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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: May 2005
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I'm looking to buy a TV tuner card for my dual 1.8 G5. I was looking towards getting an Alchemy, but saw on the forums a bunch of cards that people have mentioned. What do you guys recommend? The main features I'm looking for are remote control, and the ability to setup record times in advance so I can record shows and burn them later.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Los Angeles
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Unfortunately, Mac consumer tuner card options are very limited. In fact, the only one I know of is the Alchemy card. Of course, there are also external options from El Gato, Pinnacle and Formac.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Senior User
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Denver, CO, USA
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check out the Plextor ConvertX and Elgato's EyeTV 200. Both use the same software I believe, which allows you to 'timeshift' your stuff. Does everything TiVo will minus season passes.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Automatic
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The main features I'm looking for are remote control, and the ability to setup record times in advance so I can record shows and burn them later.
The Alchemy card does that, if you are looking for a PCI card, it is OK.
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"That plane's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops."
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: San Jose CA
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I recently bought the AlchemyTV DVR PCI card from OWC. I've used it to digitize a few VHS tapes and record some tv shows and it seems to work fine. The main reason I purchased this card over the firewire/usb DVR devices was the price (about 1/2 the price of the alternatives). I've been told the video quality on the firewire/usb DVRs is better, but for my purposes the AlchemyTV seems fine.
--ranga
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Ive had the AlchemyDVR card for over a year and love it. i use a less than current alchemyDVR software due to the excel like interface and once Ive understood those querks it works very well. the newer software is more stable. make sure you understand the storage space req/.
rotuts
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MacPro 2.66 dual 3GB RAM 1.5 TB HD's
24" + 21" Samsung flat panels
Miglia mini HD (Great!)
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2003
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I've had the AlchemyTV DVR card for a few months, and I've been pretty satisfied with it. It does everything you want. I chose it over the other solutions because it gives you the straight video. The EyeTV's compress the video themselves, and is useful for lower power systems, but I have the power to compress it myself, and the AlchemyTV gives you more options. The Alchemy card will compress to anything that Quicktime can compress to, EyeTV only does MPEG-2 and MPEG-4.
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