I have read various posts about EyeTV but wasn't sure if it's really what I need - I would appreciate any suggestions.
I have a 20" iMac, which is a few feet away from a small TV. I have digital cable from TimeWarner, and the cable box is a DVR. I would like to be able to transfer shows from the DVR to the iMac, but I don't need to watch live TV on the computer, since I have a TV in the room. (I live in NYC so I wonder if over the air reception would be terrible anyway ie would I need to connect to the cable box no matter what.)
With my former Dell PC, I used a Plextor video capture box that I connected both to the computer and the TV; when I played something off the DVR, it would appear on the TV set and if I wanted I was able to capture it to the computer.
I know there are various Elgato products - is one of them what I'm looking for?
I have a 20" iMac, which is a few feet away from a small TV. I have digital cable from TimeWarner, and the cable box is a DVR. I would like to be able to transfer shows from the DVR to the iMac, but I don't need to watch live TV on the computer, since I have a TV in the room. (I live in NYC so I wonder if over the air reception would be terrible anyway ie would I need to connect to the cable box no matter what.)
With my former Dell PC, I used a Plextor video capture box that I connected both to the computer and the TV; when I played something off the DVR, it would appear on the TV set and if I wanted I was able to capture it to the computer.
I know there are various Elgato products - is one of them what I'm looking for?