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meghop

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My brother found this on powerpage :

Japanese tivo thing page

I tried to translate it but babelfish didn't make tons of sense of it. What is this?

Sorry if this has already been posted. :)
 
Wow, I wish I could read Japanese! It looks definitely like a Tivo type box and you can edit stuff in iMovie. Can't wait to hear what it's all about.
 
part of the sherlock translation...


If now, with Apple Store, the profit where the GV1394TV/M TV
tuner box belongs to Mac the campaign which can purchase the special
model (2003 June 28th (the Saturday) to) it is in the midst of
executing. Favorite in Mac and TV tuner box, furthermore please enjoy
TV. Concerning campaign as for details this > >


It was the Jun 28th thing that got my attention - otherwise looks like Gato's Eye-TV type of device with some kind of direct interface.

Neat find - wish I actually could read Japanese. The translation was overall pretty rough.
 
It was rough but it got the point across. You're right though, June 28.... Hmmm, big things are going to be happening at the end of the month. I wonder if Macforums is ready for the huge spike in bandwidth that will occur!
 
another interesting tidbit after a google search

http://www.iodata.net/factory/gv1394tvm/gv1394tvm.htm

<edit> apparently szark and I are both a little intrigued. what's interesting about both sites are: with my link, you get pics of it stuck on a mac, with a mac sticker on the top of the case. With szark's link, you get a different pic, but also a website that by design seems to be catering to the Windows XP market while marketing a product obviously built for mac. I am now, unequivocably confused.</edit>
 
sorry about the double post - but one more thing I found is that this translates into NTSC, which would mean it would be marketed for a Western audience, since most broadcast signals in the east are PAL - different framerate and size or somethingorother. Correct me at will.
 
At www.iodata.com there is no indication of this device. Their head office is in San Jose, CA and they seem to make various computer thingies, ie monitors, flash storage, etc.

It seems to be the same company as the one at www.iodata.net

I wonder why it is listed on the Japanese Apple site and not the American one? From what little english there was on the .net site it seemed to indicate that it interfaced with quicktime, which would indicate a fair amount of cooperation with Apple.
 
loose translation of the iodata.jp site about this:

It is and the ?, it is the store manager. We had received
favorable comment in Windows edition, the Mac edition "of GV-1394TV"
is appearance. Because ????? it does the feature of this
product, with DV format, editing 1 frame unit is easy. Cooperating
with iMovie3 and iDVD3, it records to editing and DVD. In addition,
the sound gap is prevented, loading "LockedAudio" function. Analog ->
as a DV converter available. And so on, it is possible to do real
video editing simply. Temporarily, being to borrow the equipment and
material and the software from development, promptly it is the report!
With say, the store manager densely - you say the bean jam ball it is
not detailed, when it is with, there is a thing which is wanted
inspecting, the mail ?? - is to be.

Power source switch power source is done entrance/ardently.

When power supply indication light power is turned on, it lights up
blue.

It changes to mode Change-over Switch converter mode/tuner mode.

Mode lamp illumination: Present mode. Blinking: You recognize the copy
guard signal, halting image output.

Inputting the image from the S video terminal image equipment

Inputting the image from the video entry terminal image
equipment

Inputting the sound from the audio entry terminal image
equipment



You connect with the antenna entry antenna.

You connect with the power source electrical outlet with the AC
adapter of DC jack attachment.

Initializing switch 1: Frequency configuration of sound. ON:
32KHz12bit mode, OFF: 48KHz16bit mode 2: LockedAudio configuration.
ON: UnLockedAudio and OFF: LockedAudio 3: 4 you do not use: You do not
use

DV (IEEE1394) the data of terminal DV format is output


Installation is simple. First to put in place the computer,
the AC adapter, installation the stand. Antenna (same axis)
connection. With the FireWire cable, you connect with Mac. ... Is just
this. The software will be inserted next. Loading attachment CD-ROM.
It activates "GV1394TV Installer", it installs to as it is said. (It
meaning that the latest edition has entered into PC not to install
QuickTime)... it is end with this. The honest place, being too simple,
difficulty ? ?? now in news item without either trouble the
shank.

First with "DigitalTV Recorder" of attachment you will try
looking at TV. When it activates, it becomes the configuration picture
of the pre-setting channel. Just selects area, the channel is
configurated. So, the window "of DigitalTV Recorder" and, the window
"of control" opens. The channel, changes the control window - * or,
with the ten-key. As for image change button, change TV S video &
video. The audio change button keynote voice main sub- audio changes
sub- sound. As for slider, volume. As for check BOX the left mute.
With configuration, it configurates such as ghost decrease and noise
removal. Adjusting to the environment which it views, please
configurate. Temporarily, here you use with while it is default.
Pre-setting at the time of the first activation is the same as the
configuration picture of the pre-setting channel which configurates.



As for change of the channel, there is no FireWire stress as expected
and changes. Half (360x240), normal (720x480), it can modify picture
size in the full screen.

Video recording can do video recording with QuickTime format
and DV stream format. If you push the video recording button under the
picture left and decide with retention, video recording is started.
Because they are 2 clicks, when we would like to videotape timing
together, don't you think? note is necessary. If the video recording
button is pushed once more, it halts video recording halt.

The case of video recording, when picture size is designated as half,
also video recording reaches half size.



But, you are disgusted and it is the ? clean. There is also a radio
wave state, but rather than seeing in inside, it is visible cleanly.
Perhaps, you think that it is the configuration of QuickTime, but in
order for just a little color to have come out faintly, it is thought.
Please configurate according to environment.



* Ghost decrease noise removal



It can configurate ghost decrease and noise removal, with the
configuration button of the control picture. Ghost decrease, ghost
decrease ON/OFF and through output, selects 3 types. Up to -1uS,
configuration can do the ghost processing range, up to -2.6uS. The
through was not and ghost, it did not understand well whether honesty,
the consequence whose radio wave state is good. So, there is an
effect, it is... the much.



Noise removal 3D processing OFF, selects 3 types of 3D Y/C separated
3D N/R and 2D Y/C separated 3D N/R. Exactly, because the clock of
evening had come out, when you look at this, certainly there is an
effect, we would like to see, don't you think? is. It understands that
fluctuation has decreased.




* Sample image



Unless so, after all there is a sample, you do not understand,
is, don't you think?. As expected because it is not possible to put
out TV program with the sample, free image from the DV camera
connecting with analog, it videotaped with DigitalTV Recorder. (As for
size normal (720x480), QuickTime format, as for 3D N/R strength
configuration 1 (Y:1 and C:1), as for 2D N/R strength configuration 1
(Y:2 and C:2), as for sound it has not entered)

* When it played back with QuickTime Player, it is played back
at the size of 360x240. * To play back at the size of 720x480, the
update to QuickTimePro becomes necessary.
 
Originally posted by Ugg
I wonder why it is listed on the Japanese Apple site and not the American one?

A lot of Japanese companies release products in Japan months before they release it to the U.S.
 
this is not an apple product. it was brough up in this forum a LONG time ago and the research was done. its just something the apple japan website advertises. do a search, youll find it.
 
Originally posted by junior
It's just an analog to DV converter with a TV tuner in it.

Too right - I saw this in a Akihabara shop in February, and it wasn't as impressive in the flesh.
 
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