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Elgato Systems 10020974 EyeTV Hybrid TV Tuner Stick for Analog, HDTV and FM Radio Reception | 
| Brand: Elgato
Category: CE
List Price: $149.95
Buy New: $125.00
as of 7/29/2010 13:19 CDT details
You Save: $24.95 (17%)
New (1) Used (2) from $110.00
Seller: Suzanne Weinberger
Rating:  75 reviews
Format: CD
Platform: Mac
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Macintosh
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 1
CPU Type: AMD Athlon
Processors: 1
System Memory: 128000
Memory Type: DRAM
Hard Drive Size: 1
Graphics Card: This is the description of the PC Graphics
Graphics RAM: 256
Graphics Card Interface: AGP
Native Resolution: 640x480
Display Size: 669.2913385826772
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 2.4 x 7.5
Legal Disclaimer: Shipping is 3-5 days FedEx or UPS with tracking number. Brand New. Continental USA street address ONLY, we do not ship to P/O box, APO, AE, or international addresses
MPN: 10020974
Model: 10020974
UPC: 852095000942
EAN: 0852095000942
ASIN: B001QCYHXM
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
 | Watch, pause, and rewind live television on your Mac and listen to FM radio | | | Record TV and FM radio shows and export them to your iPod, Apple TV, and iPhone | | | Powerful, compact TV tuner stick | | | Includes award-winning EyeTV 3 software | | | Comes with one year of free Program Guide data from TV Guide with optional renewal for only $19.95 per year. |
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Product Description
EyeTV Hybrid turns your Mac into the world's most affordable flat-screen HDTV. It receives both analog and digital TV; EyeTV Hybrid is an ideal solution for the digital transition. EyeTV Hybrid does more than just TV. The included EyeTV 3 software features digital video recording (DVR) with a comprehensive Program Guide and editing capabilities. It's a DVR that can put your television recordings on a Mac, iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV with one easy click of a button, and can export them for use in other Mac video applications. EyeTV Hybrid receives FM radio. Organize recordings in Smart Playlists Export recordings into iTunes in one easy step & sync automatically Frequency Range - 48-801 MHz (VHF and UHF) Access recordings via Wi-Fi on an iPod, iPhone, and selected Smartphones (existing Wi-Fi access is required) Store your recordings on an external drive, or burn to disc using Toast Basic (included) Enable family-friendly viewing with Parental Controls In the box - EyeTV 3 digital TV recorder software (CD-ROM) PDF product Manual (CD-ROM EyeTV Hybrid analog/digital Mac TV tuner stick (NTSC/ATSC) Break out cable for Composite, S-Video & Audio connections USB extension cable Infrared remote control with battery pack Quick Start Guide System Requirements - PowerPC G4/G5 or Intel Core processor 512 MB of RAM Built-in USB 2.0 port Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later Internet connection required to download Program Guide data Unit Dimensions - 3.22 x 1.26 x 0.5906 inches; Weight - 1.05 oz. Antenna not included 720p or 1080i HD features require an Intel Core 2 Duo processor
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 Horrible tech support!!Beware!! May 5, 2010
Pamela Gross (Chicago IL)
We're having trouble getting the El Gato to work. After a month they REFUSE to give phone support.
VERY UNHELPFUL TECH SUPPORT! BEWARE! If you have a problem, you're out of luck.
 Poor hardware. Great software. April 25, 2010
Clark (TX USA)
Simply put, the tuner stick has poor reception. I should have done my research better. Others have found as well that this tuner stick just can't pull in channels as well as tuner units that have their own power supply (such as HD Homerun). After trying to add amplifiers to my antenna and moving my antenna to an outside location, the real solution was to replace the tuner stick with a tuner unit that sits on my network and has its own power supply. Everything else remaining the same, I can now pull in all of those stations that faded out during the evening. Yay, Craig Ferguson again! And a network-based tuner unit can be used by your other networked computers.
On the other hand, for the Mac, I'm really pleased with the EyeTV DVR software. "Season passes," auto playlist creation, pre- and post-buffer time added to the recording time. The only major fault I have is it doesn't easily save recordings in a form that my PCs can see over the network. You can write/acquire scripts that will export your recording automatically, but that's an unfortunate burden. You can buy additional copies of the software for your other macs and then easily share the recorded libraries, but they don't make versions for the PC.
Summary, buy their software separately. Pass on this tuner stick (and maybe all other usb-based tuners).
 Froglegs April 24, 2010
David W. Wood (Little Rock)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Overall a good product. Easy to use. Set up easy. I use it daily. The picture is strong and without flicker. I do think that in the full screen mode that the picture quality is a little blurred. It is not quite as good visually as watching TV but well worth the cost and better than another product I tried that had an internal TV tuner.
EyeTV is the EASIEST way to get TV on the Mac! April 16, 2010
Patrick Bianchi (Howell, NJ)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased the EyeTV solely for the purpose of recording my primetime shows and converting them to a portable format to watch at work. For this, the EyeTV is flawless! Everything is easily automated and with the help of Automator, I could set it up to require no interaction from me at all. The video quality is top notch and works great on my 2.0GHz Mac Mini, which I have connected to a home theater receiver to get Dolby Digital 5.1 from the recorded shows. I've only tested this with a cable signal, so I can't comment on the EyeTV's ability to pick up OTA signals, although I'm sure it's fine based on other reviews. Overall, you can't go wrong with this for basic TV viewing and recording.
The only complaint I have is the lack of third-party software support. It's not really anything against the product, but it would be nice to see EyeTV or someone else create a total Windows Media Center like experience for the Mac platform, and then my life would be complete. ;-)
Again, I highly recommend this product for ANY Mac user that wants to bring TV to the best OS there is. It's well worth the price.
Save your money... April 13, 2010
Lucky Mommy, California
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My husband ordered this for me as a gift. The first one arrived and worked for about five minutes before it died. We spend two day trying to figure out what the problem was and reconviguring all of our connections - including buying new cables! Even downloaded and printed the on-line manual but it was no help.
Amazon was quick to refund and we ordered another one to replace it. Second one never worked at all - it arrived DOA. Amazon was quick to refund on the second one as well.
One thing you should be aware of, this will NOT record from your TV if you have Dish or DirectTV. It may from a local cable company (?) and it supposedly records from a satellite dish (as long as it's not Dish or Direct TV because they scramble signals to keep you from recording directly to DVD or from your DVR). We were not aware of that until we found the tiny tiny print on the internet site researching why thing thing wasn't working (both times).
However, I had planned on transferring old family VHS tapes to my computer then make copies for family - so I was fine with not being able to record from the TV. After the second arrived DOA - I just gave up on transferring videos this way.
Not going for the third strike on this one.
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