Television Options for Apple Macintosh Computers

May 14, 2008 - PRLog -- Learn more about turning your Apple Mac into a digital TV viewing and editing station with the latest combo television tuners for the Macintosh OS X platform at http://www.mac-digital-tv-tuners.com/ --  Enjoy current Analog television programming over an antenna or cable - and be ready for the North American HDTV Digital TV transition and cut-over slated for February of 2009.

ElGato has long dominated the Mac PVR-DVR market with it's EyeTV line, but a growing number of 3rd party options such as those from Equinux with their new slim TubeStick Hybrid and TheTube sofware - to Pinnacle's USB TV For Mac HD Stick - to Hauppauge's affordable WinTV-HVR 950 Hybrid Tuner with both Mac and Windows Media Center software - as well as Miglia expanding their longstanding line of USB TV tuners for both North America NTSC and International television standards.

The ability to not only watch, but pause, time-shift, skip commercials, and record programs is just the beginning. Additional functions to fine edit content, access Program Guides, schedule recordings, export shows for use on video iPods, or burn content to CD/DVD are all possible on the Apple Platform.

Varying TV tuner models span the range of small USB units suitable for Laptop Macbook or iBook use to desktop units for iMac or Mac Mini, to Ethernet based home and office units such as El Gato's HDHomeRun which can share HDTV access. http://www.mac-digital-tv-tuners.com helps choosing between economical tuners using your computer's power to compress video in software -- or higher end tuners which quickly encode video using hardware compression. Many offer the option to connect older Composite or S-Video analog devices such as VCR and DVD players as well. Deciding which Apple TV tuner to buy can be a bit of a challenge, but simplified product lines with an eye towards the Digital transition are helping make choosing a Mac compatible TV tuner easier than ever.

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