TV TUNER for iMAC 20"?

[About2SwitchOvr]

I just picked up my iMac 20 last night and absolutely LOOOOOOOVE it so far.. I was wondering if there were any other good competitors to the external tv tuner card they offer at the mac store. I believe it was around $200? Or was it 299? Any responses GREATLY appreciated. THANKS in advance, again! :-)

[briankonar]

a little hard to compare products to...nothing...

el gato makes a firewire (usb as well, but don't bother) tv tuner.

so does formac, i think el gato (having used neither) looks like a more developed product (software looks far better).

EyeTV Firewire with EyeHome would be pretty sweet.

[idkew]

formac's studio tv works for what you need.

the others mentioned might not, except for eyetv. i think they will accept composite connections and such, but have no cable connector. the formac does.

i just got it today, and at the moment i am using it to transfer videos from when i was a kid for my parents (great present). i can not tell you how well the tv tuner works for watching tv, except that in the 4 minutes i have used it, it works great.


got it at club mac for a little less than $300.