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    Looking for external TV-Tuner (on USB) with Composite inputs...

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by cdnalsi, Feb 18, 2009.

  1. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    Hey guys, I'm looking for an external TV-Tuner for my Macbook Pro, preferably on USB (I don't know any on FireWire 800).

    The only gripe I have is that it must have Composite Video and Audio inputs, like this one:

    http://www.unityelectronics.com/product-product_id/4447/m/Plextor/p/PX_TV100U_NA_OEM

    And it must work on OS X. The product above specifies only Windows, I have sent an email to the customer service on the website to see if it works on OS X, but until I receive an answer from them I thought I'd ask here.

    Any ideas?

    Much appreciated! :D
     
    cdnalsi, Feb 18, 2009
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  2. sulkorp

    sulkorp Notebook Deity

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    I have a Hauppage HVR-950, which works with the mac. Though I had to buy a seperate cable from them to get a cable that lets you plug in composite video (and svideo). For software, i think elgato eyetv is one of the better programs. Not sure if theres a free program out there that lets you see in input from a usb tuner.

    Elgato also sells their own branded tv tuners, which are pretty much the same thing.

    Though these seem like a lot more then that product you listed. but they comes with the software license, which i dont know how you would view video on OSX any other way.

    You could try getting the one you linked to, and seeing if it works with the a trial of elgatos eyetv. Mine originally wasnt listed anywhere as being compatible(had it from my pc days), but it still worked fine. So youres might work too.
     
    sulkorp, Feb 18, 2009
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  3. HLdan

    HLdan Notebook Virtuoso

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    HLdan, Feb 19, 2009
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