El Gato's mini-ATSC tuner -- Mac's only

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siva @ Aug 17th 2006 12:11PM

Recording full HD is not processor intensive since the stream itself is in MPEG2 and it is just saved directly to disk. However, encoding analog video into MPEG2 will take some processing and that is what this article addresses I assume. Playing back HD is a different story since the MPEG2 streams have to be decoded and displayed. My dual processor Power Mac G4 (1.25GHz x 2) can do 720p fine but 1080i files drop frames like crazy. I am excited about this development. I think they might have dropped eyeTV 500 (over $300). The eyeTV hybrid is only $150. However eyeTV 500 can do clear QAM in addition to ATSC. The hybrid cannot do clear QAM. This would be nice for someone with a Mac Mini. Just plug in a hybrid on the back and your Mac Mini entertainment center just gained a tuner!! Cool.

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