HDTV Add-On for Notebook Computers

It's an itty-bitty HDTV (kinda): Pinnacle Systems' new PCTV HD Pro Stick, introduced today, is tiny, as it should be if the company expects you to carry it around in your notebook bag. It connects via USB to your computer and to either a cable television--er, cable, or to an included mini over-the-air HDTV antenna on the other end.

Pinnacle says the software that comes with the Stick offers "comprehensive" digital video recorder functionality and the ability to save shows directly to DVD, should your laptop have a DVD burner, or to an iPod or Sony PSP (should you have one of those). It comes with a small remote control, too. The Pinnacle product will cost $130 when it ships in October.