Eyetv Encoding

ya, it is a great one. i can't wait to see how it does on 10.5 when it comes out. but in some apps it does really show its age, like in idvd and eyetv encoding, and daz|studio.

It is a great device, i used one for a few days last year, but aside from the portability it doesnt offer me anything my EyeTV 200 does not. ...

well, you stick with elgato and get an eyetv hybrid. i just got one, and its really nice. only draw back is that its software encoding, not hardware. ...

and a remote. The closest I"ve come so far is Elgato EyeTV Wonder USB 2.0 and a seperate digibox. ...

If anyone has used the Alchemy i would love to hear your thoughts, especially on the real time MPEG 4 encoding and its quality. ...

My biggest problem with eyeTV is that it's gonna be using my processor cycles recording the TV show whilst I'm trying to work (why else would I want to record something - me have a life beyond my mac - unthinkable ;)). **Warning - rambling stream of consciousness** ;) I'd prefer it to do the recording - eyeHome could then aggregate the media content for me - From my Mac,...

I have been considering El Gato's EyeTV hardware to use my iMac as a PVR, but I am not too excited about the encoding and compression "options" that device has. ...