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Comment and replies on EyeTV:
This comes free with the EyeTV Hybrid. It has turned my iMac into a TV and DVR even though I don't have cable.
The recent update made the Apple Remote integration far more useful.
Still lacks a few generally useful features, like:
• Saved EPG searches(!)
• "Keep viewer window on top" preference
Mmilian said:
"I'm very surprised that there are so many users of this app considering you need to plunk down at least $250 to get this thing working."
If you know any cheaper way to receive and record TV broadcasts to DVD and DivX, please enlighen us. Oh, and I assume you won't be using additional hardware since the $250 price tag is primarily for the TV tuner and MPEG encoder/decoder, not the EyeTV application itself which costs €80.
EyeTV + MacMini is a great combination. The software is very good, it could use a couple more features in automating output to AppleTV, for instance, detailed control over encoding export options. HDTV watching on my mac is quite an experience, very impressive. FYI the Hybrid retails for $150, at your neighborhood apple store.
The best computer based PVR I've used, and I've wasted way too much time and money on other setup's until I found this one.
Easy to use, beautiful, stable. Applications like these make the Mac experience so pleasant. They just work and fit in the overall look-and-feel. Well worth the additional cost.
But I also miss saved searches in version 2.5.2. :-(
2.5 caused some problems, but was a workable solution. But the new 3.0 is rubbish.
This is the first time I have been moved to comment negatively on a piece of Mac software: I paid for the upgrade, but it's been nothing but restart, restart, restart because of instability.
Five reasons not to upgrade:
1. DVD Player and EyeTV 3.0 fight for some reason (when EyeTV is recording during DVD Player playback), leading to kernel panics. Duh, restart machine.
2. USB driver code appears to lead to kernel panics all by itself. Duh, restart machine.
3. web access is so flakey as to be useless. Duh, restart EyeTV.
4. export is painfully slow (many days to export some stuff, it might even be that the export function is broken) Duh, restart encoding.
5. many, many spinning beachballs (unbelievable). Duh, restart EyeTV.
Sleak, slow and unworkably poor. EyeEyeEyeTV: stick with 2.5...
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EyeTV was quite expensive in the beginning, but now they offer solutions for $100 to $150, provided you have a Mac with USB 2.0 (for my older Titanium PowerBook with only USB 1.x I still have a Firewire-connected EyeTV which did cost more but which I am happy with nonetheless).