Brian was diggin through some junk and found his old EyeTV USB unit...no cable box needed. Picture is grainy, but I don't care. The only issue is that the channel listings are all entirely wrong. But now I can have TV on my puter screen while goofing off here and elsewhere...ESPN of course....
It's basically a cable box for a Mac computer. http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=home&PHPSESSID=fc3744fa26ce220a11b2d6d5411d8e94 Apple is still trying to design one, but these have been around for several years and will be much cheaper I'm sure.
interesting.. but i'm assuming you must have the cable service installed at your home for this to work. I initially thought it was a substitute for the service. thanks for the link btw.
Well, yeah, there needs to be a live cable, and it's strongly suggested that you pay for the service, but it's basically the same thing that is already in TV sets, but converts it to a USB signal.
True. They had to wait for some cultural diversity to develope because neither "T" nor "V" is in the Hawaiian alphabet. We're still waiting for "R" to show up, but it may be several more years before customs will allow it.
