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Yes. EyeTV EZ. It even mentions it in the specs. No delays.
http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetvez
http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetvez
The apple store has a whole page for it:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...yWtvTO/12.SLID?pn=1&mco=ED727CBD&nclm=E8430A7
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...yWtvTO/12.SLID?pn=1&mco=ED727CBD&nclm=E8430A7
BornAgainMac said:
THANKSSSS!!!!!! Thats cool, & I can even watch TV...haha thanks, I'm gonna get this...now I can completely get rid of all my gheTTo CRT's that I've been waiting to replace with 230423498 dollar HDTV's & stuff.
& to the guy who said wasteland...**** because I did find useful information in this thread.
nvm...i guess he deleted his post or something,
ChrisBrightwell said:
My question is answered & I searched & it only came up with xbox 360 stuff. I know how to use forums so stop posting wasteland & search crap. My question is answered, & if you find this thread pointless, & unnecessary, then don't look at it in the first place...jeez.
ChrisBrightwell said:
some people just don't know how to not be rude. I'm glad you found what you were looking for. Best of luck to you!
What about when you create a new thread, a search is automatically started and you get a list of threads. Then you have the choice to creating a new thread or go into an existing thread.
markkk! said:
Like Hector said, it really will lag. The video will be slightly behind what's going on in the game. In other words, you'll be aiming a fraction of a second into the past if you play on your MacBook.
I used the older Eye TV USB 1.1 product and the lag was bad. At least a second or two. That probably is where the bad rap came from originally.
matticus008 said:
I actually doubt this. We run our PS2 through a Celeron 2gHz and it works fine, and we road tested it on a G4 1gHz and there was no lag either. So I don't see why it would lag on a much superior machine...
Lag Free
No, there is no lag with the EyeTV EZ. You only get lag on the EyeTV products that have a built in mpeg encoder. The EZ doesn't have that. The disadvantage is if you want to record something, all the processing is done on your mac, and therefore you might not be able to get the best quality recording.
No, there is no lag with the EyeTV EZ. You only get lag on the EyeTV products that have a built in mpeg encoder. The EZ doesn't have that. The disadvantage is if you want to record something, all the processing is done on your mac, and therefore you might not be able to get the best quality recording.
I ordered one 
Even if it des lag playing video games (which you guys said it won't) then I could still use it for TV. But even though I was originally looking for something to let me play my PS2 on my MacBook Pro, that whole TV thing would be a nice bonus & stuff.
Thanks you guys.
Even if it des lag playing video games (which you guys said it won't) then I could still use it for TV. But even though I was originally looking for something to let me play my PS2 on my MacBook Pro, that whole TV thing would be a nice bonus & stuff.
Thanks you guys.
They all have some lag involved. Whether or not it's noticed depends on how exacting you are. But the nature of the beast is that there is some signal delay because getting the picture to your monitor is a two-step process instead of a one-step one.
The EyeTV EZ might be completely playable since it's more simplistic, so the delay is minimal. But if you put a computer TV tuner and an actual television side by side tuned to the same channel, you will notice that the computer is behind. I've tried this with 3 different tuners (both internal and external) on the two computers in my signature, the dual G4 1.25GHz I used to have, and a G5 iMac. Even with direct pass-through, the signal still has to be digitized and passed from PCI to the graphics hardware.
In fact, just to test this out, I used a signal splitter and picture-in-picture to pass one through the computer and one directly into the monitor's input. You can see in the side-by-side that the one going through the computer is several frames behind. It was still playable, but there is a difference. It just depends on your standards.
The EyeTV EZ might be completely playable since it's more simplistic, so the delay is minimal. But if you put a computer TV tuner and an actual television side by side tuned to the same channel, you will notice that the computer is behind. I've tried this with 3 different tuners (both internal and external) on the two computers in my signature, the dual G4 1.25GHz I used to have, and a G5 iMac. Even with direct pass-through, the signal still has to be digitized and passed from PCI to the graphics hardware.
In fact, just to test this out, I used a signal splitter and picture-in-picture to pass one through the computer and one directly into the monitor's input. You can see in the side-by-side that the one going through the computer is several frames behind. It was still playable, but there is a difference. It just depends on your standards.
Madmic23 said:
Not true. My EYE TV WONDER USB2 lag's.
Besides what Elgato actually say is
"Play Console Games on your Mac
Connect PlayStation, xBox, Nintendo GameCube, and other console games to EyeTV EZ and play video games on your Mac. EyeTV EZ does not do hardware encoding, therefore incoming video signals appear on the screen with almost no delay, providing an excellent live play experience. "
Almost no delay is not NO delay. Try playing gradius V or a game that requires excellent reaction and your fecked...