The first way is to start recording manually. Now let's look at some of the ways to record shows. Speaking of changing channels, you can do it with your choice of either the on-screen remote shown above or the wireless remote shown in Figure 3.įigure 3: The full-featured remote control included with EyeTV 250 plus. in picture above) appears for a few seconds after you change the channels. The semi-transparent overlay (59, CMDY-E, Daily Show With Jon Stewart, etc.
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You do it in your choice of a window of any size (as shown in Figure 2) or full screen (not shown but also quite nice).įigure 2: Watching TV in a window (left) and on-screen remote control (right). Let's start by looking at something simple: watching TV.
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Just install the excellent EyeTV software and in a few minutes you'll be watching, recording, and converting TV programming on your Mac. The EyeTV 250 plus itself is a tiny USB device you connect to your Mac and a cable TV or antenna cable as shown in Figure 1.įigure 1: The EyeTV 250 plus hardware, shown here in front of an iPhone, iPod, and Apple TV to provide a sense of scale, is not much bigger than a deck of playing cards. The Elgato EyeTV 250 plus not only resolved both of those problems elegantly, it's made watching television a more viable and pleasant experience.
I use a generic TimeWarner Cable DVR (because am too cheap to buy a TiVO box).My two biggest TV-related issues prior to the EyeTV 250 plus were: I also have a penchant for HBO, which shows movies, specials and series I enjoy, such as Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Real Time with Bill Maher to name a few. I'm not a huge TV watcher but there are a handful of (mostly cable) TV shows that I like to watch, including (but not limited to) The Family Guy, and Criss Angel: Mindfreak. Before I tell you about it, though, here's a little background on my viewing habits pre-EyeTV 250 plus: This column is my opinion of my new Elgato EyeTV 250 plus, an analog/digital TV receiver and video converter that lets me watch, record, and convert TV shows among various file formats on my Mac.
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