Ice TV iPhone app works well. I have not used any other similar service to compare it to but it works ok for me on iPhone 4. I'm not sure how it would work without a subscription but it is handy with a subscription to be able to check the guide and set a program to record if I want it to and not at home to set it on the media centre.
>From my experience I'd say its safe to give it a try and see what you think. Regards Shayne Beach On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I don't subscribe to the paid IceTV service because, at present, I'm not > recording TV. > > My Elgato EyeTV Hybrid refuses to work with my i7 iMac running Snow leopard > - doesn't even show up as a USB device in system profiler - even though it > still works fine with the older core 2 duo iMac running Leopard. > > Can anyone shine any light on the Elgato EyeTV Hybrid/i7 iMac problem - I > wondered if it was a USB power issue, but I've tried it in various USB > sockets (both on the back of the iMac and on the keyboard) - though I don't > currently have a powered external USB hub to try. > > Anyway, even though I'm not recording, I use the IceTV dashboard widget all > the time to check what's on/about to start on TV and find it very > convenient. > > Today, on one of IceTV's emails, I noticed that there was a free IceTV app: > <http://www.icetv.com.au/about/iphone.shtml> > I thought this looked pretty good but, when I went to the app store, I saw > that of the 3956 reviews for the current version - 2304 of them had given > it > the minimum one star rating. I know the whingers are often more vocal than > the satisfied users - but this does seem an unusually high proportion!! > > So, I thought I'd see how many WAMUG list members use this app and would > like to express their love/hate experiences with it ;o) > > > TIA > > > Cheers > > > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: [email protected] > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
