Are there any good TV tuners for the Mac? I have a Quad Power Mac G5 and was wondering what's a good TV tuner if there's even any out there.
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TV Tuner
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eyeTV by elgato all the way. They have a variety of tuners firewire and usb 2.0 tuners and awesome software. Check out the site. www.elgato.com
Another vote for the Elgato box, although it's expensive.
Off topic, but I so wish some company would simply release a PCI-X/ PCI-e TV turner card. There are a tonne of PCI based TV turners available on the windows side.
Off topic, but I so wish some company would simply release a PCI-X/ PCI-e TV turner card. There are a tonne of PCI based TV turners available on the windows side.
I have no idea about internal tuners, but the El Gato DVB-T digital SD/HD tuners are amazing. I can't fault mine at all. it sits on top of the Power Mac so I don't see it anyway. I'd rate it a 10/10.
Not sure about internal tuners, but if you were to go the external root I can recommend EyeTV products.
Theres a good Macrumors Guide on one of their products: http://guides.macrumors.com/Elgato_EyeTV_DTT
Theres a good Macrumors Guide on one of their products: http://guides.macrumors.com/Elgato_EyeTV_DTT
Hey just to let you know that I have a PCI TV tuner for my G5, which I got from the Apple store in London for about £50.
It works for me but the picture quality is a bit grainy but that might be the cable I'm using between my sky box and the Mac.
http://www.miglia.com/
Got the AlchemyTV DVR.
Hope this helps.
It works for me but the picture quality is a bit grainy but that might be the cable I'm using between my sky box and the Mac.
http://www.miglia.com/
Got the AlchemyTV DVR.
Hope this helps.
Veldek said:
As great as it is, it's still $175 over the internet. I can get Windows TV turner PCI cards locally for $40.
It's not a fair world. This would be perfect;
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=007300&cid=CC.344
You pay more for quality?
But I find that paying a reasonable price makes more sense than paying rock-bottom prices, from a reliability standpoint.
But I find that paying a reasonable price makes more sense than paying rock-bottom prices, from a reliability standpoint.
Xephian said:
The only internal TV card that I know is an Alchemy TV DVR, however since you have the new generation of macs with PCI express, I believe that card is not compatible.
Here is more info on the card
http://www.miglia.com/products/video/alchemytvdvr/index.html
I've got one fo these works really well and more than one computer can be used:
http://www.silicondust.com/products/hdhomerun/atsc/
http://www.silicondust.com/products/hdhomerun/atsc/
If you are willing to assume the inherent risks, eBay is pretty cheap, especially for older models (ie. "250 Plus").