Elgato EyeTV HD: A review of the Mac DVRS for cable and satellite HDTV (TUAW.com)

Filed under: Accessories, video, Macby Steven Sande (RSS feeds) on December 18th at 7: 30PMShare 2010

Elgato has been on the Mac video market for some time, development and commercialization of popular products such as video compression device Turbo.264 HD USB and various varieties of EyeTV tuner and digital video recorder for Mac.

Eariler this year TUAW examined the EyeTV Hybrid, a dongle USB of US$ 149.95 which serves as a tuner and recorder for over-the-air digital television. Since that time, Elgato released HD EyeTV ($ 199.95 and available at least to points of sale online), which the company touts as "the ultimate TV cable and satellite HD DVRS.

The two devices work with Elgato EyeTV for Mac software includes a smart guides for a season of any program for your Mac or an external disk automatically, saving guide program, easy export video to iTunes for syncing iDevices and even streaming application to iOS EyeTV. The big difference? EyeTV HD works with cable or satellite HD boxes that many people use for pump that digital signal quality to their HDTV. Click the read more link below for a full review of this video material unique.

Setup

Looking at the back of the EyeTV HD packaging Setup seems very simple - you just need to run audio and video cables between the satellite or cable and HD EyeTV, execute your Mac's USB cable and then connect a cable infrared channel changer for HD EyeTV "take control" of your cable box. Elgato is smart enough to include all necessary cables in the box, you do not have to run to the local Radio Shack to buy to put in place the HD EyeTV. There is also a remote control and a CD on which you can find a copy of the EyeTV software (I he downloaded from Elgato site to obtain the latest version).

The Setup program is incredibly easy that even I could do! After cables to be connected according to the quick start guide, I launched the EyeTV application on my MacBook air. There I quickly guided by a connection to HD EyeTV, gathering the required channel guide (and I think that I had a bad...), and then selecting the appropriate box cable. The latter was carried out by clicking a button on the Mac screen to see if it is found the cable box or disable.

Operation

One thing to remember is that EyeTV HD is not a replacement for your gamepad cable decoder or satellite. You will use for video display on your Mac as well as for the video capture to your Mac or an external hard disk is attached. That being said, the EyeTV HD is a high-performance work.

Video reviewed big screen MacBook Air, so I can only imagine how awesome it would be an iMac display 27 "or something." Inflow can be set to fill your screen or scaled to provide a window watching TV on your Mac, and the sound quality is good. EyeTV captures and plays its Dolby Digital. Using optical digital audio output on the latest Mac, it may transmit its Dolby Digital 5.1 home cinema for incredible systems

As you can see in the video below, the user interface is as a channel that you would get in a standard cable box guide. The guide provides a list of hour performances on a specific channel, and you can also search for shows by name. Once the complete guide has been fulfilled on the Mac, scroll through the list was lightning fast. You get free access Guide Channel (provided by TV Guide) for one year; After that, the guide costs $ 19.95 per year.

Choose a particular show guide, you can choose to save the issuance, registration on a calendar, or save all episodes of a program. Registration is not all HD EyeTV can do, of course. Watch a show, you can perform all functions DVR typical suspension and rewind the live video. If you use a widescreen Mac as your television, you can even use the included remote control to perform all these actions and navigate through the user interface for HD EyeTV. The software can even be set to wake up or turn on your Mac at a specific time to record a show.

It is fairly easy editing of recorded broadcasts. Integrated editor can be used to remove commercials from records or to merge the episodes broadcast.

You want to watch your shows recorded on something other than a Mac? Your video can be automatically saved on iPad iTunes and iPhone format at the same time. There is a way you can video stream live or recorded to an iPhone or iPad application of EyeTV $4.99.

If there are several Mac in your household, then Mac can install the OS X EyeTV application and share records on a Wi - Fi or Ethernet network. That parental controls are enabled in EyeTV software, you can have a large library of performances with mature themes and make sure that your children can watch.

