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Hauppauge, one of the top producers for PC TV tuner cards and accessories, has released a new USB dongle in the UK dubbed the WinTV Nova-t Stick. The device appears to be about the size as most USB thumb drives and it just plugs into an available USB slot (no word on whether USB 2.0 is required or not).

The dongle was designed to be used with Freeview, which is a UK based service which is described on their own website as:

FREEVIEW is a free digital TV service offering over 30 TV channels and 20 radio stations for just a one-off payment and no contract. FREEVIEW is received through your normal rooftop aerial.

The 2 other real nice features about the Nova-t Stick are the fact that a) it is a USB device so it can be transported from one computer to another with ease (which makes for extremely easy PVR / DVR capabilities) and b) the dongle is actually HDTV compliant which means great visuals.

According to the article over at Computer Active, the device will retail for £49.99

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