Elgato EyeTV Hybrid (NTSC) | List Price: $230.13
Discount Price: $84.45
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Brand: Elgato
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Box Content - EyeTV 3 digital TV recorder software(CD-ROM), EyeTV Hybrid analog/digital TV receiver, USB ext cable, Break out cable for Composite, S- Video & Audio connections, Quick Start Guide
- Watch and timeshift live television on your Mac. Record and subscribe to TV series. Edit recordings and enjoy them on your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV
- Receive over-the-air HDTV and analog TV. Rewind, fast forward, and pause digital TV
- Browse EyeTV menus in Full Screen mode
- Record hours of your favorite TV shows directly on your hard drive and edit out unwanted content
El-Gato EyeTV Hybrid + iMac & PowerBook G4 [Posted on 2008-06-29]
At first I hesitated buying it - I thought it would be blurry at full screen and not pick up as many channels. But I was pleasantly surprised! I tried it out on my powerbook first with an old rabbit ear antenna that I found laying around the house. I have no room to install a professional outdoor antenna and I am on a budget so I figured I would try this first. It picked up over 38 channels! Once I got my iMac - same thing - 38 channels! The antenna stands on the floor at a 45 degree angle toward the north east (I'm in chicago). I bought an amplified antenna - and it didn't find as many channels. The quality of the shows is amazing - It picks up all HD channels and analog channels that are available in your area. Even on full screen you can sit back and it looks better than on a regular tv. (That may also be contributed by the iMac video card...) It comes with a remote and it also updates a program guide to see what's coming up over the next few days! I have not tried it with a satellite or cable box - so I can't comment on that. But with an antenna, I am very pleased with my purchase. I would highly recommend it - especially to those who don't have a TV in their computer room. It's worth a try and it's a great product!!!
EyeTV Hybrid is Great [Posted on 2008-07-16]
I love products that just work out of the box.
My activation key was blurry but I figured that out .
This is just a great product. I don't record programs but watching TV on my iMac with EyeTV is great. I like the menu setup and program lineup list. The picture looks very good.
Setup was 5 minutes.
Good job Elgato.
Amazingly Easy To Use! [Posted on 2008-08-09]
This thing is awesome! After pluggin it in, and setting up an account on titantv (took about 10 min total) I was recording/watch live tv. The only downfall I've seen so far is that I'm on Comcast, and with the recent channel changes, without me knowing it, I recorded about 7 hours of baseball games instead of the cartoons and sci fi shows I intended. After running setup again, I was back in business. Many complain about how hot it gets, but seriously, how often are you going to touch it? I have mine hooked up to an iMac, and it works great. It's a shame that I cannot record the "cable" HD channels, only the OTA ones, but it's not a huge loss. I'm using this in tandem with a modded xbox running XBMC (which cannot playback HD content anyways) adn it works fantastically. strongly suggest this product!
Beware!!! [Posted on 2008-08-18]
Bought it to use on my macbook pro, didn't really use it that much. After 14 months I had an error that it was connected to USB 1 (which it obviously wasn't). Further investigation & emails to elgato reveal that the unit has failed & as it is more than 12 months old..... tough. I'd be very wary before spending money on this company's inferior products
Great Product [Posted on 2008-09-09]
This product does everything I would was expecting and hoping for. Since owning it, I have stopped using a DVD recorder. Clearly, it does not have the automatic "find similar shows" that is included in Tivo, but the advantages outweigh this loss:
1) near limitless recording capacity - constrained only by capacity of hard discs you wish to hook up
2) very easy to jump/scroll/scrub through recordings to find a particular part.
A bonus I was not expecting was the ability to transfer my old copy protected VHS tapes to the Mac (for subsequent transfer to iPod or DVD) with ease and at pretty good quality.
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