OUT" will actuallyīe for cable input (newer units may have fixed this label to CABLE IN).
The firmware upgrade the coax input mis-labeled "ANT. Follow their instructions to upgrade the firmware. On the day of the annoucement of clear QAM support, I immediately orderedĪn EyeTV 500. Still working, i.e., it hasn't yet been thrown with great force. It's simple enough to use so the remote is Silent Eyehome is in the family room, where it is used to view saved TV programs Iįinal Cut Express / DVD Studio Pro for simple program archiving. Three of these hour shows will fit on a 4.7 GB DVD.
It takes about 3 minutes toĮdit the commercials out of a program, and a typical hour show ends up aroundĤ5 minutes. I've time-shifted hundreds of standard definition (SD) programs,Įditing and saving many of them to DVD. The EyeTV 200 is attached to a dual 2GHz Power Mac I have had good experiences with Elgato Systems products, starting with the SLP RGB Component Male-to-Male 3-RCA Cable. Home Theater Receiver with Digital Amplifier. 50" Diagonal LCD Projection HDTV Monitor
HDTV Firewire tuner for over-the-air (ATSC) and unencrypted digital cableĪudio Interface - TOSlink optical digital output for Dolby 5.1 movie audio Mini annoucement of a quiet computer opened up the possibility of time-shiftingĬomponents Apple Mac Mini - 1.42GHz PowerPC G4,ĥ12MB DDR400, 80 GB hard drive, DVD-ROM/CD-RW, Bluetooth wireless keyboard In New Providence, NJ is poor due to the Watchung mountains. Was exactly what I was waiting for since my Over-The-Air (OTA) reception Two announcements at MacWorld on January 11, 2005, got me to try again.Įlgato EyeTV 500 adds digital cable supportĮlgato added tuning of unencrypted digital cable TV (Clear QAM). Was shut off more than it was on, essentially making it useless for The noise wasĮnough that my wife continuously asked me to turn it off. They still are noisy, especially for the family room. While Shuttle XPCs are quieter than your average PC,
Mentioned in the previous round, the most important consideration for an For the previous round, see my web page of notes on using the FusionHDTVII tuner card. Here's round two for an HDTV HTPC (High-Definition Television Home-Theater Murakami Mac mini HDTV HTPC Notes - Elgato EyeTV 500 tuner
Mac mini HDTV HTPC Notes - Elgato EyeTV 500 tuner - Gary J.