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The remote is still the same crappy one also used in elgato products I see.

It sure doesn't seem like it aint something new

Same hardware, non-EyeTV software?

MW: bad

It's only got an analog tuner for off-air. For a device introduced as this is fading away, not good.

None of these devices manipulate ClearQam HD and only a few manage ATSC HD content.

Since the entire US broadcasting market is going to complete digital by the end of 2008, and requires licenses to use the HDMI/ACSS DRM schemes.

These devices, including the AppleTV, is almost completely worthless without the DRM chips.

Notice how most TV stores only carry HD TVs now? Notice HDMI on the box?

No more VCR's or analog TV's to be seen?

Everything except a very few broadcasting stations "over the air" are going completely DRM. OR cable companies are locking people out using ClearQAM signals.

In other words, TV on a computer is nearly dead in the US

Unless of course Apple gets to license the DRM.

The cable companies make my panties bunch.

How much? I don't see a price...

Cable companies indeed are a monoploy as they control access to the living room content.

They make money by selling content and Hollywood makes money by making it. So the two are joined at the waist, so to speak.

They wanted a complete top to bottom solution that locks everyone else out of the game.

Computers have no place, even at the best efforts of our buddy Steve Jobs, because computers is about getting conent for free, or finding ways to let others have it for free.

Intel has stepped up to the plate to try to protect Hollywoods precious content by instituting EFI, allowing developers to control hardware and networking access by the operating system and the programs users run on it.

Although Apple's Intel Mac's ship with the EFI GUID partition completely empty, it doesn't take much for some developer or hacker, to fill it and control your machine.

I'm surprised that no one has come up with a PVR conduit with a cable card 2.0 slot. This will allow encrypted digital feeds to be read correctly.

Are the cable companies and content distributors blocking manufacturers from providing such a device?

The cable companies have to provide cable cards, but the satellite companies want a different technology, so the TV makers are stuck....what to do? I plan to buy either a Panasonic or Hitachi with a slot. I believe they both have analog vidoe out for recording to something like this.

WiseGuy,
I thought the EyeTV500 could play ATSC and ClearQam?

Wise Guy

Cable companies have to compete with satellite and phone companies, not to mention the franchise agreements with each municipality who can decide not to renew the agreement and go with another cable company. Other than that, yeah, it's a monopoly.

Just bought me an EyeTV Hybrid at OWC for $130. Can't wait to get me grubby hands on it. I have an Aquos using ATSC from my rooftop aeriel. I get almost 40 channels of content (tons of PBS) and 3 unique weather channels. One is a full screen doppler - I can watch it for hours Anyways, I have a Mini with a 500GB fw400 drive (also from OWC) hooked up as my multi media head. Now I'll be able to program record to boot! I'll never have to watch another episode of Heroes over the web again

Who needs cable when you've got NetFlix? It's not like MTV actually plays music videos anymore

why are they still called MTV?

An analog tuner? WOW! How impressive!

I got an HD ATI digital tuner in my Vista box and it rocks! Of course that tuner don't work in a Mac......

This TV Max+ is now kind of a 'dead-end' Analog, SD standard-definition box - so I don't even bother featuring it at my Mac Digital TV Tuners site. Miglia just hasn't been keeping up (in the US market anyways) with the Digital HDTV shift in North America. Lately Miglia's been bundling Equinux's The Tube software after their fallout with ElGato. It's unfortunate cuz beyond the hardware - the software is really makes a product great. And at this point: EyeTV is GREAT and TheTube software is kinda, sorta just 'Okay'.