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EyeTV on the iPhone: In-Depth

Written on November 09, 2009 by Andrew Bednarz and 8 people have commented

Recently, Elgato released EyeTV for the iPhone (AppStore Link). At a cost of $4.99, its marketing blurb offers the following functionality:
With the EyeTV app, you can watch, record, and enjoy live and recorded TV on your iPhone or iPod touch. At last, you don‘t have to leave all your great TV shows at home; the EyeTV [...]

Elgato Video Capture

Written on August 05, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 17 people have commented

Like many of you, most recorded footage of my youth was on those archaic black plastic things called VHS tapes. As the rest of society moves into the digital age, I’m facing a battle of preserving my childhood memories on something a little more robust and modern than 800 feet of mylar tape. With many [...]

Elgato Releases Turbo.264 HD Video Convertor

Written on March 20, 2009 by David Appleyard and 6 people have commented

Elgato is a company synonymous with television and video hardware products for the Mac. Today they announced the availability of Turbo.264 HD, a hardware conversion tool that offers a fast way to encode video between formats or move video off your HD camcorder.
Many different software tools exist for converting video on the Mac, ranging from [...]

TV Adapters for Mac: 9 Options for Watching Live Television

Written on November 13, 2008 by David Appleyard and 16 people have commented

In recent years, the Mac has become a device capable of acting as a very powerful media center. iTunes, Front Row, and OS X in general, provide a plethora of features which justify the Mac as a living room device.
That said, one vital piece is missing as a standard: watching and recording live TV on [...]