hi Martin No personal experience with Kaiser Baas TV tuners, but found the KB digital radio USB stick a waste of time and money. I would look very carefully at the quality of the KB network device.
Alan Sent from my iPad On 03/05/2013, at 3:36 PM, Martin Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > This looks like a good option for those of us wanting a dual-tuner HD digital > TV network device similar to the EyeTV Netstream but for less than half the > price. > > It is the Kaiser Bass Network TV Tuner (re-branded HD-HomeRun) and is > compatible with the EyeTV software on the Mac and is available online here in > Australia for $129.99 with free shipping. It's a little box with an antennae > plug and an ethernet network connection that any Mac or PC can connect to > over the home network to view live TV or record TV shows. iPads and iPhones > can watch live or recorded shows (via the Mac) from the device using the > EyeTV app. > > http://www.kaiserbaas.com/tv-radio-category/network-tv-tuner > > At least one user on whirlpool.net.au reports using two HDHomeRuns and a USB > EyeTV DTT device successfully on a Mac Mini - that would give you 5 TV > channels that you could theoretically simultaneously record and/or view. In > contrast, there are reports that you can only connect to one EyeTV NetStream > device at a time. Elgato Netstream product page: > http://www.elgato.com/en/eyetv/eyetv-netstream-dtt > > I have had problems using more than 1 extra USB EyeTV tuner with my Firewire > 400 EyeTV tuner including the EyeTV Diversity, Hybrid, 250+ so am hopeful > this might do the job. (Not that we watch much TV, but it is amazing and > frustrating how often you get clashes of shows that you would like to record > - particularly when for example the regularly scheduled news broadcast or a > repeat of the Big Bang Theory takes precedence over a movie you would really > have liked to capture) > > Anyone on the WAMUG list tried out the HDHomeRun (or this re-branded Kaiser > Bass version) or the Elgato Netstream? > > -Mart > -- 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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
