Pinnacle tv tuner is horrible!! DON’T get it ! i made the mistake of buying it at the stupid age of 16 and I still regret it. Honestly, I went through a couple tv tuners, and they were all pretty horrible (I returned the pinnacle one when I realized how bad it was). If you want to put tv shows on your ipod, you need to download them via bittorrent and/or buy episodes via amazon. A tv tuner will not help with downloading tv shows into your ipod because it just shows live tv. Though, it is SUPPOSED to record tv shows, getting the tuner to work itself will be a miracle so I wouldn’t put too much faith in it. If you have more questions (about the alternatives i presented), feel free to ask.