It looks like it took a little longer than expected, but the
sale of Avid's Pinnacle PCTV line of TV
tuners to
Hauppauge has finally gone through. The handoff certainly seems to be getting started on the right foot -- Hauppauge has already fired up the PCTV Systems brand as a separate entity to keep things moving nice and smoothly. The new company's webpage offers a cornucopia of tuners in USB, PCI and PCMCIA flavors, all brandishing a revamped but strangely familiar logo. The PCTV products certainly are right in line with Hauppauge's other offerings, but from the looks of things, the PCTV brand will get treated to a little more colorful and polished marketing.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ezra @ May 16th 2009 3:23AM
The haven't seemed to fix the tech support yet. One week of contacting them about my Pinnacle PCTV HD PCI (800i) and still no response from them. Every time I call, the tech says they will forward it to the higher level techs who will call back, but then they never do.
DrXym @ May 16th 2009 3:56AM
I cant say I'm at all impressed by Hauppage's WinTV software. It's very bloated and the UI is all over the shop. It looks like they just let each developer make his / her own UIs meaning there is hideous inconsistency between one dialog and the next.
I've given up on their software except for the drivers.
MrFantastic @ May 17th 2009 12:37AM
I don't get it. What really did Hauppage get from this deal? I have tried both Hauppage and Pinnacle HD tuners and Hauppage blows Pinnacle out of the water. Why would Hauppage want to buy Pinnacle?