How to watch TV on imac

imac abuser

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

• Oct 23, 2005

• #1

Hi, I work for a cable company. I have an old imac on my desk, and a cable tv outlet below. I need to know what products (cheap) there are to I can get an RF signal into my old imac via usb or firewire.

thanks
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gekko513

macrumors 603

• Oct 23, 2005

• #2

If the iMac has USB 2.0: EyeTV Wonder
If not: EyeTV 200

 

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aussiemac86

macrumors 6502

• Oct 23, 2005

• #3

If you have a DV camcorder and you can get a tuner or cable box (you work at a cable co, maybe u can get a cheap/free one), plug the tuner into the camcorder and then the camcorder into the imac via Firewire. Then use "vidi"-search versiontracker.(http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18234).

If you have a spare camcorder and tuner this is free, if not go with the above mentioned eyetv products

 

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josephl

macrumors newbie

• May 6, 2008

• #4

What other ways?

These are things I am just looking at.

Is there a way to get Direct TV or cable to come in on your mac? What exactly do I need to do this?

 

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josephl

macrumors newbie

• May 6, 2008

• #5

I see there is a Apple TV section but that looks like it gets very expensive if you have to pay for every episode....