Elgato thinks small with EyeTV DTT Deluxe tuner

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by Stephen Withers

Wednesday, 09 July 2008

! Bigger isn't always better. This is particularly true of USB TV tuners, which have a tendency to block adjacent ports unless an extension cable is used. Elgato has put its hardware on a diet, resulting in a tuner measuring just 57 × 17 x 9 mm. Related stories MacBook touch - here's hoping it's not a pipe dream Dark matter and ordinary matter separate as two massive galaxies collide Google Gears up Safari support Psystar Wars: Attack of the Clones New iPods coming September 9th, but no new MacBook? Most popular skills tags .NET Active Directory C# Cisco Development HTML Infrastructure Management Network Oracle Project Management SAP SDLC SQL Server Support Sybase TCP/IP Unix VB.NET Web Services/SOAP XML The EyeTV DTT Deluxe is smaller than some of the flash drives in my collection, and according to the company it's so small that it can be plugged into a MacBook Air without fouling the headphone or video connectors. The lack of size does not mean a lack of features. The package includes a telescopic antenna that connects directly to the tuner, a a rod antenna for situations that require additional flexibility of aerial placement, and an adaptor for connecting a regular (eg rooftop) TV antenna. Also provided are an infrared remote control and Elgato's famed EyeTV software which provides PVR functionality including support for over-the-air and online EPGs, basic editing of recorded programs, export to iTunes (for syncing to Apple TV, iPods and iPhones), sharing recordings with other Macs on a LAN and with other devices via the browser-based 'Wi-Fi access' (which works over wired networks too). HDTV is supported, but 720p and 1080i require an Intel Core 2 Duo based Mac, Elgato officials warn. The EyeTV DTT Deluxe costs $A199.95/€79.95/£69.95. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags HDTV  Hardware  Macintosh  Software  Stephen Withers  Television  USB  iPhone  iPhone 3G  iPod  iPod Touch  Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now

 

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