Negative

One thing I found odd about the software was that when I tried to move a channel, he could show me the correct channel name or description, but often I found myself watching the channel lower or higher than that I really wanted to. This is due to a defect in operation of the installation on my part - either in infrared blaster or may choose the incorrect channel - guide or is a software error, it is quite boring. I have no opportunity of trying to make the installation once more, but I am confident that this would solve the problem.

Conclusion

Elgato EyeTV HD is great for those who have cable or satellite HD TV services and who would like to watch and record shows on their Mac. The EyeTV software adds functionality whenever examines Elgato is new trends of visualization rendering the EyeTV HD device and software works well with other Mac, iPhone and iPads.

A short video follows this post — it has been registered for the episode 15 December 2010 TUAW TV live, and it shows the EyeTV HD in action. TUAW later give the Elgato EyeTV HD among many gifts for Macworld Expo 2011 in San Francisco from 27 to 29 January. If you go to this year's event, don't forget to visit us in booth 1012 a chance to win this and other valuable prizes.

TUAW TV Live: EyeTV HD, MacBook Air and a Newton for the 21st century (TUAW.com)

Filed under: video, TUAW business, Podcastsby Steven Sande (RSS feeds) on December, 2010 4: 55PMShare 15th

Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to another episode of TUAW TV Live! This should prove to be a lively and fun of the show, episode since I have an Elgato EyeTV HD "Mac DVR" review queue show you. It is a good idea if you have a traditional TV via cable or satellite box and you want to display or record TV in full HD on your Mac. I'll do a full HD EyeTV review with a collective soon, but you can get an overview of the device today.

In addition, I entertain questions about the 11 "MacBook Air." I there have been a week now and find it a very fast, capable, and compact Mac. Finally, I am going to show a video and a new application of iPad brings back memories of the Apple Newton MessagePad demonstration.

How can join you the fun? Your Mac or PC, go to the next page by clicking on the link read more at the bottom of this post, and you will find a livestream Viewer and a chat tool. CAT tool allows to participate by asking questions or making comments.

If you are driving somewhere and want to watch TUAW TV Live while you're stuck in traffic, please do not — keep your eyes on the road! However, if someone else is driving, you can watch the program on your iPhone by downloading the application free Ustream display.

We do not neglect our users iPad, since you can tune TUAW TV live on your iPad! This link send you to a page non-Flash, although you'll have access to our cat tool. And a final note - if the show has started and you see a show previously saved instead of the livestream, you can always pop on ustream.tv/tuaw to join current issuing more. See you y!

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PhotoPal is a powerful but easy-to-use iPad (TUAW.com) Photo Editor

Filed under: iPadby Mel Martin (RSS feeds) on December, 2010 5: 30PMShare 15th

PhotoPal, sales of US $0.99 on December 20, aims at the beginner photographer who wants to make some fairly serious editing images on the iPad. Fortunately, Tablet from Apple is well suited to this kind of work, simply because of the larger screen. The downside is that without a camera, only to change on the iPad photos are those that you download or synchronize to the device.

That said, PhotoPal is very pleasant and easy to use features. This latest version adds a redeye removal tool, a tool for healing spot and clear and detailed help. The application contains the types of things that you expect from a program, including color, temperature level balance hue/saturation adjustment, shadow and colours of photo retouching. It also has some features end higher as shadow detail, noise removal, sharpening and setting gamma.

There is also an interesting option that allows you to save your images to, or import them from a folder that is visible in iTunes when your iPad is connected to your Mac. Of course, you can also open your iPad photo albums or photos via the Clipboard. Your finished images can be saved in the iPad or sent by electronic mail, Twitter, Flickr or Facebook.

Other tools included are flip and do rotate, crop, align (right) and resize. They work well and the operation is obvious and intuitive. The application includes the context-sensitive help. You can also view your image without UI Edition, to get a less entertaining aspect to it. The application also includes multiple levels of undo and an option to return.

