Using my iPad, I entered the access location and then the required pin number.
I could then see all the channels listed (notice that none of the HD channels have any guide data).
You can see any scheduled recordings.
Overall, it was quite easy to use this feature.
Final Thoughts
Overall I quite liked it, however there were a few things that kept the overall score at a three.
Firstly the initial setup seemed to take forever! Secondly the DistanTV mobile software seemed to only be a 14 day trial, which was a shame. And thirdly I didn’t find as many channels with this as I did with my Blackgold BGT3620 card. Oh and the little antenna they provide in the box if you want to use if you are on the road was useless – I just couldn’t pick up anything on it. To be fair, that could be my location so try it for yourselves.
And none of the HD channels would display any guide data, which was a pain!
Also, the price – around the £90 mark, which is only slightly lower than the Blackgold card and that is a dual tuner where as the nanoStick is a single tuner. Although you cant use the Blackgold card in a laptop! I think that if it were a bit cheaper more people might be interested, where as I think people might wait for either a cheaper version or a dual tuner USB stick.
It was also a shame it only works on Windows.
