Miglia bundles Equinux TV tuner software
updated 03:15 pm EDT, Thu March 22, 2007
Miglia bundles The Tube
Miglia today announced that it has joined forces with software manufacturer equinux, to offer a new software bundle with Miglia's TV tuner products. Earlier this month, Miglia ended its licensing of Elgato's popular EyeTV software, although existing customers were promised continued support. Going forward, Miglia said that TVMini Express, a low cost USB device announced earlier this week, will ship with equinux’s new digital TV tuner software The Tube. The software offers functions to turn any Mac into a portable digital TV tuner, easily allowing users to record their favorite TV shows and export them directly onto an iPod. The Tube software is built using Apple's Cocoa programming language: it can automatically search for available channels, watch TV from anywhere and record TV-shows, and more.
TVMini Express, which costs $70, also supports the Apple Remote for switching between channels and volume control.
"Miglia's heritage is in hardware design, we have chosen to partner with equinux for TVMini Express software because we believe that the philosophy behind the design is the right one for this decade. 'TV from a different perspective' is our mantra," said Simon Ellson, Miglia's CEO.
"Equinux undoubtedly provides the most effective 'starter' application to allow Miglia customers to watch, record and put TV on their iPod, easily. TVMini last year was the biggest selling TV product for Mac and we expect TVMini Express to surpass this as it is simpler by design and at a very keen price point."
