you timeshift and record TV shows. PC users can choose between MPEG-1/2 or DivX recording formats. The included DistanTV software for Windows allows them to stream TV to other PCs on a local network or on iPhone / iPad via Wifi or 3G. Mini remote control included.

nanoStick Perspektive

Product Overview

PCTV nanoStick Ultimate Plus is an incredibly compact, USB-powered TV tuner that’s the perfect match for super-slim Windows and Mac laptops. The ultra-sensitive reception technology picks up digital terrestrial TV and radio even if the signal isn’t strong. It is also ready for the new terrestrial HDTV. The easy to use software (PC and Mac) lets you watch, timeshift and record TV. You can enjoy TV in full-screen mode or in a scaleable window while using other applications. PCTV nanoStick Ultimate Plus comes with a mini remote control.

PC users can use DistanTV software to stream their live TV signal to any other Windows PC in a local network or to their iPhone / iPad via WiFi or 3G.

Key Features

Turn your PC or Mac into the perfect TV

Ultra-sensitive digital terrestrial TV & radio¹ reception
Watch and record digital TV in standard and high definition¹
Works with Windows Media Center
Remote control and mini-antenna included

TVCenter: a digital video recorder for your PC

Watch, pause and rewind live TV
Record on your hard drive (MPEG -1/-2, DivX or HDTV)

DistanTV: Share TV with other PCs

Travel & Watch live-TV on your iPhone

Access all TV channels from your home PC² on your iPhone
Watch wherever you are, don't matter if connected via WIFI or UMTS

Includes new Elgato EyeTV Lite software

Watch, pause and rewind live TV
Record hours of television on your Mac

Technical Specifications

Inputs

TV Antenna MCX connector 75 Ohm (MCX to IEC adapter included)

TV Recording Formats

Windows:

MPEG-1/-2
DivX®⁵
MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 (for HDTV recordings only)

Mac:

MPEG-2
MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 (for HDTV recordings only)

Minimum System Requirements

Windows

Windows® 7 / Vista™ or Windows® XP (32 Bit) with latest Service Pack
Intel® Pentium® 4 2,0 GHz, Pentium M 1,3 GHz or equivalent AMD® Athlon™ XP³
Windows XP: 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
Windows Vista: 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
Sound/graphics controllers with support for DirectX® 9 or higher
Hard disk with min. 1 GB free space (20 GB free capacity recommended for TV recording)
Free USB 2.0 port
DVD-ROM drive or DVD writer
Internet connection for software updates and activations

Mac OS

Macintosh® computer with a PowerPC® G4, G5 or Intel Core® processor⁵
256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
Hard disk with min. 1 GB free space (20 GB free capacity recommended for TV recording)
Free USB 2.0 port
DVD-ROM drive or DVD writer
Internet connection for software updates and activations

¹ DVB-T radio and HDTV where available. Please note that HDTV reception in the UK (Freeview HD) is not supported. FreeView HD requires a DVB-T2 receiver - available soon!
² Standard definition only
³ HDTV reception & recording or LAN streaming with DistanTV require a dual core CPU. For best results we recommend a system based on Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6400 or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 5400+ or higher
⁴ Free online activation may be required
⁵ For HDTV reception & recording a Dual PowerPC G5 or an Intel Core Duo processor is required.

Important notes on DVB-T reception:
Please ask your dealer whether DVB-T is available in your region. DVB-T reception is depending on location and might be impaired by thick or steel-enforced walls, and high neighboring buildings. In such environments, an outdoor / roof-top DVB-T antenna is required. Mobile reception of DVB-T, e.g. in a car or train, is in general not possible.

PCTV Systems reserve the right to change product specifications without notice.