EyeTV for Mac

User Reviews

• Excellent software with no problems

  PaulKB4/22/2015

  Pros

  Works very well on my eight year old iMac. The picture is smooth, with no stuttering as other reviewers have experienced, even when I have all the setting set to produce the highest quality picture. I do not have an HD video source to test EyeTV with so I don't know how that works. I have never experienced any of the problems/issues other users have reported. BTW I am using OS 10.7.5. Maybe if I was still on an earlier OS version I might experience some of these issues.

  Cons

  None......

  Summary

  EyeTV is a very good Mac program for recording TV. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to record TV on their Mac.

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• my eyetv device no longer worked with the update

  patddfan886/24/2013

  Pros

  works on any mac that is 2007 or newer

  Cons

  the eyetv usb device may be unsupported, and the upgrade is $79

  Summary

  skip this update unless its going to cost you $0 to update

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• uses more CPU

  gizmo000425/16/2013

  Pros

  adds more features and is updated for more recent macs...

  Cons

  I have an older macbook (core2duo) and have noticed when set to "progressive scan" the video now stutters a little and is not smooth like it was in older versions of eyetv.

  Summary

  This is case of all older computers, new software demands more performance from the hardware. I am trying to downgrade the eyetv software to an older version now.....

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• Regrettable purchase

  b2010d11/10/2012

  Pros

  Easy to install and setup Great UI

  Cons

  Unreliable

  Summary

  This is potentially a great piece of software. However you need to be checking it regularly to see if it works. In my experience it regularly forgets to stop a recording and will just fill up the HDD on which you are storing programs. I'm using it on a Mac Mini (2011) with a 1TB HDD and an Elgato NetStream. The usual scenario is that i program one or two programs to record during the week, go away, come back on Friday night, and it will have not stopped a random recording from early in the week, so that I have a show that should be say a 30 min or one hour recording, but it will have recorded the next 24 or 36 hours on that station. I am now using V3.5.6 but all versions seem to have the same problem. Customer support has worked hard to try to rectify, but I am giving up and will purchase a stand alone PVR to replace.

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• Excellent software/hardware

  Donald S. Hunt12/27/2011

  Pros

  Works every time

  Cons

  EyeTV 250 Plus has problematic power connection and case heat distortion

  Summary

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• Very Impressive Software

  Siskel & Ebert12/21/2011

  Pros

  Works Great Very Reliable Great Remote Access with iPhone Wake on WAN request, daemon even starts app.

  Cons

  cost (a little high)

  Summary

  Great job on an excellent product!

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• Very good, but...

  sherab1082/8/2011

  Pros

  see below and please post if I am missing something

  Cons

  see below and please post if I am missing something

  Summary

  ..This version is a bit of a step back IMHO. The only thing I can see as that step backward is that to access the main onscreen menu one has to go from fullscreen to a windowed screen thus making it very "Un-TV like" and making it more like a computer program. My computer IS my TV/entertainment center and when in TV mode I don't want it to even resemble a computer (if/when possible)...having to resize the main TV screen to reveal the guide and recordings is VERY clunky. version 3.4 is NOT like that and I have gone back to that version until there is a fix. I may be missing something because no one else seems to be complaining about this change...if I am please post a reply to this review.

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• Have happily used EyeTV for several years. Love it!

  rammda12/11/2010

  Pros

  Easy to set up and use.

  Cons

  Sorry that the latest versions/updates no longer support Power PC processor.

  Summary

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• Irons out the few creases that existed previously

  grahamfowler12/8/2010

  Pros

  Always been easy to use and gets better

  Cons

  Would like the e.p.g. to sort better into categories on the basis of the colour coding

  Summary

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• It does everything that I ask-what could be better?

  dmac612/8/2010

  Pros

  it works great

  Cons

  no negatives

  Summary

  A great investment!!!!

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