EyeTV

True. If you have an HDTV with firewire though it can play through that quite well. The best bet for HDTV in the mini would be a breakout box to handle the decoding or for a future revision to include a hardware decoder.

Don't agree with any of these points. There's only one aspect of the Mac mini which leaves me wanting more (disclaimer: I have no idea about whether what I'm about to say is true - I just read it somewhere - I'd be happier if it actually wasn't): apparently you need a dual G5 machine to watch HD TV using EyeTV. The Mac mini won't cut it. Kap

A couple of things I just don't understand about this: EyeTV will record HD TV on the Mac. However, from what I've read a dual G5 Mac is required to watch it. By this measure, the Mac mini isn't powerful enough to display HD TV. HD movies are huge (storage wise). Broadband downloading isn't going to cut it (esp. for viewing on a regular basis). What am I missing? ...

I'll get a Griffin RadioShark and leave it recording radio programs on the Mac mini throughout the day. I might get an EyeTV as well. ...

Also - the Mini might have a lot of potential as a little home media machine. For example, I use Indigo to control a lot of my X10 devices, but Indigo needs to be running. My G4 DP is a bit of a power hog (trust me, I see it on my bills) so I would rather not have it on 24/7. A little dedicated Mac Mini could run my X10 software as well as be a great little iTunes "server."...

? The answer to your question is already in the text you quoted. Kap

Can the EyeTV record more than one channel at once? ...

buffering tv programs so that you can take a long toilet break and won't miss a thing, record more than 1 channel at the same time" The EyeTV will handle all these tasks easily. ...

So, EyeTV has a harddisk included? ...

I didn't mean as a harddisk for the EyeTV, I meant using the iPod to listen to mp3 on your speakers. :p Kap