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#Elgato eyetv 250 plus digital tv recorder install#
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#Elgato eyetv 250 plus digital tv recorder full#

You do it in your choice of a window of any size (as shown in Figure 2) or full screen (not shown but also quite nice).įigure 2: Watching TV in a window (left) and on-screen remote control (right). Let's start by looking at something simple: watching TV.

#Elgato eyetv 250 plus digital tv recorder install#

Just install the excellent EyeTV software and in a few minutes you'll be watching, recording, and converting TV programming on your Mac.

The EyeTV 250 plus itself is a tiny USB device you connect to your Mac and a cable TV or antenna cable as shown in Figure 1.įigure 1: The EyeTV 250 plus hardware, shown here in front of an iPhone, iPod, and Apple TV to provide a sense of scale, is not much bigger than a deck of playing cards. The Elgato EyeTV 250 plus not only resolved both of those problems elegantly, it's made watching television a more viable and pleasant experience.

I don't have room in my office for a TV so I can only watch television- live or recorded - in the den or bedroom.

So there is no easy way for me to get recorded shows into iTunes so I can watch them on my Mac, Apple TV, iPod, or iPhone.

I use a generic TimeWarner Cable DVR (because am too cheap to buy a TiVO box).

My two biggest TV-related issues prior to the EyeTV 250 plus were: I also have a penchant for HBO, which shows movies, specials and series I enjoy, such as Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Real Time with Bill Maher to name a few. I'm not a huge TV watcher but there are a handful of (mostly cable) TV shows that I like to watch, including (but not limited to) The Family Guy, and Criss Angel: Mindfreak. Before I tell you about it, though, here's a little background on my viewing habits pre-EyeTV 250 plus: This column is my opinion of my new Elgato EyeTV 250 plus, an analog/digital TV receiver and video converter that lets me watch, record, and convert TV shows among various file formats on my Mac.