For more than 10 years, I'm used to it, while working on the PC - almost incidentally - to run a TV program. Also at that time, in the analog satellite time. With my first M ... on PC including Win XP then the Schrauberei was over, because these computers usually had a TV card in his luggage. Some time ago I had formatted now my older computer, repartitioned and recorded with Win7, with the effect that the TV cards on board could not be made to work ..... Now the patience to me is broken, and I have this simple TV stick concerned. The reason for the external device, is that I can always plug it in precisely those hosts it, the I'm working. My expectations were subdued. So: The package is said stick that gets screwed on the one hand, the satellite cable and plugs to the other side into the USB port on your computer. An optional extension cable is also in the process that makes things a bit more comfortable. Furthermore, this drive needs the power supply (also here) are connected to an electrical outlet. Installing the software is simple in principle, and requires no further description. The menu here is self-explanatory. The program, which is supplied to the TV (on the installation disc) is TV-Center, and there are both the software and the hardware ausfühliche Manuals in PDF format on the disc. For users of Windows Media Center is a Package to install this is glad: the stick is also compatible with it. I have the TV-Center opened briefly to see if it works. Yes, it does. The settings are relatively simple to make, but I definitely do not likable. I do not like the surface. So I simply opened the WMC, the TV card is detected immediately and an immense number of channels found. It was as simple to set up, so tedious is organizing the channels in the Media Center. But this has nothing to do with the TV stick. *) After all that was good, I have a transmitter clicked - fits, the reception is good. *) I've tried, the current movie slide return into the time line for some time - and it works wonderfully (I think that is called time shift). *) I have tried a program recorded during the broadcast - that works too. *) I wanted simultaneously watching another program from one channel while recording a show - that does not work (but was not promised, because it concerns with this product only to a tuner. *) I have tried to program a recording - and it works.
So was very long, and I get to vote: I did not expect much, but get much. This little thing is working properly, that I personally do not like the TV-Center, I can not have a negative values, because I have the option MediaCebnter TV to see. I have the key installed on 2 computers, both Windows 7 32bit and once again 64-bit. It was soo soo simple and works well. There is the full star number.
I forgot to mention the remote control: it's cute small, even a battery has this and works. I do not like it but because I prefer to navigate with the mouse, so she ended up with me in the desk drawer ;-)