Comments on: BeyondTV On Mac Mini

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 03 May 2006 10:40:09 +0000

MythTV – only the frontend runs on Mac right now – the backend is still linux.
So you would need a PC/non Mac to run it.
Unless you can get 2 OS’s runing on the Mac at the same time.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 03 May 2006 03:28:41 +0000

MythTV runs on the new Mac Mini as well and no need to buy any additional software.

By: Michael Portuesi

Michael Portuesi — Wed, 03 May 2006 01:07:56 +0000

Yes, I agree EyeTV is overpriced, but I was able to get a refurb EyeTV 500 for $199 direct from Elgato.

The problem is that the Elgato software works well for playback with the remote, but to schedule recordings you need a keyboard and mouse. The interface is very iTunes-like and assumes you’re close to the display to read all the 12-point text. In other words, Elgato needs to provide a “living-room” interface that Tivo, MCE, and all its PC-based DVR clones have.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Wed, 03 May 2006 00:43:44 +0000

I agree that it’s no bargain if you don’t have a copy of Windows laying around. Maybe my real point was EyeTV is overpriced. In reality, very few people will go down this path though it’s a cool ‘hack’ I wanted to share.

The question I have for the SnapStream guys is have they tried grabbing recorded shows from the XP partition and playing them back via OS X?

By: Michael Portuesi

Michael Portuesi — Wed, 03 May 2006 00:24:45 +0000

Why is this cheaper than EyeTV, when I need to buy a $200 copy of Windows on top of the cost for the tuner?

Granted, BeyondTV, Sage, etc. all have the “living room” interface that EyeTV lacks, but cost isn’t really the big win here?