EyeTV Hybrid (2010) - Hybrid TV tuner stick for Mac & PC

by Elgato

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.5 x 8 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0039UOTW8
• Item model number: 10021015
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,022 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

EyeTV Hybrid - All-in-One TV for your Mac or PC Our smallest hybrid TV tuner ever, the all-new EyeTV Hybrid packs a lot of features into one very small TV stick. Whether you get your TV signal from cable or from an antenna, EyeTV Hybrid delivers a big TV picture live to your Mac or PC. But that's not all EyeTV Hybrid can capture standard definition video from sources such a set-top box or VCR.
Highlights Elgato's smallest hybrid TV tuner stick - ever Receives unscrambled cable TV, both digital and analog Receives HDTV channels that are broadcast over-the-air for free Captures video in standard resolution from analog sources such as a set-top box or a VCR Comes with video cable for composite (RCA) or S-Video and EyeTV remote Includes award-winning EyeTV 3 software for Mac
	watch Watch, pause, and rewind live television on your Mac at your desk or from the comfort of your couch. Sit at your desk and navigate the resizable window with a mouse, or go full screen and stretch out on the couch with the included remote control. EyeTV's gorgeous on-screen menus makes it easy to channel surf and move through the Program Guide and menus in the comfort of your living room.
record EyeTV features a comprehensive built-in program guide, with detailed listings provided by TV Guide*. You can easily record any show with one click. Even set up automatic schedules record your favorite series, or create Smart Schedules to record just the shows you like. *includes one year of free service with optional renewal for only US $19.95 per year.
	edit Use EyeTV’s built-in Editor to remove unwanted content from your recording, or to crop the beginning and end of the show. The Editor also enables you to create one or more short clips from a longer recording and save the clips individually as new EyeTV recordings.
enjoy With one click you can add your recordings to your iTunes library for syncing with your iPhone, iPod or Apple TV. Take your recordings wherever you go. Watch your recordings on your big-screen television with an Apple TV. Build up your iTunes library with all your favorites. EyeTV can even handle the exporting automatically when recordings finish, so it doesn't take any clicks at all.
EyeTV on your iPhone For Mac users only - the EyeTV Hybrid also works with the new EyeTV app for the iPhone (optional; available at the iTunes App Store). With the EyeTV app, you can watch live TV wherever you have a WiFi connection; around the corner at the coffee shop or around the world.
Also Compatible with Windows 7 The all new EyeTV Hybrid is compatible with Windows 7 and works great with Windows Media Center. Thanks to Window 7's plug-and-play configuration for media devices, you'll be using your new EyeTV Hybrid to watch and record your favorite shows before you know it.
System Requirements Macintosh: Intel Core processor, Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later** PC: 2.0 GHz Intel/AMD CPU or Intel Atom CPU, Windows 7 Media Center 1 GB RAM a built-in USB 2.0 port Antenna or basic cable connection required but not included **720p or 1080i HD features require an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. Technical Specifications Analog/ATSC-Tuner Frequency Range: 48-801 MHz (VHF and UHF) Analog TV Standards: NTSC Digital TV Standards: ATSC, Clear QAM Input and Output USB 2.0 Antenna/Cable input: MCX (includes adapter to standard F connector) S-Video (via break out cable, included) Composite video (via break out cable, included) Stereo audio (via break out cable, included) IR remote control sensor

Product Description

Watch, pause, and record live television on a Mac or PC with the world’s smallest hybrid TV tuner stick. EyeTV Hybrid receives unscrambled cable TV, both digital and analog, as well as HDTV with antenna. On a Mac, you can edit EyeTV recordings and automatically export them to iTunes to sync with Apple devices; an optional app is available to stream live TV to an iPhone, iPod touch & iPad. What’s more, EyeTV Hybrid comes with a video input cable for composite (RCA) or S-Video and can be used to capture standard definition video from analog sources such as a set-top box or a VCR. EyeTV One works great with Windows 7 Media Center.

