Overview
This amazing TV tuner stick provides superior digital television reception (DVB-T, also known as DTT or Freeview) deep indoors, in conditions that are challenging for reception outdoors, and while travelling at high speeds.
EyeTV Diversity contains two integrated receivers and two portable rod antennas that work together to achieve optimal reception in Diversity mode. In Dual Tuner mode, they operate independently as two distinct tuners so you can watch two different channels picture-in-picture, or watch one show while you record another.
Features
- Receives digital TV (DVB-T, or Freeview)
- Two TV tuners in one small USB stick
- Watch and record two live TV shows simultaneously
- Watch two different TV shows Picture-in-Picture (PiP)
- Switch to “Diversity Mode” for superior reception indoors and in weak coverage areas
- Comes with an EyeTV Remote
Dual-Tuner Mode
Even if you live in an area with strong DVB-T reception or have a rooftop aerial, EyeTV Diversity is an attractive choice. In Dual-Tuner mode, EyeTV Diversity becomes two conventional DVB-T receivers in one. It’s the only EyeTV product that enables you to watch two live TV channels Picture-in-Picture, or watch one show while you record another.
EyeTV Diversity comes with a unique splitter cable which makes it extremely easy to connect a rooftop aerial, if desired.
Diversity Mode
In Diversity mode, the two integrated tuners are set to the same frequency. EyeTV Diversity contains a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), which uses information from both tuners to generate the best signal possible.
The result of this Antenna Diversity (AD) and multi-tuner technology is superb reception deep indoors, in weak DVB-T coverage areas, and at high speeds. In tests, the technology provided good reception in 95% of locations within the home (compared with 67% for conventional receivers), and a 50% improvement in the quality of the television signal.
EyeTV Diversity is ideal for travellers. The ultra-compact device and portable rod aerials pack easily with a MacBook, and mobile reception is possible at speeds up to 160 km/h provided there is uninterrupted DVB-T coverage en route.
In areas in which HDTV is broadcast, EyeTV Diversity can deliver stunning 720p or 1080i HDTV (MPEG-2 as well as H.264/AVC) to your Mac.
Made for the Mac
With its classic matte aluminium finish and amazingly compact size, EyeTV Diversity looks great with a Mac. It features a USB 2.0 interface for the streaming of superior quality TV content to your Mac. EyeTV Diversity is USB powered and therefore requires no external power supply.
Superb quality recordings
EyeTV Diversity has one quality setting, lossless. The DVB stream is recorded unaltered, and so you’re getting full quality unencrypted DVB-T content as encoded by broadcaster. EyeTV Diversity supports DVB-T multilingual programming and Dolby® Digital sound.
What’s in the box
- EyeTV Diversity TV receiver
- EyeTV 3 digital TV recorder software (CD-ROM)
- Two rod aerials (1 x IEC, 1 x MCX) with tilt/swivel magnetic base and detachable suction cup
- Infrared remote control with battery pack
- USB cable
- Splitter cable
- IEC-MCX adapter
- PDF product manual (CD-ROM)
- Quick Start Guide
System Requirements
- Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4,G5 or Intel Core processor, 512 MB of physical RAM, a built-in USB 2.0 port, Mac OS X v10.4 or later. Internet connection required to download Program Guide data. A CD/DVD recorder and Toast Titanium software (not included) are required to create DVDs, SVCDs or Video CDs (optional). Note: 720p or 1080i HD features require an Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
DVB-T reception can vary by location, and a rooftop aerial may be required in areas with a weak or obstructed DVB-T signal.
EyeTV DTT Deluxe is intended for use in countries where digital terrestrial television is broadcast. Digital terrestrial television is also known as DVB-T, DTT, Freeview in the UK, and TNT in France.
For a list of countries in which DVB standards have been adopted, visit www.dvb.org.
DVB-T reception can vary by location, and a rooftop aerial may be required in areas with a weak or obstructed DVB-T signal.
EyeTV 3 Software Features
- Watch TV on your Mac
- Rewind, fast forward, and pause live TV
- Search the Program Guide using detailed criteria – includes one year of free television listing data from tvtv (where available)
- Record hours of television on your Mac
- Edit out unwanted content
- Create TV series subscriptions with Smart Guides
- Organise recordings in Smart Playlists
- Export recordings with one easy click of a button to your iPod, iPhone or Apple TV
- Share recordings with multiple Macs in a local network
- Access recordings via Wi-Fi on an iPod, and iPhone and selected SmartPhones
- Store your recordings on an external drive, or burn to disc using Toast® 9 Titanium (not included)
- And much more…
Watch live TV on your Mac
Turn your Mac into the coolest television in the house. Pause the TV show while you get a snack. Rewind and watch that great play again. Fast forward past the advertisements. Float the EyeTV window on top of other applications to keep an eye on your show while you work or surf the Web, and watch two TV windows Picture-in-Picture.
