External USB Tv Tuner

I was wondering if an external usb 2 tv tuner would work with the mac mini. I found two brand names:
Pinnacle PCTVe- http://www.flamingo.ro/produs.asp?id=7183
WinFast TV USB II - http://www.leadtek.com/multimedia/winfasttvusb2_deluxe1.html

Does anyone know and tried them?

Lenard

mac mini, Mac OS X (10.4.4), 1.4 Ghz G4

Posted on Feb 20, 2006 1:30 AM

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Feb 27, 2006 8:43 AM in response to sacui

While it has presumably been replaced by the EyeTV 200, I have the EyeTV Wonder USB. The hardware is identical to the ATI TV Wonder USB, and on a whim I tried the hardware with my PC and downloadable ATI hardware, and it works fine there as well.

I would not get anything without hardware compression unless watching TV in a window is you only goal, though. The Eye SW won't even let you try to capture at high rez/quality on the mini, as it knows it would fail on a modest processor like that.

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External USB Tv Tuner

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