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Join the TV tuner petition!
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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There ought to be an affordable Firewire TV tuner solution available for the Mac. A trimmed down version of Formac Studio DV/TV without the unnecessary DV stuff selling for $149 would be great. It seems to me that more people want to watch TV on their computers than mess with conversion of analog video. With proper integration of Keyspan's Remote control I wouldn't hesitate a second in buying one. Just imagine this setup on one of the new iMacs.
Unfortunately Formac is not planning such a product - I've asked them some time ago. Maybe if more of us e-mailed them they would perhaps change their minds. E-mail sales@formac.com, label it "We want a $149 FireWire TV tuner solution". Feel free to link to this topic.
This is my e-mail message to Formac.
Dear Formac,
would you please consider a somewhat less expensive version of Studio DV/TV but without the DV support. A $149 FireFire "Studio TV" would be the perfect member in your product family.
I believe many Mac users place their stylish computers in prominent places, like their living rooms for example. Watching TV on them seems natural. Especially considering how competetive the new iMacs are priced versus traditional flat screen TV solutions (plasma & LCDs). Add to this Steve Jobs' intentions not to create a digital hub device for the TV media.
Drivers for OS X and intergration with Keyspan's Remote control would make this product a winner.
Best regards,
/Richard
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Santa Clara, CA
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That would be nice. I sure hope it outperforms my Eskape MyTV/FM though.
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World of Warcraft (Whisperwind - Alliance) <The Eternal Spiral>
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Have you looked at ATI's USB TV tuner that they claim is Mac compatible? xclaim Looks like a pretty good solution to me, but I'm curious how it works, and if it works under OS X.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Santa Clara, CA
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I hear the quality is really half-assed though.
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World of Warcraft (Whisperwind - Alliance) <The Eternal Spiral>
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: In my tree making cookies
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We really need a firewire one, usb ones just simply don't have the bandwidth. The quality will be bad no matter what unless you like watch tv in a window the size of a large postage stamp.
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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Yeah Firewire is the way to go. Three quarters of Apple's sales lack PCI expansion.
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The ATI XCLAIM USB TV device lacks drivers for OS X. I am not sure that the quality is great either.
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