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<blockquote data-quote="trpnmonkey41" data-source="post: 131059" data-attributes="member: 279"><p>Yea that machine wouldn't cut it for that tuner. Besides having to get the USB card the processor just isn't powerful enough</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Univers-CondensedLight'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #1b1c20">Macintosh computer with G4 processor and built-in USB 2.0 port to watch live TV and record VCDs,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Univers-CondensedLight'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #1b1c20">Macintosh computer with dual processor G4 or G5 and built-in USB 2.0 port for standard quality recordings (DVD 120 min),</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Univers-CondensedLight'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #1b1c20">Macintosh computer with dual processor G5 for high quality recordings (DVD 90 min)</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Univers-CondensedLight'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #1b1c20">The EyeTV wonder uses the computer to process and do all of the encoding which is why it requires such a powerful processor. I have an iMac 1.8 g5 and with nothing else running I can record at high quality but it uses 100% of my CPU and will get choppy every once and a while.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Univers-CondensedLight'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #1b1c20"><a href="http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetv200" target="_blank">http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetv200</a></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Univers-CondensedLight'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #1b1c20">That does all of the encoding in the unit itself which is why it only requires a 500mhz G4.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Univers-CondensedLight'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #1b1c20"></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trpnmonkey41, post: 131059, member: 279"] Yea that machine wouldn't cut it for that tuner. Besides having to get the USB card the processor just isn't powerful enough [font=Univers-CondensedLight][size=2][color=#1b1c20][/color][/size][/font] [font=Univers-CondensedLight][size=2][color=#1b1c20]Macintosh computer with G4 processor and built-in USB 2.0 port to watch live TV and record VCDs,[/color][/size][/font] [font=Univers-CondensedLight][size=2][color=#1b1c20]Macintosh computer with dual processor G4 or G5 and built-in USB 2.0 port for standard quality recordings (DVD 120 min),[/color][/size][/font] [font=Univers-CondensedLight][size=2][color=#1b1c20]Macintosh computer with dual processor G5 for high quality recordings (DVD 90 min)[/color][/size][/font] [font=Univers-CondensedLight][size=2][color=#1b1c20][/color][/size][/font] [font=Univers-CondensedLight][size=2][color=#1b1c20]The EyeTV wonder uses the computer to process and do all of the encoding which is why it requires such a powerful processor. I have an iMac 1.8 g5 and with nothing else running I can record at high quality but it uses 100% of my CPU and will get choppy every once and a while.[/color][/size][/font] [font=Univers-CondensedLight][size=2][color=#1b1c20][/color][/size][/font] [font=Univers-CondensedLight][size=2][color=#1b1c20][url="http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetv200"]http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetv200[/url][/color][/size][/font] [font=Univers-CondensedLight][size=2][color=#1b1c20][/color][/size][/font] [font=Univers-CondensedLight][size=2][color=#1b1c20]That does all of the encoding in the unit itself which is why it only requires a 500mhz G4. [/color][/size][/font] [/QUOTE]
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