Items tagged with eyetv
Elgato has produced a number of video-related accessories, primarily for Mac users, over the years. Generally speaking, they're best in class, with the Turbo H.264 USB stick helping to convert huge, huge videos to smaller H.264 files that suffer no loss in quality (and in record time, too). Today, the company is branching out somewhat with a new EyeTV HD, hailed as the "ultimate DVR for high-definition TV." It's essentially a full-featured DVR, with full access to premium cable or satellite TV content on a Mac. The box allows users to "watch, record, edit and enjoy cable and satellite in high-definition, including all their premium channels." That's a pretty big promise, and something that Mac...
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This weekend has been chock full of iPad news, but there's a little bit of iPhone news to share this morning as well. Elgato's heralded EyeTV app has received an update, but this isn't just any update: it's probably the most important update a media streaming app could get. The latest version of EyeTV (1.0.2) now allows for streaming of live TV signals over Wi-Fi as well as 3G, the latter of which is brand new in this release. Previously, the app only allowed users to watch TV on the go while near a Wi-Fi connection, which wasn't exactly practical except for when stopping in at an eatery or Starbucks. Once you hit the car, you were probably out of luck (without a MiFi or some such device). Now,...
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