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Watching TV on an Imac

Can you record or watch tv through a imac if you can where can you buy it from?

imac 17 with isight 1.83ghz intel core duo 2, Mac OS X (10.4.8), ipod shuffle 1gb # Saving for a Macbook #

Posted on Dec 2, 2006 11:40 AM

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Dec 3, 2006 4:31 AM in response to jamiedavid

Hi RedDwarf how are you?


I'm fine thanks Jamie. How are you?

So with this elagto stuff...


Yeeesss...

..all you do is plug it in and you get tv??


Yup. You just install the software that comes with it, follow the instructions in the manual (you can actually download the manuals from their site to give you an idea of what's involved) and you're done. If you need to receive subscription based channels from Sky, Cable etc then, obviously, you must already have a contract with that service provider.

cheers jamie


cheers red dwarf

Dec 3, 2006 7:47 PM in response to jamie morgan

I personally own the Elgato EyeTV 250 along with the EyeTV 2 software. Unless you want to pay for an internet TV subscription I would not recommend buying this product to watch TV on your Mac. Using the reciever they have and plugging either cable or composite video cables to it results in a very small sized screen with a very poor resolution. It would make TV almost unbearable to watch.

I use it along with a composite video splitter to record gameplay footage and such other activities, for which it works great.

Charlie Fry

Dec 4, 2006 11:31 AM in response to SubcutaneousPhat

I personally own the Elgato EyeTV 250 along with the
EyeTV 2 software. Unless you want to pay for an
internet TV subscription I would not recommend buying
this product to watch TV on your Mac. Using the
reciever they have and plugging either cable or
composite video cables to it results in a very small
sized screen with a very poor resolution. It would
make TV almost unbearable to watch.


I own and EyeTV 200 - (model prior to the 250) connected to my normal cable service and the results are fantastic. I suspect you either have some individual problem or have not installed it correctly. I assume you are aware that you can resize the screen from very small to full screen, using the command key followed by a numberic key? The latest version of the software (2.3.2) added picture-in-picture so you can watch a recorded show why keeping an eye on a live channel and then switch the one that you are following as desired.

The comments I read from others suggest my experience is typical and yours is abnormal for these products.

Watching TV on an Imac

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