New Hauppauge PVR for Mac / OSX Eskape myTV.PVR Articles / Video Cards, Tuners & Encoders Posted by rampy on Jul 02, 2005 - 12:14 PM |
 SHS [1] from our favorite place to get Hauppauge Beta drivers [2] posted a heads up on our forum about a new Hauppauge Mac / OSX PVR product [3] complete with lots of pics and screenshots.The myTV.PVR [4] is coming out of Eskape labs [5] which appears to be the Mac / OSX division/spinoff of Hauppauge [6] The myTV.PVR [7] is comprable to Hauppauge's WinTV PVR USB 2.0 [8] but is white, has an OSX driver, has the newer 45 button remote, and is bundled with the OSX MyTV/x PVR / TV viewing software. It's good to see more hardware encoding MPEG2 tuner cards on the market geared towards the Mac / OSX crowd. ( see also: new mac pvr thread [9] over at SHSpvr's forum ) The myTV.PVR features: 125 channel cable ready TV Tuner/FM Radio Tuner Conexant CX25843 A/V Decoder Conexant CX23416 Hardware MPEG-2 Encoder TV input FM input S-Video RCA Composite Left RCA Audio Right RCA Audio 45 button Remote IR ###specs### * 125-channel cable ready TV tuner for use with cable TV or TV antennas * FM Stereo radio tuner * Auxiliary audio/video inputs: com-posite or s-video (NTSC, PAL and SECAM video formats) plus audio * Maximum frame rate (capture and play through): 29.97fps NTSC; 25fps PAL * Maximum video capture size: 720x480 NTSC; 720x576 PAL * Hardware Video Compressor: MPEG1 and MPEG2 * USB 2.0 and v1.1 compliant * Plug & Play * FCC Class B and CE compliant ### requirements ### * 500Mhz G4 processor (minimum) 900mhz G4 recommended * QuartzExtreme video card * AppleŽ factory USB * MacOS 10.3.8 (or higher) * 256MB RAM (minimum) * 3GB hard drive space (minimum) 10GB recomended *Optional: DVD or CD writer for burning your videos or TV shows onto Video CD, S-Video CD or DVD. Also requires Burning software - for VCD / SVCD try Roxio Toast or NTI Dragon Burn. For DVD try Roxio Toast. ### compatibility### * G4 & G5 Macintosh computers * Factory installed USB port with or without powered USB hub * MacOS 10.3.8 (or higher) * Television: non-scrambled cable TV or over the air broadcasts * Video sources: NTSC, PAL & SECAM from s-video or composite video ### includes ### * myTV.PVR device with 125 channel cable ready TV tuner, FM radio receiver, MPEG-2 hardware audio/video encoder * Remote control transmitter * Wall mounted power supply * 1 meter USB cable * FM radio antenna * Quick Install Guide * myTV.PVR CD-ROM includes MyTV/x for: Viewing Live TV on your computer screen rampy--> I've got to find a way to run coax cable to the G4 goose-neck imac in the kitchen without destroying my countertop, to give this thing a shot. Failing that, despite being almost the same size as a mac mini, pairing the myTV.PVR with a mac mini might make a lot of sense for a very small, chic, and quiet DIY PVR. |
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This article is from Build Your Own PVR http://www.byopvr.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.byopvr.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=396 Links in this article [1] http://www.shspvr.com [2] http://www.shspvr.com/smf/ [3] http://forum.byopvr.com/dvr/index.php/topic,2637.0.html [4] http://www.eskapelabs.com/myTVPVR.html [5] http://www.eskapelabs.com/products.html [6] http://www.hauppauge.com [7] http://www.eskapelabs.com/myTVPVR.html [8] http://www.hauppauge.com/Pages/products/data_pvrusb2.html [9] http://www.shspvr.com/smf/index.php?topic=8339.0 |