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Watch and record HD satellite television
If you have a satellite dish, then you can watch, record, edit and enjoy the tremendous selection of freesat broadcasts that are now available, many in HD, directly on your Mac. EyeTV Sat is a USB 2.0 TV tuner that delivers the remarkable picture and sound quality of DVB-S and DVB-S2 from your satellite dish directly to your Mac’s high resolution display, so you get the complete HDTV experience.
Superb quality recordings
EyeTV Sat has one quality setting, Lossless. The DVB stream is recorded unaltered to give you the full quality MPEG-2/H.264 file as encoded by the broadcaster, both in HD and standard definition. EyeTV Sat supports multilingual programming, Teletext and Dolby® Digital sound.
Satellite Pay TV
EyeTV Sat has an integrated CI slot which enables you to receive satellite Pay TV on your Mac. All you need is a compatible combination of conditional access module (CAM) and a Pay TV subscription smartcard. Please check with your Pay TV provider to verify support of third-party standard CI receivers. Some providers, such as BSkyB in the UK, allow their smartcards to be used with proprietary set top boxes only.
TV software for Mac
The included EyeTV 3 software from Elgato turns your Mac into the coolest TV and DVR in the house. This award-winning TV software enables you to:
- Watch, pause, and rewind live TV on your Mac
- Search two weeks of Program Guide listings; includes a free one-year subscription to tvtv (where available in Europe) valued at €19.80/£15, and in Australia a 3-month membership to IceTV valued at $33
- Set up schedules to record your favourite TV programmes
- Edit out unwanted content
- Share recordings with other Macs on the same network
EyeTV 3 software offers special features for Mac users, including Smart Series Guides, Smart Playlists, automatic exports to iTunes, and support for the EyeTV for iPhone app.
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Windows Compatibility
You can use EyeTV Sat with a Mac or PC. EyeTV Sat is compatible with Windows 7 and works great with Windows Media Center. It also comes with THC software for Windows, which offers many of the same features as
About Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite (DVB-S/S2)
Digital Video Broadcast Satellite (DVB-S) is the standard used for direct broadcast satellite services in many parts of Europe and around the world. DVB-S delivers excellent picture and sound quality thanks to high bandwidth and modern video compression methods. DVB-S2 is an enhanced version with a larger data stream, and it is commonly used as a platform to deliver HDTV via satellite. Viewing encrypted content (or Pay TV) requires a subscription and smartcard, and your satellite provider must allow access to encrypted content using a CAM (conditional access module). Please contact your provider for more info about supported CAMs.
The availability of DVB-S/S2 reception and free-to-view (unencrypted) programming varies by country, and even city to city. Check these links to learn more about DVB-S/S2 availability in your area:
| UK | www.freesat.co.uk |
| Europe | www.onastra.com |
| Europe | www.eutelsat.com |
| Worldwide | www.lyngsat.com |
To find out if you live within the Astra satellite coverage area, check the Astra website footprint tool. This additional tool based on Google Maps may also be useful.
