cheapest/best usb (digital & analog) tv tuner

eurotrotter

hey gang, as the heading readsa im looking for the cheapeast/ best tv tuner i can find for my macbook

its gotta be usb, and small, like a usb key, and of course mac compatible


has anyone already got one?

Talisman

I don't know about now, but the cheapest Mac compatible tuner was the Hauppauge WinTV HVR-900, you'll want the Mac version of it (Grey/White and not Black). It's the same tuner as one of the older Elgato tuners but half the price, however it came with it's own software and not EyeTV which costs €80, also I don't think it was MPEG4 capable but there's probably a newer version of it that is.

I personally have the Elgato EyeTV Hybrid and can't fault it. It cost €130 including delivery from the Apple website but it comes with the software and is capable of MPEG4 decoding.

eurotrotter

thanks very much for that, i found one there and its ridiculously cheap on ebay, 130dollars!:

http://cgi.ebay.com/2008-ELGATO-EYETV-HYBRID-QAM-APPLE-HDTV-MAC-TV-TUNER_W0QQitemZ390056982723QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad13538c3&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1199%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50#ebayphotohosting


there must be somthing up

im over in germany learnin german, and i jut wanna get access to digital and analog tv here cos they have 7 of each channels!


thanks for the help

ed

Talisman wrote: »

I don't know about now, but the cheapest Mac compatible tuner was the Hauppauge WinTV HVR-900, you'll want the Mac version of it (Grey/White and not Black). It's the same tuner as one of the older Elgato tuners but half the price, however it came with it's own software and not EyeTV which costs €80, also I don't think it was MPEG4 capable but there's probably a newer version of it that is.

I personally have the Elgato EyeTV Hybrid and can't fault it. It cost €130 including delivery from the Apple website but it comes with the software and is capable of MPEG4 decoding.

ZENER

+ 1 for the Hauppauge WinTV HVR-900. I bought the Black version (€69 in PCWorld) and downloaded the Elgato EyeTV Software. Very pleased with it so far

Ken

J-blk

ZENER wrote: »

+ 1 for the Hauppauge WinTV HVR-900. I bought the Black version (€69 in PCWorld) and downloaded the Elgato EyeTV Software. Very pleased with it so far

That is the best combo IMO and I did something similar for a Mac I gave to my dad: the Hauppauge tuner can be found cheaper than the Elgato equivalent almost everywhere (and like Talisman said, it's the same hardware, just colored differently) and you then can buy Eye TV 3 as a digital download - it recognizes the Hauppauge just fine and works brilliantly...

jello22

I can also vouch for the Hauppauge...it's a great product!