There's also something neat about watching the telly on a laptop screen, and if a movie comes on I can just hit the "record" button, just like the old days of VHS. All you need is to connect an antenna or your TV cable directly into the EyeTV Hybrid to receive HDTV and standard TV in digital (ATSC, Clear QAM) or analog (NTSC) formats and of course, a Mac. As a straight up TV replacemant, though, it is outstanding -good quality and easy to use. The EyeTV Hybrid is a USB based TV tuner stick that allows reception and capture of HDTV, Analog and FM radio signals. The EyeTV has a ridiculous amount of functionality which I haven't even touched yet. But that's not all - EyeTV Hybrid can capture standard definition video from sources such a set-top box or VCR. Whether you get your TV signal from cable or from an antenna, EyeTV Hybrid delivers a big TV picture live to your Mac or PC. Add that to my lack of home Internet and you'll see why I have got so much reading done recently. Our smallest hybrid TV tuner ever, the all-new EyeTV Hybrid packs a lot of features into one very small TV stick. In mine, however, even the rooftop antenna can only manage FM radio. That said, the small supplied antenna pulls in some very good pictures in the Lady's apartment. The latest version of Elgato’s EyeTV Hybrid TV tuner lets you access over-the-air SD and HD channels (ATSC) and unencrypted analog (NTSC) and digital (Clear QAM) cable channels, as well as. This is less of a problem with digital broadcasts – it's either on or off – but analog can break up. Picture quality varies, of course, depending on reception. These are the advantages of watching TV on a computer. EyeTV Hybrid USB Analog/Digital TV Receiver Version 3 Mac Parts and send in Mac Repair service for your Apple Macbook, Macbook Pro, iMac, iPhone or iPad. You can surf your recordings in cover flow view, beam recordings over the network (or internet) to an iPod or iPhone, organize the recordings into smart folders, have EyeTV automatically add new video to iTunes (for syncing to iPods) and even edit out commercials.
EYETV HYBRID SOFTWARE
So, how is it? Aside from the annoying TV guide setup, the software is great, and very Mac-like. The dongle has its own IR port, which means that the EyeTV actually adds remote functionality to older Macs. Fortunately, the dongle will also work with the Apple remote, which is both more elegant and easier to carry in a bag. If you have Apple computer or tablet, you will use the eyeTV software for 20/year. If you have a PC, you can use Windows Media Center as your software for free. It allows you to control pretty much all aspects of the EyeTV: navigting the channel guide, pausing live TV, recording, you name it. This Elgato EyeTV Hybrid TV Tuner is a great tuner. The remote is, like almost all remotes, ugly.
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