EyeTV 250 Plus Technical Information

EyeTV 250 Plus is intended for use in countries supporting the PAL or SECAM standard (including Europe & Australia) and in countries where digital terrestrial television (DTT, or DVB-T) is broadcast. Not available in overseas departments, collectivities and territories of France. Purchase EyeTV 250 Plus in the country you intend to use it in, to ensure support of your local standard.

System Requirements

• Macintosh® computer with a PowerPC® G4,G5 or Intel Core® processor
• 512 MB of physical RAM
• a built-in USB 2.0 port
• Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later
• Internet connection required to download Program Guide data

Note: 720p or 1080i HD features require an Intel Core 2 Duo processor.

Technical Specifications

Analog-/DVB-T-Tuner

• Frequency range: 48-862MHz (VHF and UHF)
• Analog TV standards: NTSC, PAL, SECAM
• Digital TV standards: DVB-T
• COFDM Demodulator: Supported modulations 16, 64 QAM,
• QPSK. Bandwidths 6, 7, 8 MHz

Hardware Encoder

Video Encoding:

• High-quality real-time encoding
• Supports MPEG-2 and MPEG-1
• NTSC resolutions: up to 720×480, 30 fps
• PAL resolutions: up to 720×576, 25 fps
• SECAM resolutions: up to 720×576, 25 fps
• Variable and constant bit rate up to 15-Mbit/sec

Audio Encoding:

• MPEG 1 Layer II
• Sampling rates of 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, and 48 kHz
• Compressed bit rates up to 448 kbit/sec

Input and Output

• USB 2.0
• Antenna input: Coaxial connector (IEC)
• S-Video in (via break out cable, included)
• Composite video in (via break out cable, included)
• Stereo audio (via break out cable, included)
• IR remote control sensor

Power Supply

• 5V DC, 2A

Dimensions

• 104×64×29mm
• 134g