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Is this possible (new Mac Pro media centre)

  • 18-01-2008 9:03pm
    #1
    GarfieldConnoll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 326 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Is this possible?

    I'm planning to buy a '08 Mac Pro as a home office upgrade to my old G4.

    Spec: Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2GB (2x1GB), NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3.

    If I buy a HD LCD TV, can I connect the Mac Pro to the TV and use the Mac as a DVD (in the future BlueRay) player?

    Advancing from that, if I buy the Elgato EyeTV Hybrid, can I record from my NTL digital box to the Mac and then 'push' it back out to the LCD TV?

    Can I access all the channels on NTL Digital (as in Paramount, etc.)? Can I watch one channel and record another? Can I watch recorded TV and record at the same time?

    Is the Mac up to being used as a computer, TV recorder and TV broadcaster all at the same time?

    Any help appreciated.

    Regards,

    G.


Comments

  • #2
    conor2007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 636 ✭✭✭conor2007


    if it can do all them , it can do them at the same time

    can ntl record and watch another show at the same time

    does it have blueray capability?


  • #3
    GarfieldConnoll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 326 ✭✭GarfieldConnoll


    conor2007 wrote: »
    if it can do all them , it can do them at the same time
    So the machine would be capable of that?
    can ntl record and watch another show at the same time
    I don't know, hence the question
    does it have blueray capability?
    Presumably in the future....
    G.


  • #4
    babypink
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭babypink


    If I buy a HD LCD TV, can I connect the Mac Pro to the TV and use the Mac as a DVD (in the future BlueRay) player?
    Yes
    Advancing from that, if I buy the Elgato EyeTV Hybrid, can I record from my NTL digital box to the Mac and then 'push' it back out to the LCD TV?
    I believe so yes, but I also believe that the DTT tuner is for free-to-air digital services. Not scrambled cable services. In essence you’re just recording the analogue signal pumped out by your digibox with the hybrid.
    Can I access all the channels on NTL Digital (as in Paramount, etc.)? Can I watch one channel and record another? Can I watch recorded TV and record at the same time?
    Yes, you just change channel on your digibox. No, this requires multiple tuners – and in the case of digital cable, multiple cable boxes. Yes, to the final question I believe.
    Is the Mac up to being used as a computer, TV recorder and TV broadcaster all at the same time?
    Absolutely


  • #5
    conor2007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 636 ✭✭✭conor2007


    speed wise - most definitely


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