3 ways.
1. Elgato EyeTV
2. Cable box via either a) HDMI using HDMI to DisplayPort converter ($180) or b) FireWire cable and some fiddly software.
FWIW I plan on doing b.
I had put Eye TV at the top of my Christmas list, but was disappointed to find out that you can only get unlocked unscrambled channels. I have cable and would gladly pay for another box each month to get all the channels I am already paying for and the firewire seems to be the best solution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKacgqxqH-Q
FWIW I plan on doing b.
I had put Eye TV at the top of my Christmas list, but was disappointed to find out that you can only get unlocked unscrambled channels. I have cable and would gladly pay for another box each month to get all the channels I am already paying for and the firewire seems to be the best solution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKacgqxqH-Q
Got the firewire enabled box from my cable provider today ...
The box is only sporadically recognized ... I think its a bad cable connection due to the fact I'm using a 9-9 wire and then a 9-6 adapter.
When it works, it works nice!
edit - and I have pretty much all of the channels I get through cable, I don't have my premium channels (HBO, and I get Globo - a Brazilian channel) I know that's provider specific, but thought it was worth mentioning.
I had put Eye TV at the top of my Christmas list, but was disappointed to find out that you can only get unlocked unscrambled channels.
Were you expecting something to automagically de-scramble?
Eye-TV is great as it pulls both digital or composite video from any cable box in SD/HD. If you have the iPhone app, you've got a prefect remote control for your iMac complete with program information that can also set to record.
As far as remote ... I use the cable remote ... if I need to I use my bluetooth mouse too ... or my iPhone as a VLC remote ...
More than one way to skin a cat![]()