EyeTV

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. ...

I've been saving for a Mac Mini and an EyeTV 500 for a while. Now that I am getting close, I decided to email Elgato to ensure the EyeTV 500 was the right choice. ...

i have both the eyetv 250 and hybrid, and they are great. just wish i had a new mac to use all the hd features of the hybrid, but make watching tv easy on my mac. ...

If you're trying to get an outside cable signal in, and eyetv thing may be what you're after; http://www.elgato.com/, if you want an output, a mini-vga/dvi (depending on model), to s-video/coaxial adapter would work..

I could plug in an EyeTV hybrid to the USB port to record live TV. ...

great! I can use EyeHome and EyeTV again! ...

I have had a couple of Firewire issues. For example, sometimes the OS won't recognise my eyeTV 200 device when I plug it into the rear port of the computer, whereas it always seems fine on the front port. ...

The only ones i know that work of are from Elgato (I have the older 200 and their EyeTV software is top notched), Alchemy and Miglia (their products also use the EyeTV software).

Nope. You'd have to buy an EyeTV and a digital TV tuner and connect them to a Mac I think. ...