MacGroup: tv tuners

2004-11-21 Thread Henri Yandell
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Lee Larson wrote: > On Nov 21, 2004, at 7:15 PM, Henri Yandell noted: > >> That's just for HD tuners right? I considered the idea but I don't own HD >> and my eyesight is too poor to make owning HD worthwhile :) > > That's right. Starting July 1, 2005 all HD signals will ha

MacGroup: tv tuners

2004-11-21 Thread Lee Larson
On Nov 21, 2004, at 7:15 PM, Henri Yandell noted: > That's just for HD tuners right? I considered the idea but I don't own > HD and my eyesight is too poor to make owning HD worthwhile :) That's right. Starting July 1, 2005 all HD signals will have a "broadcast flag" to prevent devices from rec

MacGroup: tv tuners

2004-11-21 Thread Henri Yandell
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Lee Larson wrote: > > PPS/ If anyone's planning to build one of these things, time's a wasting. The > new copyright agreements made between the RIAA and the TV card manufacturers > will make it a lot harder to do so in a few months. That's just for HD tuners right? I consi

MacGroup: tv tuners

2004-11-21 Thread Lee Larson
On Nov 21, 2004, at 12:14 PM, Henri Yandell wrote: > There's no reason to tie your TV to your computer btw. Although I've > not got around to setting it up, I bought a Hauppage card which has > both a TV in and a TV out. It'll take me a bit of effort to get it > going as I want to use it on Lin

MacGroup: tv tuners

2004-11-21 Thread Alex Whitman
On Nov 21, 2004, at 12:14 PM, Henri Yandell wrote: > a Hauppage card which has both a TV in and a TV out... > > MythTV... > > The card was the WinTV-PVR-350 ... > They also have the PVR-250... Oh my. I had no idea there were so many options. If my last VCR weren't on its very last legs, I would

MacGroup: tv tuners

2004-11-21 Thread Alex Whitman
On Nov 21, 2004, at 9:20 AM, Stuart Ungar wrote: > I think there is also the minimalist factor. I am > trying to get away from all the different boxes and > wires that typically go with electronic equipment. That's a good point, and certainly one to consider. My TV-watching area is already a m

MacGroup: tv tuners

2004-11-21 Thread Henri Yandell
Thought the latest suggestion was that Tivo was going under soon. I'm not very up to date on Tivo, but if it's anything like ReplyTV, the devices become paperweights when the company goes under. Otherwise ReplayTV is very very cool. Another reason for the TV tuner cards being better is that th

MacGroup: tv tuners

2004-11-21 Thread John Robinson
Alex, I don't know that there is ANY advantage of having T.V. on your computer other than connivence or necessity for those that don't have the room for a T.V., or the geek factor of showing folks T.V. along side your other programs. With EyeTV you can opt to have the show made into a QuickTi

MacGroup: tv tuners

2004-11-21 Thread Stuart Ungar
I think there is also the minimalist factor. I am trying to get away from all the different boxes and wires that typically go with electronic equipment. The new iMac seems to be a great big step in that directions (except for no TV tuner built in). I would like to fit it all on my family room bo

MacGroup: tv tuners

2004-11-21 Thread Alex Whitman
Why is EyeTV (or any other TV tuner card) better than a Tivo? The new Tivo's I drooled over at Sam's Club a couple of weeks ago have a DVD burner built in, and would allow me to watch on my bigger TV instead of my smaller computer screen. What's the advantage of tying your TV viewing to your comput

MacGroup: tv tuners

2004-11-20 Thread John Robinson
Stuart, I have the Eye TV box, and it works well, however there is a shortcoming in that you could not turn it off without pulling the plug (no off on switch), but I have an early model and I understand the company has greatly improved it product line. The changing of channels was a breeze, th

MacGroup: tv tuners

2004-11-20 Thread Stuart Ungar
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