Elgato EyeTV HD - record HD cable and satellite TV on Mac OS X

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Elgato EyeTV HD allows to record HD video.

EyeTV HD allows to deliver h.264 recordings live to your Mac. Also it features a dual-format capture mode that enables you to record in the iPad and iPhone formats at the same time. This enables super-fast exports to iTunes from EyeTV.

EyeTV HD is very easy to setup and use: simply connect EyeTV HD to the outputs of your cable or satellite receiver with the included component cables, and to your computer via USB 2.0.
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EyeTV HD comes with EyeTV 3, the award-winning TV software for Mac.

• Watch, pause, and rewind live TV on your Mac
• Search the Program Guide using multiple criteria
• Record one show or the entire season of a TV series
• Edit unwanted content and create clips from your recordings
• Export recordings to iTunes automatically for playback on an iPhone or iPad
• Share recordings with other Macs on your network
• Stream live or recorded TV to an iPhone with the optional EyeTV app.

EyeTV 3 includes one year of free TV Guide data, with optional renewal for only US$19.95 per year.

Connections

• Video in: Component (YPbPr), Composite (via break-out cable), S-Video (via break-out cable)
• Audio in: RCA
• IR Blaster
• USB 2.0, bus powered

Technical Specifications

• H.264 Encoder
• Input: 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, and 1080i video signals (SD sources via component, composite/RCA or S-video inputs, HD sources via component)
• Output: H.264 Main Profile, VBR 15 Mbps max., 1920×1080 pixels at 30 fps max., Audio: AAC-LC, stereo, 160 Kbps, 48 kHz

System Requirements:

• Macintosh: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz or higher CPU, Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later.
  Recommended: Mac OS X 10.6.2 or later with all software and security updates installed.
• 2 GB RAM, built-in USB 2.0 port
• Cable or satellite receiver with analog video and audio outputs (component output required for HD)