Elgato Eyetv Diversity Dual Tuner Tv Stick Freeview For Mac

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TV-on-a-Mac specialist Elgato has released its first USB-connected tuner that also takes the heavy work of encoding analogue video away from the host computer.

Elgato's EyeTV 250 Plus: MPEG encoding hardware built in

The EyeTV 250 Plus incorporates two tuners: a digital one that's compatible with Freeview and other DVB-T servies - even HDTV broadcasts, where available - and an analogue pick-up for folk in Freeview-unfriendly locations.

Analogue TV signals need to be digitised for storage on a computer but unlike Elgato's past analogue tuner-equipped products, such as the EyeTV Hybrid - reviewed here - the 250 Plus doesn't rely on software to do the encoding, it has dedicated MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 hardware for the task

You'll note that it doesn't do H.264 encoding - for that you'll have to cough up for Elgato's Turbo.264 accelerator

The compact unit connects via a USB cable and has both an aerial port and an input port allowing Mac owners to use the box to encode old analogue material on tape. The input port connects to a bundled adaptor cable the terminates in s-video, composite-video and RCA stereo audio ports.

Elgato's EyeTV 250 Plus: digitise old tapes

The 250 Plus also ships with a remote control, a mini antenna and Elgato's bundling a cut-down version of Roxio's Toast 8 CD and DVD burning software. The top-notch EyeTV 2 DVR software is also part of the package.

EyeTV 250 Plus is available immediately for £140/€200. A North American version is also available, for $200.

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Newegg.com - A great place to buy computers, computer parts, electronics, software, accessories, and DVDs online. With great prices, fast shipping, and top-rated customer service - Newegg shopping upgraded ™If you are reading this message, Please to reload this page.(Do not use your browser's 'Refresh' button). Please if you're running the latest version of your browser and you still see this message.If you see this message, your web browser doesn't support JavaScript or JavaScript is disabled.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings so Newegg.com can function correctly. Model Brand elgato Model EyeTV One Details Type USB TV Tuner Stick Others An internet connection is required to download EyeTV Program Guide information from the TV Guide data serviceAn antenna is required, not included Specifications ATSC-Tuner- Frequency Range: 48-801 MHz (VHF and UHF)- Digital TV Standards: ATSCInput and Output- USB 2.0 cable (200 mm)- Antenna input: Standard F connectorPower Supply- USB bus powerDimensions- 3.54' x 1.14' x 0.55'(enclosure only)- 0.09 lbs. TV Digital Tuner ATSC Remote Control No Tuner Interface USB 2.0 FM Tuner No System Mac Compatible Yes Processor Macintosh: Intel Core processorPC: 2.0 GHz Intel/AMD CPU or Intel Atom CPUNote: 720p or 1080i HD features require an Intel Core Duo processor. Pros:Although I am a mac user, I only have over the air TV and when I built my Windows 7 HTPC, I chose this tuner.

This tuner works with Windows 7, I believe right out of the gate, no special drivers are needed, although you can download what you need to. Windows Media Center recognized the tuner and got to work scanning the channels. It worked fine with Windows Media Center on Windows 7 64-bit.Cons:Here is where I have to drop an egg. Although the tuner works fine, its packaged software is not compatible with Windows, and also, the tuner doesn't pick up all channels as my off-brand LCD tv.

I only have an indoor antenna, and I ran my coax cable into the tuner and it picked up about 7 less channels than when I had the antenna hooked up to the TV, and this was with the antenna in the exact same position. In other words, I only unplugged the coax and had it either connected to the TV or the TV tuner card.

With it connected to the Elgato, I constantly had to change antenna positions. If I were to do this over again, or when I upgrade in the future when I get a few extra dollars, I am just going to buy an add-in card instead of using a USB tuner and see if that helps.Overall Review:I recommend this device, but I'd stick with the system it was designed for - Mac. It works well enough on Windows 7, but don't expect to receive all your channels without getting up from your seat and readjusting the antenna. Keep the antenna hooked to your TV and use this device on your mac instead. Pros:Plug it in to your Mac, connect a good antenna, and watch HDTV.

It's pretty simple.After buying one for my mom, I bought another for my uncle. And after a few months with just Netflix and Hulu, I bought one for myself.Here in Los Angeles, I generally have full and complete listings for the approximately one hundred channels I receive. The software works okay, if you dedicate a fast external hard drive to recordings you'll probably enjoy the experience more.EyeTV iPad app is neat.Cons:As a long-time user of MythTV on Linux with MythFrontend on my Mac, I can't stand the software although it basically accomplishes the same task while making exports to iPod/iPhone/iPads way easier.Activation code for software. Is El Gato a software company or a hardware company?Overall Review:I think you're buying this because you already watch TV online but want to see some over-the-air broadcasts. And it works great, just spend fifty dollars on your antenna.

Pros:Intuitive and easy-to-use software. The included software package was the main reason I picked this over some cheaper tuners, and I have not been disappointed.The tuner itself seems very effective at picking up TV channels in my area - better than my actual TV using the same antenna. Picture quality is as good as it gets.I love the built-in software features to help you easily edit and export recordings: you can easily cut out commercials and re-encode the recordings down to a smaller size so they'll actually fit on your hard drive for later viewing.Cons:More expensive than cut-rate tuners. (You probably get what you pay for.)Overall Review:I primarily bought this tuner to use it to record some of my favorite OTA TV shows while not at home.

Basically I wanted a poor man's DVR. I picked the EyeTV because it seemed like it offered the best software experience on my Mac. I have not been disappointed.A noted feature, but something to be aware of: with this device, you can only receive one channel at a time, whether viewing or recording. So if you want to watch the game on one channel and record a show in the background, you will need two tuners. Altec lansing acs40 manual. I'm thinking about buying another for this very purpose.Also, initially recorded shows are.huge. (about 4-6 GB for an hour).

This is to be expected, but if you get carried away like I did and start recording a lot of shows, you might need more hard drive space!