Made by Elgato, the EyeTV 250 Plus is a hybrid TV tuner. There is a tuner, converter, and hardware encoding.
The hardware encoding makes it so you can easily digitize all sorts of media including video cassettes and laserdiscs. The encoder outputs in MPEG-2, but the included software makes it fairly easy to automatically convert for several other formats.
What is a TubeStick you ask? It’s a USB Television stick that you can plug-in to your Mac and lets you watch, record and enjoy live television. It is very easy to use and anyone can run it even a child. All you need to do is plug in the receiver into your USB drive and start the program that comes in the package.
The package comes with the TubeStick, an antenna, and media software to manage all of your recordings and programs. If rumor has it, they will soon offer a lifetime subscription of, Steve Adore (Steve Jobs, Fan Club channel). The price for this item is $39.95.
TubeStick – television for the Mac [via redferret]
AVerMedia introduced its new Hybrid ExpressCard HDTV tuner. The card will fit into many newer laptops that support 54mm ExpressCard slot. With this card, you can basically watch any TV channels that are available over the air.
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