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Getting TV to Your iPod Video
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 / Product Review, iPods / 0 Comments
After opening the iPod I gave my wife for our anniversary, she had only one question: “Can I get Oprah on this?” The answer was not an immediate ‘yes,’ but instead a tentative ’soon.’
There are really only two ways to put broadcast TV on an iPod. The first, and by far Apple’s preferred method, is through the iTunes Music Store. It’s certainly a simple way to add TV to your iPod, but not every show is available and the $1.99 cost per episode can add up quickly. Which leads us to the second option: capturing TV with a Personal Video Recorder (PVR). There are a variety of external PVRs, but converting video for your iPod requires many extra steps. For direct TV recording to your iPod there is one name that is universally respected. EyeTV 2 is the Mac PVR software from Elgato that turns any Mac into an impressive entertainment system. Although Elgato currently makes hardware to work with their EyeTV software, they encourage other hardware manufacturers to use the EyeTV software with non-Elgato devices.
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Mac Pro taken apart!
Tuesday, August 8, 2006 / Disassemblies / 6 Comments
Jacob and company take the new Mac Pro down to its unmentionables.
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