At your Desk or in the Living Room
Sit at your desk and navigate with a mouse, or stretch out on the couch with an EyeTV or an Apple Remote. EyeTV’s gorgeous On Screen menu makes it easy to channel surf and move through the Program Guide and menus in the comfort of your living room.
Integrated, searchable Program Guide (EPG)
EyeTV puts detailed and up-to-date TV listings at your fingertips, ready to view and search using multiple search criteria and full text search terms. EyeTV’s integrated Program Guide harvests the TV listing data contained in over-the-air digital broadcasts as well as online sources such as TitanTV in the USA.
Organise channels
EyeTV provides detailed information about each television channel. Drag and drop the ones you watch most frequently into a “favourites” list, or go a step further and organise your sports, news, movie channels and more into their own lists. Each list of channels comes complete with matching Program Guide information.
If you travel frequently, you can save your channel list configuration for each location and easily switch between them with a click. No more re-auto tuning, renaming, or sorting channels after you’ve used your tuner in a different place.
Smart Guide subscriptions
Want to record an entire season of your favourite TV series? Or future broadcasts of movies that feature your favourite actor or director? Use Smart Guides to create subscriptions based on any criteria you like. Smart Guides are automated searches that can add new episodes to a recording schedule as soon as they appear in the Program Guide. What’s more, you can manage the number of episodes that are retained, drop the recordings into Playlists, and even export the recordings automatically to an iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV.
Create Playlists
Organise your growing library of EyeTV recordings any way you like. File them by series and season, by artist, by genre – there is no limit to the number of Playlists you can create to store and find your recordings easily.
And to make things easy, you can tell EyeTV to do your filing for you. Simply create Smart Playlists to update in real time based on the criteria you choose. Or, set your recording schedule to go to a specific playlist automatically as soon as it finishes recording.
Edit your recordings
Use EyeTV’s built-in Editor to remove unwanted content from your recording, or to crop the beginning and end of the show. The Editor also enables you to create one or more short clips from a longer recording and save the clips individually. If you’re in a hurry, simply export video clips straight to your iPod, Apple TV or iPhone without saving them first.
Archive your collection
EyeTV integrates seamlessly with Roxio’s Toast® 8 Titanium (not included). To burn a DVD, simply select the recordings in EyeTV and click the Toast button – that’s all there is to it. You can also create a perfect back-up by dragging the recordings you’d like to backup from EyeTV directly into Toast’s data panel. Toast will span the data across multiple discs if necessary.
Turbo.264 Integration
EyeTV is fully integrated with Elgato’s Turbo.264 H.264 Hardware Encoder. Simply plug in Turbo.264 before you export for iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV formats, and before you prepare your EyeTV recordings for Wi-Fi Access. EyeTV will use the Turbo.264 as a co-processor to speed up the export without taxing your system resources.
Watch on an iPhone, iPod, and Apple TV
Enjoy last night’s late show on your iPod or iPhone during your morning commute. Watch your own recordings on your widescreen television with an Apple TV. Build up your iTunes library with TV content that you’ve recorded yourself. EyeTV makes it all happen with one easy click of a button, or simply set your recordings to export to iPod, iPhone or Apple TV automatically. Share recordings on a LAN or via Wi-Fi
Share recordings on a LAN or via Wi-Fi
If you’ve got more than one Mac in the house and EyeTV 3 is installed on all of them, then you can share EyeTV recordings over your local network. Shared libraries show up in the sidebar, and you can browse and play them in standard or HD resolution.
Superior Picture Quality
EyeTV is the only TV software that supports “Progressive Scan” for excellent picture quality, and it is capable of displaying full resolution HDTV on Macs with Intel Core Duo processors or dual G5 processors. EyeTV also supports closed captions and DVB subtitles as well as Picture-in-Picture (PiP).
Dolby® Digital Sound
EyeTV records and plays Dolby® Digital sound, including 5.1 Surround Sound, where available. EyeTV also supports the digital optical audio output built into newer Macs and passes Dolby® Digital 5.1 sound through to Surround Sound amplifier and speaker systems.
AppleScript Menu
EyeTV now offers an integrated AppleScript menu. Combined with more robust script support, EyeTV gives advanced users even more control and flexibility to create custom applications.