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EyeTV now offers HTTP Live Video streaming over 3G via Safari

by Erica Sadun (Dec 16th, 2009)

Tired of restrictions about what you can and cannot stream over 3G connections? Elgato, the makers of EyeTV, have introduced a novel solution for their many customers to access live and recorded TV shows using an iPhone and a 3G connection. Their new Live3G web site provides a web app solution for ...

EyeTV app removed from the App Store over streaming workaround

by Joachim Bean (Oct 17th, 2009)

Update: As of this writing, Total Apps reports that it's back in the UK App Store. We still don't see it in the US store. That sure didn't last long. Just shortly after the discovery of a 3G "backdoor" for the EyeTV app, it has been pulled from the App Store. The workaround let users of the app ...

EyeTV app for iPhone released

by Chris Rawson (Sep 30th, 2009)

Elgato, maker of EyeTV, has released EyeTV for iPhone [iTunes Link], an app that allows access to both live and recorded video content from any Mac running EyeTV 3.2 or later. The $4.99 app lets you view live and recorded TV on your iPhone or iPod touch over your local network, and it also allows ...

Hands on: Connecting my mini to a TV

by Erica Sadun (Sep 1st, 2009)

We bought our Olevia 47" on Black Friday, 2007. It wasn't a particularly well rated TV. But it was a Black Friday deal that we could afford and it gave us far more screen space than we'd thought we'd be able to purchase. It has served us well through the years, hosting any number of gadgets with ...

TUAW Guide: Setting up the Ultimate Mac mini Home Theater

by Christina Warren (Aug 21st, 2009)

The Mac mini has always been the perfect form factor for a media center appliance (often called a Home Theater PC/HTPC). It's extremely small, almost completely silent and it can easily blend into an existing electronics shelf - or be hidden away completely. The lack of a refresh (and rumors that ...

EyeTV Hybrid hardware gets a performance boost

by Michael Rose (Jan 5th, 2009)

Elgato's EyeTV Hybrid has long been the standout among the Mac options for HD television tuners, in large part because it comes with the excellent EyeTV software for program guide info, scheduling and recording. This week, the product gets an overhaul with refreshed hardware (including an FM radio ...

Elgato says no to voluntary DRM broadcast flags

by Erica Sadun (Jul 2nd, 2008)

Yesterday, I was reading through our sister site TV Squad and saw this post about Broadcast Flags that prevent PCs from recording shows. Broadcast flags, which are signals sent in a digital TV data stream, indicate whether shows should or should not be recorded by third party equipment such as PVRs. ...

Show floor video: El Gato HD hardware and EyeTV 3

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 24th, 2008)

While we wait for Apple to cram a TV tuner or cable card into the Apple TV (don't hold your breath-- seriously), El Gato continues to pump out some nice hardware/software tools for watching the tube on your Mac. One thing that caught my eye: you can start distributing recorded live video around your ...

ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo for Mac

by Mat Lu (Nov 14th, 2007)

Until recently turning your Mac into a PVR has generally meant using Elgato's EyeTV (our coverage) with hardware from Elgato or a related vendor. Now, however, AMD is getting in the Mac PVR game with the ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB for Mac (say that three times fast!). The Wonder 650 has dual tuner ...

Elgato updates EyeTV for Leopard

by Nik Fletcher (Oct 31st, 2007)

TUAW readers are no-doubt aware of EyeTV, the app from Elgato Systems that enables you to record TV via your Mac (with a compatible tuner). Last month's EyeTV 2.5 upgrade was a neat boost that allowed folks to use their recorded content on the newest handheld devices, but today's 2.5.1 update now ...

EyeTV 2.5 offers free slingbox-style video streaming

by Erica Sadun (Oct 3rd, 2007)

As we posted last week, Elgato's new EyeTV 2.5 upgrade (free to existing customers) offers WiFi video streaming. Today I finally had the opportunity to sit down and put the update to the test: to see how it worked and to see where the new technology could take me. I found that this update ...

Elgato EyeTV 250 Plus adds OTA HDTV

by Mat Lu (Aug 23rd, 2007)

We've covered the Elgato EyeTV 205 before, but now the Mac video peripherals company has pushed out a substantial revision, the EyeTV 250 Plus, which adds over-the-air HDTV capability. The Plus model is in many ways like the EyeTV Hybrid, and requires a beefy Dual G5 or Intel machine to decode the ...

Elgato brings EyeTV Support to HDHomeRun

by Mat Lu (Jul 24th, 2007)

We previously mentioned a hacked together, rudimentary Mac interface for the HDHomeRun and expressed hope for EyeTV support. Well, our wish has been granted as Elgato has announced the HDHomeRun for the Mac. The HDHomeRun is a nifty little device that features two over-the-air / Clear QAM HD tuners ...

Hauppauge USB TV tuners now EyeTV compatible

by Mat Lu (May 23rd, 2007)

We've repeatedly covered the Elgato EyeTV Hybrid USB television tuner. This is an excellent little device that many of us here at TUAW own and use. On the Windows side, however, USB tuners from Hauppauge are very popular, and now Elgato has made their EyeTV software compatible with three USB tuners ...

Elgato releases EyeTV 2.4 update

by Erica Sadun (Apr 18th, 2007)

Elgato's new EyeTV 2.4 update is now available for download. This new update brings the Apple TV export feature we've all been waiting for. You can now record High Def shows using your HDTV-compatible EyeTV tuner and export them to iTunes using Apple TV high quality settings. Version 2.4 also adds ...