AV Input (AV-USB for watching things on my laptop)

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eshroom

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Dec 9, 2009

• #1

Aside from TV tuners, does anyone know of an AV to USB converter so I can hook things up to my laptop and watch them on the laptop monitor?

Here is a windowz example http://www.buyforaccessories.com/product_info.php?language=en&currency=GBP&products_id=2129

 

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eshroom

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Dec 10, 2009

• #2

After muchagoogling I found a piece of software called video-glide, buy this and something from their supports hardware list. This is the cheapest way of doing it, but reading reviews is probably not the highest quality.

http://www.echofx.com/videoglide.html

 

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0858131

Cancelled

• Dec 10, 2009

• #3

EyeTV is probably the only thing available that'll do what you're looking for. They have two versions, one with a coaxial port and another with a composite a/v input.

 

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eshroom

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Dec 10, 2009

• #4

Yup. Eyetv 100% for quality, but certainly not for price. I don't want it for video capture, just for viewing things on my laptop monitor so I don't want to spend £90. If you're wanting video capture, undoubtedly eyetv...