Pinnacle HD Sticks: Traveler's Profile

Who says laptops have to be all business?

Enjoy the crystal clarity of free HDTV, right on your laptop

If you're a frequent traveler or mobile employee, you've probably felt the overwhelming pressure to stay efficient outside the office. Sure, working on your laptop while mobile can be productive in small doses. But it's easy to rapidly reach the point of diminishing returns. There comes a time when you need to put the work aside and simply unwind-with a little help from the new HD TV tuners from Pinnacle.

Follow mobile workers Craig, Dana, and Brandon as they pair their laptops with Pinnacle's HD Sticks to enjoy the best in on-the-road HDTV entertainment.

Winding down after a long day at the client site

It's been an exhausting day of meetings with his company's biggest client. Now Craig is stranded at the airport, waiting for the fog to lift. Not long ago, the delay would have frustrated him. But tonight, as Craig slides his laptop out of its case, he's grateful for some rejuvenating downtime. He slips his new Pinnacle PCTV™ HD Stick into the USB port and chuckles at the workaholics around him. Look at the obsessive keyboard warriors, pouring over emails and slogging through web sites! Like most of these folks, Craig used to have a problem balancing work and pleasure. But now, with his Pinnacle HD Stick, he's going to refresh himself and enjoy his favorite digital TV program-in brilliant high definition, completely free of charge-right on his laptop. He slips on his earphones and enjoys HDTV in rich stereo sound. Later he'll use his laptop as a DVR, popping in a DVD and burning his show to disk so he can watch it on the flight home. He may even decide to tune in to stereo FM radio and listen to a few pop hits. After years of stress in the mobile rat race, Craig has finally learned the art of relaxing around his laptop.

Relishing the calm before the storm

She spent two weeks preparing for the biggest presentation of her career. Now Dana is pacing her apartment, hoping for an evening of peace before her 6:00 a.m. wake-up call. Her favorite TV drama is about to start, but her cable is out. Dana isn't concerned. She flips open her laptop and eases her Pinnacle PCTV™ HD Pro Stick into the USB port. A click of her Pinnacle remote tunes her in to her TV drama. Dana raids the refrigerator and fluffs up her pillows, enjoying her program in high definition and at no cost. Ah. A break in the action at last! But within minutes, the phone rings-it's a colleague calling with last-minute advice for tomorrow's presentation. Not a problem. Dana pauses her live TV with Pinnacle's TimeShifting feature, which lets her pick up her program where she left off-and even rewind as needed-when she's done with her phone call. After her show, Dana decides to head to bed. She uses the mini remote to schedule recording of a late-night program. The following day, Dana is flying cross-country to another meeting. She plans to enjoy the trip in her first-class seat, watching the recorded program on her iPod. A fitting, relaxing reward for all of her hard work.

Way more fun than working

Brandon loves web design, but he hates being stuck in an office. That's why he does most of his projects on his laptop from hotspots around the city. Today is another routine workday at Brandon's favorite coffee shop…with one small twist. Instead of working through lunch, Brandon decides to take it easy for a while. He fishes through his pocket for his new Pinnacle PCTV ™HD Pro Stick. It's so small, Brandon can barely find it amongst the jangling mass of keys and spare change. But eventually he prevails. He slides the stick into his laptop's USB port and hooks up the telescopic antenna. Voila! With his Pinnacle remote, Brandon surfs high-definition television at no cost whatsoever. Flipping through several comedy shows, Brandon watches until he's downed his third cup of French Roast. Now he's definitely too wired to work on client projects. He decides instead to edit some videos he recorded the previous evening on his camcorder. Pulling up VideoSpin by Pinnacle software on his laptop, Brandon clips and trims the videos into a Hitchcock-worthy montage. Then he sets his laptop to record a program later in the evening. His plan is to download the program file to his portable Sony Playstation and watch it the next time he's gaming with the guys. Brandon didn't get much client work done today-but with the Pinnacle HD Pro Stick and software, his "play" time has never been more productive!

A revolution in how you use your laptop on the road

When you're ready for a refreshing break, Pinnacle helps you transform your laptop from a business tool into a high-definition television. Pinnacle's new series of PCTV HD TV tuner the HD Stick ™ and Pro Stick ™ , slip out of your pocket and into a USB port on your laptop. Utilizing state-of-the-art technologies, the Pinnacle Sticks deliver free, over-the-air digital HD and SD TV right to your computer screen. And they instantly turn your laptop into a DVR so you can record your favorite shows and save them to your hard drive or DVD, or in formats viewable on iPods and portable playstations. The included TVCenter application lets you schedule program recording in advance so you never miss your favorite show. And with the built-in ClearQAM tuner, you can connect to a cable drop, get paid programming for free and enjoy better-quality HDTV on your PC than you'd get from a provider! With the Pinnacle HD Sticks, you'll never need a subscription to HD cable services. You'll never be charged hotel pay-per-view fees.

You'll just experience pure high-definition pleasure whenever you're on the road