[Brave Ulysses]

Wow. I've been waiting for this to happen. The latest update apparently adds an EyeTV menu to FrontRow including live tv, programs, recordings, etc. And it all works with the Apple remote.

FrontRow is now a viable media center solution. I didn't even know that it could have add-ons such as El Gato just did.

This made me very happy.

[chucker]

Front Row can't handle add-ons; they're probably hacking it in (using an InputManager/SIMBL plug-in, perhaps).

[Robo]

Awesome.

I don't have a good reason to get a Mac mini, but I really want one (yes, Luca, I'm definitely a "gotta-catch-em-all" kinda guy). So I decided that if I ever had $500 to waste, I would put one in my living room to be a "media center." But then I realized I wanted to put a iMac G4 on my coffee table to be a public media center, too.

But...the iMac G4 isn't very powerful...maybe I'll have the Mac mini be my "media server" and the iMac G4 could be my "public terminal." Yeah, that would work.

Ahh, screw it. I'm opening up an Apple Museum.

[macleod]

I just got my new EyeTV Elgato 250 and I installed the new version of EyeTV. The Front Row integration is so useful and an incredible new feature. I love this thing. Can't wait to use it with my cable at school. You can hit one button on the remote and it switches to Front Row with the Program Guide. You can select the channel you want and the show and either schedule a record or just tell it to tune to that station and it goes into it full screen. Scrolling through recordings via Front Row will also be a great feature. I will report back as I continue to use it.

[hotch]

I got this set up last night on my iSight iMac (that serves only as my media center)... it's slick!

[MacConvert]

Since it is EyeTV that is updated, this should also effect the Miglia prodicts that use this same software, right?

I am looking at a Miglia that will fit perfectly under a mini and miniStack as a media center.

[Wyatt]

Can someone explain to me why this is considered an add-on? It's not an add-on. It's a way to launch Front Row from a menu rather than directly from the desktop.

It looks nice and everything, but it's not really an add-on for Front Row. It's just a new menu option in EyeTV

[Reid]

So, do you mean that this new EyeTV version has a way of launching Front Row, rather than Front Row having a way to launch EyeTV? I'm a little confused as to how this works. Can you launch and control EyeTV using just the Apple Remote from across a room? Can anyone post screenshots?

And has anybody had experience using a Slingbox with the Mac yet? I want to add TV capabilities to my iMac, and I am debating whether or not to get an EyeTV or a Slingbox. (Since I'm never in two different rooms at the same time, I could hook the Sling up to my living room DVR, and watch TV on the iMac in my bedroom, with the added bonus of being able to goof off over lunch at work...)

[Brave Ulysses]

Originally Posted by fcgriz Can someone explain to me why this is considered an add-on? It's not an add-on. It's a way to launch Front Row from a menu rather than directly from the desktop. It looks nice and everything, but it's not really an add-on for Front Row. It's just a new menu option in EyeTV

Correct. I'm disappointed.