Re: [Bulk] Re: Elgato EyeTV on a G4?

2009-09-24 Thread Clark Martin
i...@sajego.net wrote: On Sep 24, 2009, at 1:23 AM, Charles Lenington wrote: You mean the if you live more than 18 miles from the tower (preferably line of sight) and have to buy boosters/bigger antennas, etc or pay for cable/satellite service box. from halfway in between OKC/Tulsa.

Re: Elgato EyeTV on a G4?

2009-09-23 Thread dorayme
Date: Tues, Sep 22 2009 6:48 pm From: i...@sajego.net I'm moving to a much smaller apartment in March, and I won't have space for both a TV and a monitor, so I'm trying to figure out how to make one work as both. Especially if it has speakers, the simplest is to plug in a set-top HD

Re: Elgato EyeTV on a G4?

2009-09-23 Thread Robert MacLeay
Your problem is a bit more fundamental; your G4 simply does not have the horsepower to play HD content. Elgato recommends a dual G5 as the minimum hardware for HD. That's bare minimum. I realize that it must hurt, but technologically speaking, all PowerPC Macs are obsolete and falling further

Re: Elgato EyeTV on a G4?

2009-09-23 Thread i...@sajego.net
On Sep 23, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Robert MacLeay wrote: Your problem is a bit more fundamental; your G4 simply does not have the horsepower to play HD content. :) I was rapidly coming to that conclusion. I realize that it must hurt, but technologically speaking, all PowerPC Macs are obsolete

Re: Elgato EyeTV on a G4?

2009-09-23 Thread dorayme
Date: Wed, Sep 23 2009 2:46 pm From: i...@sajego.net On Sep 23, 2009, at 7:17 AM, dorayme wrote: Date: Tues, Sep 22 2009 6:48 pm From: i...@sajego.net I'm moving to a much smaller apartment in March, and I won't have space for both a TV and a monitor, so I'm trying to figure out

Re: [Bulk] Re: Elgato EyeTV on a G4?

2009-09-23 Thread iJohn
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:44 PM, dorayme dora...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Maybe you don't have them in US? In Australia, TV is moving away from analog and the free to air stations are broadcasting in Digital and HD Digital. The TV conversion to broadcasting in digital happened in the United

Re: Elgato EyeTV on a G4?

2009-09-23 Thread i...@sajego.net
On Sep 23, 2009, at 9:44 PM, dorayme wrote: I've been thinking about going with a Samsung 26 TV, I thought you wanted to save space and go with what you have. I suggested a set-top box because they are small in footprint, cheap and have the tuner you need.) What I have is an ancient RCA 20

Elgato EyeTV on a G4?

2009-09-22 Thread i...@sajego.net
I'm moving to a much smaller apartment in March, and I won't have space for both a TV and a monitor, so I'm trying to figure out how to make one work as both. I have a dual 1Ghz MDD that I'm planning to fix up, but that doesn't have the built-in USB 2.0 that the EyeTV specs call for,