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VideoIN support, new imac?
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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I am looking for a new imac but i am totally ditching my PC and so i need video in support....is there anything i can do to watch my satellite on an imac?
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ok, so for the new imac intel duo does it natively support videoIN or must i buy some USB peripheral?
Also BTW i am looking to use my MAC as a DVR....is there anything that i can purchase to make it do so? Does FrontRow support this?
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You have to buy an external peripheral like the ones El Gato provides.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Originally Posted by AhmedBM
ok, so for the new imac intel duo does it natively support videoIN or must i buy some USB peripheral?
Also BTW i am looking to use my MAC as a DVR....is there anything that i can purchase to make it do so? Does FrontRow support this?
The best solution for using your iMac as a DVR is to follow the link that Mavherzog posted. Elgato does have an external USB box that you plug in to off-load the processing. Or, you can pick their software solution. FrontRow does not record TV shows and does not have a tuner. Its mainly a frontend for iLife.
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Yes, the Elgato 200 is a great device. Firewire with external encoder, so it doesn't use your processor for encoding. Really nice.
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