Turn your PC into a TV and Personal Video Recorder (PVR)
Pinnacle TVCenter combines a high-quality TV viewing experience with advanced personal video recording features. Use our timeshifting technology to control live TV… fast-forward past commercials or instantly replay a scene. Pause the show you’re watching and resume viewing later, exactly where you left off. It’s easy to change channels with the included remote control.

High-quality TV/FM radio tuner with stereo sound
Pinnacle PCTV 50i offers top reception quality for TV and FM radio at a cost effective price. Listen to your favorite radio programs on your PC. It’s also easy to record radio to your hard disk. Thanks to timeshifting support, you can pause what you are listening to and pick up where you left off or fast forward past commercials or songs you don’t like. PCTV 50i is ideal for watching and recording TV on your PC and supports stereo/multi channel TV sound.

Enhanced Teletext features
With Pinnacle TVCenter, get access to channel information with our advanced Teletext support. Unlike competing products, with Pinnacle TVCenter there’s no need to research and refresh content each time you change the channel. Pinnacle PCTV keeps all content in its memory giving you immediate access to pages and sub-pages, saving you time. In addition, TVCenter also supports TOP/FLOF technology, a general subjectbased index for accessing programme information by category, as well as weather, sports lotto, etc.

Expandable feature set
To enhance your PCTV experience, Pinnacle PCTV 50e offers an optional software upgrade, sold separately, for optimized functionality. The Pinnacle MediaCenter upgrade lets you easily access all your media with your remote control, and includes advanced Personal Video Recorder (PVR) features, such as MPEG-2 recording and Timeshifting, Direct-to-DVD recording, and an integrated, remote-controlled EPG. What’s more, this upgrade package includes the unsurpassed Pinnacle MediaManager application for organizing all your digital media, a DVD player with Dolby® 2-channel down mixing features, and CD and DVD burning capability.

• Internal solution for watching and recording analogue antenna and cable TV or FM radio on your PC
• Includes remote control
• Use timeshifting to pause, rewind, fast-forward TV and FM radio while recording.
• FM radio and Internet radio stations* integrated together in one interface
• One button or scheduled recording
• Unique! Teletext is database driven providing instant access to all pages and sub-pages<
• Access programme information from included web-based Electronic Programme Guide (EPG)**
• Programme your computer to shut itself off after recording * existing internet connection required
  ** tvtv 30 days trial included
  
  

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Hardware
Pinnacle PCTV 50i is equipped with a premium quality PAL/SECAM/NTSC tuner with full hyperband Cable TV support. The 50i also includes worldwide stereo audio and FM radio support.

Pinnacle PCTV 50i has the following approvals

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