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Show floor video: El Gato HD hardware and EyeTV 3

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (RSS feed) on 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 house 30 seconds or so after the EyeTV starts recording a show. I remember when we had to rig some VLC nonsense together to get livestreaming on a remote machine with the old EyeTV. Oh, and they've apparently added something very similar to the Season Pass feature on Tivo, which is quite cool.

Check out a nice demo after the jump.

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Filed under: Macworld, Video

Show floor video: Equinux shows the TubeStick

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (RSS feed) on Jan 23rd, 2008

Equinux, makers of iSale, CoverScout and an interesting collection of other apps, was at Macworld demoing TubeStick, their TV receiver. Like El Gato's EyeTV, the TubeStick is a hardware doohickey with the TV parts inside (logically) and some software that lets you watch TV on your Mac. Unlike El Gato, however, there is a social aspect to TubeStick. Example: you can chat with friends who are watching the same thing. The CEO took us on a quick tour, which you can view after the break.

(Note: Equinux also gave us some show swag which we'll be giving away next week)

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Tags: chat, el-gato, equinux, macworld, macworld08, social-software, television, tubestick, tv, tv-receiver, tv-tuner, tweet-this

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