digital music/video

09/20/2006, 9:45am, EDT

Wednesday, September 20th

Sonic unveils EyeTV 250 TV tuner

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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bfalchuk
Sonic or Elgato?
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09/20, 10:14am, EDT
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?
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umijin
Not a New Product
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09/20, 10:20am, EDT
Ummm, this is the El Gato EyeTV 250. And it's been out for several months. http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetv250

And I have one. Nothing new here.
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Japan version
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09/20, 10:22am, EDT
Actually, it's just the Japan version of the ElGato product, rebranded by Sonic. Hopefully they'll support it better than Roxio did for the EyeTV 200
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Um, it's already .....
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09/20, 12:34pm, EDT
available from elgato
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Re: not new
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09/20, 12:53pm, EDT
I had a 250, but returned it. I just was not thrilled with the video quality, and then they announced the hybrid, which will take over-the-air HD content, so back it went.
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sponsored story?
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09/20, 2:54pm, EDT
Since this is a product that's been available for months, I'm left to guess that this story is a paid advertisement from Sonic. The line between journalism & advertising is so fuzzy these days...
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09/20, 5:05pm, EDT
Nah, its just probably MacNN got a Press Release and shoved it up on the site. That's what Press Releases are for, you know, to release info to the press.
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