EyeTV question

hey guys i was recently looking into this "EyeTV" thingy and thought it sounded like exactly what ive been looking for. i was wondering whether anyone here uses it? and what hardware do you need? like for the input? also will this work on normal tv and in australia?

ive found these links with more information but none really tell me what i need to know.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15645
http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/eyetv.shtml

intresting stuff.. kinda like ishark is only thats for radio

I use the EyeTV Wonder 2.0 (Don't think they sell it anymore http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetvwonder) and love it. I eventually will upgrade to a hardware encoder to save my processor from having to do all of the work

Yea, in this field (tv tuners for mac), Elgato's line of EyeTV is probably the most used. You have a lot to choose from, and they all work very well. Your other option would be Hauppauge's MyTV.PVR.

Hi,

I am in the UK and recently bought this eyetv digital tv recorder. Have been fairly happy with it so far. Only thing to consider is that you may need to buy a decent arial or hook it up to a signal booster, the supplied ariel is tiny and only works well if you are in an area that recieves a strong signal.

I'm in a strong signal area and have had nothing but problems.
I can only pick up 5 channels, where my PC will pick up 75, and I have used the cable input from the loft.
The service I have received from Elgato is appaling, and i'm stuck watching E4 + 1
This is the Eyetv for DTT
Appaling so far.
Alex

If you want an EyeTV 200, go for the Plextor ConvertX PVR. Same hardware and the same software, it only uses USB instead of FireWire and costs $100 less.

I have the Elgato 410 for DTT plugged into my Powerbook G4 1.33 and have no problems at all (Cambridge, UK). During the auto setup it found over 250 channels but it only allows me to see ~50 TV and ~15 radio but thats more than enough for me.
With de-interlace set to "Always" I get ~50% CPU usage and with it set to "Progressive" its about 75%.
Universal binary on the way for Eye TV 2.0 (current update to help with Rosetta 2.0.1) so that should help.