#EYETV 3.0 2 INSTALL#
#EYETV 3.0 2 UPDATE#
#EYETV 3.0 2 SOFTWARE#

It also had coaxial and RCA plugs to connect it with a VCR or camcorder.

A 2002 article in Macworld said it was the 'first step' in bridging computers and television, but at this point still had 'some kinks'. The next iteration was released in 2004 and called EyeTV 200. EyeTV 200 introduced a digital remote control and converted video programming into the higher-quality MPEG-2 format. A Macworld review gave it 4 out of 5 stars for 'very good' and emphasized the video quality and ease-of-use. Also in 2004 the first EyeTV product for satellite television was introduced with the EyeTV 310, which was later discontinued and replaced with EyeTV Sat.Ī story in The Washington Post said it was more expensive than some alternatives, but worked on a Mac and had good-quality recordings. That same year a home media server called EyeHome was introduced. It had recording features similar to other EyeTV products, but was also intended for streaming a computer display to a television. It connected Mac computers and televisions that share the same home network.

#EYETV 3.0 2 INSTALL#

EYETV 3.0 2 INSTALLĪ review in Macworld gave it three stars or a 'good' rating, saying that it was easy to install and worked well with Apple applications, but some aspects were quirky or frustrating. Sound and Vision Magazine said it was 'pretty darn cool' and an easy, inexpensive way to get media server functionality, though there were some user interface quirks. It gave the product an 89 out of 100 rating. īy 2005, several other EyeTV products had been introduced, such as the EyeTV for DTT, the EyeTV EZ and the EyeTV Wonder. The EyeTV for DTT (digital terrestrial TV) is a small USB-powered device with an antenna for receiving free over-the-air television broadcasts. It received a 4 out of 5 rating in TechRadar. A review in The Register gave it an 85 percent rating. The Eye TV Wonder was only available from July 2005 to January 2006, before being discontinued and replaced with the Eye TV EZ.

The EZ was a basic, entry-level product with an analog tuner for watching TV on a Mac computer.

#EYETV 3.0 2 SOFTWARE#

In 2006, version 2.1 of the EyeTV software was introduced with a new user-interface, an integrated TV guide from TitanTV and compatibility with Apple remotes. The interface was similar to that of other Apple products.

#EYETV 3.0 2 UPDATE#

EYETV 3.0 2 UPDATEĪn article in Macworld praised the update and especially the new editing features, but said it had some quirks, such as a difficult-to-find Edit button. Some of the iHome software, which plays video content from a computer onto a television, was released in 2006 as a universal binary. Version 2.4 of the EyeTV software was released in 2007 and added an export tool for Apple TV. (ATSC is the digital television standard used in the United States, Canada, South Korea, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.) The Elgato web site explicitly declined to give a reason: 'Elgato Technical Support is not able to comment on this business decision.' Exit from the ATSC tuner market Īs of February 2015, EyeTV no longer sells ATSC tuners.

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