which eyetv

[ajo]

Im looking to order eyeTV with my mac.

Can anyone advice on which I need as they are all confusing me a little.

I live in the UK, I duno if that effects what I can recieve. Do I need to plug the house ariel in? Which ones pic up digital (freeview). Plugging a games consol will be a plus but not really really needed.

I am confuesd with the older version and the 250 (power version) what are the advantages.

I dont want to overspend but want to get somthing that is going to work well.

Thanks for any help

ajo

 

[R.Youden]

Hi.

It would be very useful to know what mac you have. If you have a newer machine (Intel mac / G5) then you should be fine with something like the eyeTV Hybrid to pick up digital freeview. I use one on my mac mini and it works great.

The reason you need a relatively fast machine is that the small USB-stick style drives can't handle the decompression by themselves so it uses the computer to convert the signals into picture.

If you have a slower machine then you can look at one of the larger, set-top box style machines which will handle and the decompression for you.

With the eyeTV hybrid I get all the freeview channels including stuff like Sky News, Sky Sports News and Sky 3. It is pretty comprehensive. I too am in the UK and I just use my main house connection.

I know that the eyeTV Hybrid has a game console mode where you can connect an S-Video input and play on your mac. Obviously you won't get top picture quality but you won't get any lag that you would normally get from playing a console through your mac.

I hope this helps.

 

[ajo]

Il be getting a 24" imac 2.4 so should handle the USB one fine I guess.

Was thinking though, will a slingbox work well/better as we have cable installed in the house.