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Well, just as the thread title says. I need to buy some form of new TV but I'm pushed for space. Any comments regarding using an iMac and a DVB tv tuner to create a tv replacement? Anyone out there on the intarwebs use such a setup?
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DVB-T, DVB-S (or S2) or DVB-C?
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Lots of people use Macs as TV-replacements. It's not hard at all, and the quality can be very good with the right tuner.
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But since an iMac doesn't have HD inputs, nor any interface with the necessary bandwidth for HD input, you're probably limited to something like 720p, if even that.
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[edit] I stand sort of corrected. The Elgato Eye TV Hybrid apparently will feed HD content to your Mac, but you have to have an external digital antenna. It can't take feeds from a cable or satellite box, though. |
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Well maybe I'll come clean
I bought a Miglia DVB-T 'tv-mini' tuner and the elgato eyetv software about a month ago; it's done me proud for watching tv on my powerbook. However, I was really interested in seeing if folks have made the step of replacing their 'main' tv with a mac, and to see what those suggestions were without any preconceptions of what my existing hardware was. On the finer details: eyetv does seem to do the trick, but it doesn't really integrate that cleanly with frontrow. Other options (mediacentral, centerstage, etc..) just don't cut it. The best I can imaging would be eyetv / frontrow with RemoteBuddy to do the switching. Ideally I'd like to ditch iDVD and replace it with VLC, but I can't see a simple way of doing that in a manner that any idiot can pick up the remote, wave it around, and get the tv to work. |
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I thought the newest EyeTV software had a link to Front Row on the menu. You might check to see if you have the latest version.
Also, I think you're confused about iDVD. iDVD is for making DVDs--DVD Player is for watching them. |
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Thanks for the speedy responses. I must say, having lurked on applenova for >2 years this is about the most coherent and informed bunch of apple ner-do-wells I've ever come across.
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Keyspan looks pretty good. I don't know if I'd seen that before or not. |
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