There are some negatives. In some respects, the application tries to be a little too cute. While some operations take place, a quiz or some other random information appears. It is irrelevant to what was going on and is should be eliminated or allow the user to choose whether or not they want that information. Thus, the choice of the colours of the image is quite limited. Things such as a personal choice, and have a few colors to choose, especially in the light of the power of the application in General seems a shame.

Of course, the application is not Photoshop, but it is much more powerful than many photo editing applications put at the disposal of the iPad. If you are interested in changing your work on the iPad, this application is a useful purchase, especially at 75% on the selling price. Check the Gallery to see the PhotoPal in action and get an idea of how screens are willing. Note: Our system only gives us the highest quality screenshots. PhotoPal looks much better on your screen in the gallery.

the iPhone could be the financial survivor wartime Android and Windows 7 Tel. (TUAW.com)

Filed under: iPhoneby Sam Abuelsamid (RSS feeds) on December 2010 11-1: 30 P.m.
Needham & Company analyst Charlie Wolf believes that the iPhone could emerge as the big survivor as Android and Windows 7 phone battle it out in a race to the bottom. Wolf expects that Google and Microsoft will be vigorously fight to keep telephone building devices with their respective platforms software manufacturers and manufacturers will likely be slash prices to try to obtain market share. The result is supposed to be significantly reduced margins for everyone but Apple. This could mean a scenario similar to market computer where computers Windows product hold the majority of the market, Apple uses its highly polished products far remain the most profitable computer manufacturer.

A new note research investors, Wolf said that the launch of the new Microsoft OS phone succeeded despite what appears to be sales very slow after less than two months on the market. According to Wolf had 135,000 active users of the application Windows phone 7 Facebook, where he sees a flag in the absence of a real number from Microsoft sales. Wolf provides Windows to grow due to spending a substantial amount of 500 million budget to keep telephone manufacturers and developers in the Microsoft marketing fold phone numbers.

Android is buzzing with 300,000 activations now, one day, he should take a hit if and when the iPhone arrives on the Verizon network. However, that Wolf is really answer is how AT & T respond to lose Apple exclusivity. It is possible that it will be thrust behind the rival systems, helping them to increase their share at the expense of some cost-effectiveness for manufacturers and developers of the OS.

Luxury iPhone iPads 4 s a great idea for providers of rich (TUAW.com)

Filed under: iPadby sides and ends, iPhone, Steven Sande (RSS feeds) on December 2010 11 to 14 H 30

You are looking for a Christmas gift that is as unique as only a handful of people on the planet will find under the Christmas tree? If you have a WAD of cash burning a hole in your pocket, then you can contact the electronic luxury designer Stuart Hughes.

Designer of Liverpool, United Kingdom Hughes created recently 5 000 a £ 000 ($7.9 million) or pink and diamond encrusted iPhone 4, but a boon for holiday gift. For a mere £ 39,995 ($63,200), you can choose one of the ten 4S iPhone had glass daily return replaced by a tooth of T - Rex million 65 and a meteoric stone materials. This beautiful iPhone has an 8.5 carat diamond bezel, and the Apple logo is Platinum and diamond.

If you miss out on picking one of these iPhone for what you are trying to impress, you can always choose the luxury iPads that Hughes was designed. IPad fire Supreme (£ 109,995, $173,814) consists of an iPad 64 GB 3 g draped 2.5 kg 24 karat edible gold. If that seems like it would be a good gift for your dear, you can always improve the iPad solid Platinum £ 299,995 ($474,053) Supreme Edition. The enclosure is 2.7 kg pure Platinum encrusted 173 diamonds weighing 85.5 carats.

For many of us, these products are slightly out of reach, but we have video on the next page, featuring Mr. Hughes and some of his earlier creations so that you drooling on.

[via Computerworld UK]