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And what can you expect from such a cheap device? For $150, it's still cheaper than Tivo. Luckily, I'm not to bothered, as the VHS tapes are low-quality to begin with (recorded years ago at SLP). Guess when I found out? After my credit card had been charged. So you have to really dig to discover this. Yeah, this point is mentioned: buried in a PDF, linked from the website. Nowhere on the website does it tell you one minor fact: you must have a dual-G4 to record DVD quality video! In fact, for the BEST quality video (a 90-minute DVD), you will need a frickin' dual-G5!!! Ouch. Point #1 for buying the EyeTV Wonder was to burn some old tapes to DVD. But I'll work that out in the big "how to." Also, there's a little bit of a bait-and-switch going on with this thing. Trying to edit out commercials, from what I can tell so far, is almost pointless.
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The "editing" software is of course an abomination. Anyway, I did manage to figure it all out. So your primary drive will need lots of room if you plan on recording a lot of video. Nope! So far I don't see a way to do that. One note: I thought by setting the archival drive to an external firewire drive I'd be able to store my video externally. There's another control panel you have to open from a menu to show the shows you've taped. Hm, where is it? This is where the interface is not very intuitive. Now I took my iBook back to the couch and tried to watch the show. So I unplugged the power too, just to be safe. Unplugging the Wonder, I noticed it was REALLY HOT! Not like Paris Hilton would use the word, and not spicy hot, but like "don't leave loose papers nearby or it'll cause a fire" kinda hot.
While plenty for the last 30 minutes of Lost that night, it isn't enough for all the projects I had planned. Unfortunately, there's only about 4 GB of room on my iBook. No problem! I just hit the Record button, and it quite readily began taping the show. "Lost" happened to be on, but suddenly my daughter got out of bed. Powered on, with a coax cable plugged in, the USB 2.0 cable nestled in my iBook, I quickly began watching TV. Confusing icons, lots of little pieces lying around- they could really stand to hire me to redesign their software!īut I digress. El Gato's software won't be winning any GUI awards. iTunes is so popular because everything is just there, easy to use. This is the difference between Apple and 3rd parties. All of these disparate elements need one central control. All the pieces aren't really fitting together for me.
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For the full review I'll go more into that, but the process is a little confusing. Last step, optional, is to sign up with TitanTV. Switching channels is quite fast, but nothing beats a real TV. The cable tuning took quite a while (over 15 minutes), but worked well when done. Once the tuner is plugged in, you choose your line-in, like cable or antenna. So far, so good though, I haven't had any kernel panics.Īfter that (and a reboot) you pretty much plug everything in and continue with setup.
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Call me crazy (many do) but who do I trust more: the makers of a random TV tuner or Apple? Yeah, drivers from 3rd parties tweak me, so this was problematic.
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What freaked me out a little was a USB driver that had to be installed. The box has one of those last-minute stickers indicating that OS 10.3.8 was the MINIMUM requirement. So by the time I'd emailed El Gato, they responded (the next day) with "it's already there." A quick call home confirmed, yes, it had arrived. When will manufacturers learn? If you're going to offer a product for sale on your site, get the basics of e-commerce down! I never received a tracking number. (Which I detail as a case study in my upcoming book)įirst off, I pre-ordered the unit directly from El Gato. For setup I used the iBook first though.ģ) Longer-term this would become a part of the master bedroom home theater system.
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Recording would take place on the Mac mini. My intention with the Wonder was threefold:Ģ) Record TV shows ala Tivo while away, and easily watch them on my iBook later. Most of their products are Firewire-based, expensive, but overall quite nice. The Wonder, for those of you who don't know, is El Gato's bargain-basement TV tuner device for Macs. I'll do a detailed review (with tips, tricks, and how-to's aplenty) later this week, but here are some thoughts on the new EyeTV Wonder USB 2.0.
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