Media Coverage

Use your mac as a television

Turbo.264 HD Review

Overall, the Turbo.264 HD is a fine device that professionals can use for mobile editing or to increase the number of videos that can be compressed simultaneously.

- Michael Critz, Emmy® winning interactive designer

Bonus (overdue) review: EyeTV brings HDTV to a Mac

"The EyeTV's best feature, however, isn't its hardware but its software. Its program guide offers the same kind of point-and-click simplicity that TiVo owners have grown accustomed to, but in an iTunes-esque interface that allows find-as-you-type searching for programs. Oh, and you can use a real keyboard to type your searches too."

- Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post

Review: EyeTV 250 plus and EyeTV iPhone app

Tons of preferences. Very nice interface. Easy to use Many file formats to choose. iPhone app works perfectly after router configuration.

EyeTV DTT Deluxe review

... the perfect blend of hardware and software that turns your computer into an excellent Freeview recorder with the ability to edit and archive favourite shows.

- Nick Spence, Macworld UK

Putting The Elgato Turbo.264 HD Through Its Paces

Working with video can be time consuming, but exporting the video for various devices (iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, etc.) is even more time consuming. Elgato’s Turbo.264 HD solves this problem by giving any Intel Mac a dedicated video accelerator and encoder. Chuck shows you just how much of much of a difference it can make, and lets you make the decision on the quality results.

TV-Software Test

Wie schon im vorangegangenen Test sichert sich auch dieses Mal Elgatos EyeTV den Testsieg. (...) EyeTV 3 bietet immer noch das umfangreichste und vollständigste TV-Paket für den Mac.

Test de l'EyeTV Sat et EyeTV iPhone

En revanche, si votre configuration matérielle le permet, le tuner n’a rien à envier à son homologue « officiel » proposé par CanalSat : la qualité d’image est impeccable, les différentes voix sont gérées (pratique si le programme est en version multilingue) et, en connectant la sortie optique du Mac à un ampli, le Dolby et même le 5.1 sont restitués…

Elgato EyeTV DTT Deluxe review

Never has such a small device bought square eyes to so many. We love the Elgato EyeTV DTT Deluxe, it’s simply astounding.

iLounge Best of Year Award

"The best we’ve seen is Turbo.264 HD, which for $150 blazes through Mac conversions of non-iPod/iPhone videos into H.264 format; we saw nearly a 5X boost even when used with a 2008 computer."

- The iLounge.com 2010 iPod + iPhone Buyer’s Guide

EyeTV DTT Deluxe Review

Elgato have pushed digital television technology to the limit releasing the most breathtakingly small TV adaptor with all the power to deliver stunning full screen television. This device is every gadget fan’s dream and it deserves to be marvelled as much as it is to be enjoyed.

- David John, TotalApps.net

Elgato EyeTV Sat review

Review: Excellent PVR functionality; good image and sound quality, especially HD. 4 out of 5 stars.

- Adrian Justins - What Satellite & Digital TV Issue 281

EyeTV 3: Television on Your Desktop & iPhone

...despite the lack of competition in this market, EyeTV is innovating at a phenomenal pace. Very few other companies produce similar software, but Elgato are not resting on their laurels. Not only is EyeTV a great piece of software at the moment, it seems to be improving regularly with new features and bug fixes.

If you’re looking for a TV solution on your Mac I can’t recommend EyeTV highly enough.

Elgato Turbo.264 HD DVD Encoding Time Tests

"Doesn’t take a genius to see the difference in time saved here... the benefits of using the Elgato Turbo.264 HD are obvious."

Final Cut Server demo using Turbo.264 HD

How to turn your old hardware into a Final Cut Server fiend using FCS, a G5, and Turbo.264 HD