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Elgato, LaCie, and OCZ announce Thunderbolt storage options at CES 2012

by Michael Rose (Jan 9th, 2012)

As Richard said sharply a few weeks ago, there really hasn't been a rush to plenty when it comes to Thunderbolt storage options from third-party vendors. That's apparently about to change for the better, as a slew of top-tier manufacturers are announcing products at this week's CES ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me dual tune

by Erica Sadun (Oct 10th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, What the heck is going on with eyeTV why after 3-4 years of promises do they still not support dual tuners, or channel sorting? i've tried to reach out to elgato in various different digital ways, but to no avail, does TUAW have any contacts they could touch on to figure this ...

Elgato EyeTV Mobile streams live TV to iPads

by Chris Rawson (Aug 30th, 2011)

Elgato, makers of the EyeTV line of accessories, has announced EyeTV Mobile for the iPad 2. Consisting of a dock connector dongle with a built-in TV antenna, the accessory will allow iPad 2 owners to watch live TV anywhere via a forthcoming EyeTV Mobile app on the App Store. The accessory and ...

Create quality iPad 2 product demos with Apple TV and EyeTV

by Erica Sadun (Jun 11th, 2011)

After much effort, we've found a solid TUAW solution for screencasting the iPad 2 to desktop computers. Steve Sande and I have been documenting our attempts at this challenge for several months now. Back in March, Steve got basic 480p mirroring working. I then improved that to 720p/720i, ...

Elgato HDHomeRun lets you record live digital TV over network

by Steven Sande (May 16th, 2011)

Elgato has just announced a new product that will let you watch and record digital TV in full high-definition on any computer on your home network. HDHomeRun is a dual tuner that connects to both your cable TV or digital TV antenna and your network router, and then streams live TV over Wi-Fi or ...

How to: Capturing iPad video with audio narration

by Erica Sadun (Apr 26th, 2011)

Recently, Mike Rose asked me to check out an ongoing discussion over at the Telestream forums to see if I could assist one of the posters. Mike knew that Steve Sande and I were working on testing out a variety of iPad-to-computer screen capture solutions. He thought I might be able to help out ...

EyeTV for iOS 1.2.3 released, introduces AirPlay support

by Erica Sadun (Apr 4th, 2011)

Today, Elgato released version 1.2.3 of its iOS EyeTV software. Now available for download from iTunes, the US$4.99 EyeTV app finally adds the highly-requested AirPlay support so many customers have been looking for. EyeTV's iOS app works with your home computer, allowing you to view programs ...

iPad 2 mirroring: Capturing video in higher definition

by Erica Sadun (Apr 1st, 2011)

Co-blogger Steve Sande and I have been collaborating on our attempts to find a solid solution that allows iPad 2 owners to use the screen mirroring feature in tandem with a computer video capture tool; this would simplify screencasting, training, recording and scores of other things. Steve was ...

TUAW holiday grab bag giveaway: Everything for the Apple fan

by Steven Sande (Dec 21st, 2010)

Can you imagine waking up on Christmas morning surrounded by a pile of accessories for the Apple devices in your life? Or even better, giving someone a pile of fun gifts? TUAW and the Max Borges Agency want to give two lucky readers the chance to win some holiday grab bags full of fun gear for the ...

Elgato EyeTV HD: A review of the Mac DVR for cable and satellite HDTV

by Steven Sande (Dec 18th, 2010)

Elgato has been in the Mac video market for quite some time, developing and marketing such popular products as the Turbo.264 HD USB video compression device and various varieties of EyeTV, a tuner and digital video recorder for Mac. Eariler this year, TUAW reviewed the EyeTV Hybrid, a US$149.95 USB ...

Elgato Turbo.264 HD Software Edition converts video for iOS devices

by Steven Sande (Jul 15th, 2010)

Mac fans who work with high definition camcorder clips have been aware of Elgato's Turbo.264 HD for a while -- it's a USB dongle that provides hardware acceleration for editing HD clips without converting them first. Today the company has released a software edition of the hardware device. The ...

GOAL! EyeTV filters out the vuvuzelas at the World Cup

by Brett Terpstra (Jun 23rd, 2010)

Just in time for the US to advance to the round of 16 in the World Cup (sorry, Algeria), Elgato offers a special edition of its EyeTV software that does what just about everybody (who's watching the World Cup) wants: filter out those horrible plastic horns while you're watching the games live ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Will Comcast kill my EyeTV?

by Erica Sadun (May 24th, 2010)

Dear Aunt TUAW, Comcast has been telling me that I need to start buying or renting new equipment in order to keep watching my normal expanded basic channels like SyFy, USA, and TNT. I mostly watch TV on my Mac using an EyeTV tuner from Elgato. How is the Comcast change going to affect my ...

Hands-on with Elgato EyeTV Hybrid and EyeTV app for iPhone

by Steven Sande (May 13th, 2010)

Elgato Systems has been in the business of turning Macs into TVs for quite a while now. The company's most powerful USB digital TV tuner, the EyeTV Hybrid (US$149.95), is an amazing little dongle that comes equipped with EyeTV 3 tuner / recorder software for Mac. The EyeTV Hybrid has gone through a ...

Macworld 2010: Elgato products roundup

by Michael Rose (Feb 12th, 2010)

Although it isn't exhibiting this year, flagship Mac television hardware gadget maker Elgato still had a presence on the show floor in the person of marketing VP Adam Steinberg, who visited our booth yesterday. Adam ran down some of the current Elgato product offerings, including the Turbo.264 HD ...