Customer Reviews

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for watching, recording and editing and streaming TV, May 23, 2010

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Dylan (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: EyeTV Hybrid (2010) - Hybrid TV tuner stick for Mac & PC (Personal Computers)

I bought the EyeTV Hybrid as I had read a lot of great things about Elgato and the EyeTV products and I was intrigued. I wanted to get retire my cable bill as I was tired of paying Comcast so much money each month. So, I bought the EyeTV and a Terk antenna and I couldn't be happier. The product was very easy to set up and took just a few minutes before I was watching TV on my Mac. I used the set up assistant and within a few minutes it found 22 channels in my area. All of these are over the air (most in digital). I have the EyeTV plugged in to my Mac Mini and my 27" monitor and the quality of the picture is amazing. Not only can I watch live TV, but it has the Tivo functionality of allowing me to pause and rewind live TV. The EyeTV comes with a subscription to TV Guide and I schedule recordings the EyeTV to record programs and then watch them later. The EyeTV even has an easy to use editor to edit the commercials - this is really a convenient feature. I subsequently purchased the EyeTV App from the App Store for $5 and now I can stream live TV on my iPhone. I love this feature. I'm hoping they will release a EyeTV App for the iPad soon! I'm looking forward to one less bill each month and saving hundreds of dollars each year. I highly recommend this product.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works great, May 24, 2010

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metamatt (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: EyeTV Hybrid (2010) - Hybrid TV tuner stick for Mac & PC (Personal Computers)

I bought this for two purposes:
- digitize old VHS family videos to bring them into the internet age
- be able to watch TV in a room where there's a projector and computer but no TV tuner

It works great for the 2nd one and while I haven't gotten to the first project yet, it came with the necessary cables and I trust that (easier) task will go just fine.

The EyeTV software was able to find a few dozen channels on my low-end cable plan, identify the stations, and let me browse by channel or by the program guide. (It lists channels by the station FCC identification, but it would be more useful if it also showed any network affiliation; sometimes I want to say "show me the local ABC station" and not remember "KGO-TV".) This works out pretty well as long as I use the builtin program guide, which is free for the first year and $20/year after that; it'll probably get less useful if I don't pay to renew that subscription in a year.

It's nice being able to select shows from a menu, schedule them for recording, and watch a show after it's started and while it's being recorded (all this modern stuff that anyone who already had a DVR will take for granted, but it's new to me and works well here).

The only downside I've found is that the software is slow (it uses pretty much the whole CPU while watching video, and while the video window is onscreen, the rest of the EyeTV app is sluggish to respond to my mouse input). At times, the video stream will stutter or drop frames. FWIW I'm using this with a recent (2009 model) Mac Mini, with a Core 2 Duo processor running Snow Leopard, at 720p (1280x720) screen resolution. It works fine, but just barely; it feels like the machine is creaking at the seams.

I'll also note that it uses amazingly little CPU while recording TV in the background (I guess it just saves the encoded stream away, directly from the cable company, without decoding or decompressing it?), but as soon as I show the video onscreen, it uses most of the available CPU capacity.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Product!, June 17, 2010

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This review is from: EyeTV Hybrid (2010) - Hybrid TV tuner stick for Mac & PC (Personal Computers)

A "computer-friend" of mine recommended this device to me which left me a bit hesitant because he tends to pick technical things that I can't stand to work with (still insists that I use ogg vorbis and flac files instead of Mp3s!) when I said I wanted to start making my video tapes into files for my computer. Sure enough the Hyrbid was less expensive than some of the other devices I looked into that transfered tapes so I bought it. I was really surprised at what a brainless process it was to make digital recordings from old tapes. I'm not that great with imovie but I have loads of stuff to work with now from my old tapes...it's a project I have been meaning to do for ages. I know this device is supposed to be for TV viewing but I just have found the analog to digital aspect to make it alone worth the purchase. a purchase I am very happy with.