On the same day as Elgato's EyeTV 3 was announced, equinux of MediaCentral fame has released their own hardware and software combination for turning your US-based Mac into a PVR; it's called TubeStick hybrid. The hardware is a USB dongle device similar to Elgato's EyeTV Hybrid that can handle analog cable and over the air broadcasts as well as digital HDTV ATSC and cable Clear QAM. The software does the standard recording and timeshifting, but of particular interesting is the TubeStickToGo service which will allow you to schedule recordings over the internet when you're away from home and then have those shows automatically uploaded to .Mac or an FTP server for remote viewing on your Mac, iPhone, or iPod touch. There's also an attempt at a Joost-like social viewing experience with TubeTalk that allows you to chat with other folks watching the same program on their Macs.
The TubeStick Hybrid and associated software will launch in February. Pricing is not yet available, but will apparently include a subscription for the TubeStickToGo service.. Already available is a TubeStick for DVB-T/DTT in Europe for €39.95.
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1-16-2008 @ 8:35AM
David Owens said...
I tried an Elgato product several years ago. What a pos. It did not work at all. Complete rip off. Do not even mention this company's name here.
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1-22-2008 @ 11:31AM
chris said...
Elgato's EyeTV software was crap a couple years ago. It is much more solid now.
1-16-2008 @ 9:46AM
Bob S. said...
I'm eager to consign my Tivo S2 to the junkheap of history, but any other company using the word "subscription" isn't getting my money either.
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1-16-2008 @ 12:47PM
aptmunich said...
If you check out the website it says that the subscription service only applies to the TubeToGo online storage featur...
1-16-2008 @ 8:20PM
dhaasgob said...
If they price the TubeStick Hybrid lower than Elgato's updated Hybrid (different hardware with ClearQAM support), then it'd be interesting.
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1-17-2008 @ 9:17AM
Dr. Congo said...
I've got both EyeTV and The Tube and EyeTV wins hands down.
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