Last thing from me - just in case it's useful to someone: <<Regards the TV licence for Uni... I thought children were covered under the parent's TV licence if the device in question is a laptop or portable TV (battery powered being the wording of the relevant act)>>
They would need to have a separate licence in their name, at that address if they're watching live broadcasts - my daughter received a letter from 'TV Licencing' stating "But just remember, whatever you’re watching live online, you’ll need to be covered by a TV Licence – no matter what device you use. " and was threatened with legal action - she HAD the licence but they'd 'got the wrong person'. John ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Toby Leighton [[email protected]] Sent: 14 January 2011 11:11 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [sussex_mug] Ive gone and bought one of these "EyeTV DTT Mac" I did try the little aerial on the first one I ever had and it was ok...not fantastic... but then I was living in south london and could actually see crystal palace transmitter from my window. Normal televisions could get a perfectly good signal with a wire coathanger in the back, so not a great test. Definitely use a roof aerial for sure. I have a dish now and a satellite version of the card, but they all use the same software and have the same features, and recording two or more channels at once is perfectly possible (even with one card) and perfectly reliable with two or more. I think it supports either 6 or 8 tuners total, but there are only 6 multiplexes for UK terrestial anyway, so you could theoretically use these to build a Super-PVR that records every programme on every channel at the same time (and all the radio) until you run out of disk space rather quickly. Regards the TV licence for Uni... I thought children were covered under the parent's TV licence if the device in question is a laptop or portable TV (battery powered being the wording of the relevant act) I really don't want to turn this thread into a TV licence argument ;-) so back to the DTT tuner and eyetv... because eyetv is a pretty reliable PVR software, and there's the roof aerial aspect to consider, you can attach it to a computer near the aerial and actually stream your programs (even live tv) to another computer or your iphone/ipad. So you can build your own private TV-catchup service with it. I hope you enjoy using it when it arrives, and rest assured theres knowledge in the SMUG group if you need assistance with anything. Toby On 14 January 2011 08:32, Mr J Hodges <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: FYI. Got one of them last year for my daughter when she went to Uni (TV licence was another £140+ on top, though!!!!). It's been very good, apparently and she's really pleased with it but supplied aerial not much cop - she's not in the best of positions for signal but uses Halls' aerial socket. John ________________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Ray Packham [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: 13 January 2011 17:47 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [sussex_mug] Ive gone and bought one of these "EyeTV DTT Mac" I have gone and bought one of these Delivery estimate: 14 Jan 2011 - 20 Jan 2011 1 "EyeTV DTT Mac" Accessory; £46.19 Anybody got one as from reports Ive read they seem good, so just wondered if anybody else uses one? Regards all Ray -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. 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