http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/ Engadget Comments for Elgato's EyeTV HD records shows to your Mac, slings live to your iPad http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/cable->$200 Elgato device->cable->Mac computer->cable->iPad?

Perfect.

Apple, your approach makes things too easy.]]>May 24th 2010 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
it's magic.]]>May 24th 2010 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
This is how Apple does it: iTunes Store -> iPad]]>May 24th 2010 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
I realize that, but Apple's the one that requires everything to go thru iTunes first. That ends up adding additional pass-thrus that are unnecessary.]]>May 24th 2010 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/This has nothing to do with iTunes!!
EyeTV has its own media player on the Mac and iPad/iPhone. It also streams from the Mac to the iPad, NO CABLE, using the mac with internet connection for wireless, since that is where the media is being stored.

After saying that, i dont see this thing being very useful. I wish it was an .... Apple TV with a tuner, and an HD for playback and Wireless streaming. Its the same reason why i dont like GoogleTV, just adding more crap with only a small benefit, (software and hardware). I used to use the EyeTV 400, worked great. But now i just use a Mac mini without any tuner. I gave up the DVR type setup for Internet streaming with all the benefits of an Apple TV.]]>May 24th 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
> Its innovation buddy

Innovation? It's MythTV + HD-PVR + AirVideo.

Now having this tied up all in one package is a nice idea in theory but how well will it work out in practice? How will this solution handle the challenges of dealing with HD High Bitrate h264? Will it skimp on the master recordings or will it have it's work cut out for it dealing with realtime transcoding for the iPad?

Will it burden your Mac backend server with all of this? Or will it have extra dedicated hardware to help with the realtime transcoding?

It's nice to see a competitor to the HD-PVR.]]>May 24th 2010 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
I have the Hauppauge HDPVR. It was $200 + $50 for IR blaster & software (must have for Macs) + $12 for an ATI remote, which I don't use/need. The Hauppauge will do everything that this does as you can choose to use EyeTV software with the HDPVR. I highly recommend the software, but it does cost about $80. The Hauppauge HAS pass-thru and digital optical input. Both EyeTV HD and HDPVR will exhibit lag (2-3 seconds) when changing channels.]]>May 24th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
don't you think it's ironic that the post was put up by Paul miller. Listening to the podcast yesterday made him out to be quite anti TV.

Thw hauppage sounds good I just looked it up on play.com so thanks for the mini tutorial. I have to say I'm surprised there are no tutorials or shoot outs for the best home set up on engadget HD as for all this gadget drooling one needs to put the right setup together]]>May 24th 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
I have the Hauppauge HDPVR. It was $200 + $50 for IR blaster & software (must have for Macs) + $12 for an ATI remote, which I don't use/need. The Hauppauge will do everything that this does as you can choose to use EyeTV software with the HDPVR. I highly recommend the software, but it does cost about $80. The Hauppauge HAS pass-thru and digital optical input. Both EyeTV HD and HDPVR will exhibit lag (2-3 seconds) when changing channels.]]>May 24th 2010 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
I have the Hauppauge HDPVR. It was $200 + $50 for IR blaster & software (must have for Macs) + $12 for an ATI remote, which I don't use/need. The Hauppauge will do everything that this does as you can choose to use EyeTV software with the HDPVR. I highly recommend the software, but it does cost about $80. The Hauppauge HAS pass-thru and digital optical input. Both EyeTV HD and HDPVR will exhibit lag (2-3 seconds) when changing channels.]]>May 24th 2010 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/Seriously, why bother telling us about this?]]>May 24th 2010 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
Wireless? Apple hasn't even invented that technology yet.

Geez.]]>May 24th 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/I agree SlingBox is better..... when it works!
Mine and a boatload of others stopped working about a month ago and Sling Media have been totally shit heads about it. You can not even talk to tech support unless you pay $ 29.99 first.

http://answers.slingbox.com/message/2455#2455

http://answers.slingbox.com/message/4597#4597

Engadget should expose this to their readers....]]>May 24th 2010 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
That said, while the device might work with 1080i, I know of various devices that will only output in 720p (or even 480p) using component cables. The FCC, if its stance on the analog hole is truly firm, could probably be convinced to require manufacturers of devices with component output to force a lower resolution.]]>May 24th 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
For me, I've already cancelled cable and moved to the on-demand model through Apple TV.

Incidentally, that's also the reason I like Google TV, despite Engadget's criticism of the IR blaster. If you want all of your content on-demand outside of the cable companies, you don't NEED the IR blaster.]]>May 24th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
Thus, recording (for example) "Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson" makes sense (for me) because it's free OTA (and the minimal amount to add an antenna and add some coax to the existing cableco's coax run in my house was easy).

Granted, if you watch very little broadcast TV, then going to a complete on-demand model makes sense (for you).]]>May 24th 2010 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
That said, there is the HDHomeRun CableCARD device in the works (and that should handle this much more smoothly - here's hoping for Elgato supporting it in EyeTV!): http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/hdhomerun-cablecard-will-feature-three-tuners-in-time-for-the-ho/]]>May 24th 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
Yea, thats right, I forgot the HD HomeRun Box does OTA signals only at the moment. The Elgato does Cable/Sat past through forwarding.]]>May 24th 2010 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
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Seems like someone could do this with Windows Media Center - basically transcoding on the fly, then sending data to the iPhone via a network drive setup (much like AirSharing) where it temporary holds the cached video data.]]>May 24th 2010 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
I am personally using EyeTV with two OTA tuners (one Elgato, one Hauppauge) and feeding an Apple TV and my iPhone (with the EyeTV iPhone app), and it works well with OTA HD recordings and streams, so I can't imagine it would be horrible with overly compressed cable streams. :)

That said, I am not jumping on this bandwagon yet. I am waiting to see what feature EyeTV 4 eventually brings and if my wife and I decide to go back to cable once our son (due this summer) is a little older and (allowed to watch TV).]]>May 24th 2010 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/
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So you can see some basic cable channels over the Hybrid, but you'll never be able to get premium content that way.

Think of this as acting like an old Series2 TiVo unit (only with 1080i capabilities).]]>May 24th 2010 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/# Stereo audio cables (6 ft)
# Breakout cable for composite and S- Video inputs"

Anyone see an issue with this? So you connect your cable-box to the EyeTV HD using component cables. How do you then get output to your TV? How are composite breakout cables supposed to be of any use?]]>May 24th 2010 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 24th 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/i've the PS3 - HDPVR setup for over a year and it works well, but i think this may turn out to be better:
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/

i'd get one, but i'll need to get a laptop with usb3.0 first :(]]>May 25th 2010 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/elgatos-eyetv-hd-records-shows-to-your-mac-slings-live-to-your/May 25th 2010 10:09AM