Sonic unveils EyeTV 250 TV tuner
updated 09:45 am EDT, Wed September 20, 2006
Sonic unveils EyeTV 250
Sonic today unveiled the EyeTV 250, a TV tuner for Mac systems that resembles Apple's Mac mini. The device features a built-in analog tuner, connecting to its host via USB 2.0 to support TV viewing as well as recording on a Mac. The EyeTV 250 features Internet Electronic Program Guide capability, allowing users to program recording sessions with additional support for hardware encoding to record content real-time in MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 format without additional load on the Mac, according to Newlaunches.com. Users can also convert recorded programs to MPEG-4 in one click for playback on Apple's video iPod, and the device ships with Toast 7 Titanium CD/DVD burning software. The EyeTV 250 is slated for shipment in Japan on October 6th for $260.



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Sonic or Elgato?
I don't get this. Elgato makes the EyeTV 250, so is this a typo, did Sonic buy Elgato and release a previously released product, or what?