MediaSilo and Turbo.264

06/11/08 - Check out the MediaSilo community blog for a demonstration of how to use the Elgato Turbo.264 encoder to speed up workflow. Click here.

Elgato at J&R's Tech Expo 2008 in NYC

Come and visit Elgato at J&R's Park Row Stores on Friday and Saturday, June 13th and 14th in NYC to answer questions and offer demonstrations of EyeTV products.
Visit JR.com for more details.

Turbo.264

Free Software Update: Version 1.3

05/21/08 - Elgato released version 1.3 of the Turbo.264 software today as a free update. The update includes many new features for YouTube users as well as owners of Apple devices such as video-enabled iPods, the iPhone, and Apple TV.

Turbo.264 can now encode video to formats compatible with YouTube and upload directly from Turbo.264 to a YouTube account. Navigating within Turbo.264-encoded movies is now easier for users of Apple devices thanks to Turbo.264's support for DVD chapter markers. The updated software also preserves Dolby Digital audio for playback on a multi-channel audio sound system connected to Apple TV. Furthermore, this update to Turbo.264 version 1.3 supports QuickTime Broadcaster.

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EyeTV 3

Software Update Version 3.0.2

05/09/08 – A free software update is now available for EyeTV 3 EyeTV which enables exports of ATSC/NTSC Closed Captions for use on iPhone, iPod, and Apple TV. The Closed Captions are also supported for playback in QuickTime and iTunes. This update also offers separate deinterlacing options for Standard TV and HDTV, improved On Screen Menus, additional hardware support, and a number of bug fixes. Learn more about EyeTV 3.0.2

EyeTV 3 Software Twincities.com: EyeTV 3 comes with swell new features 04/17/2008 - In his latest tech test drive column, titled "Add-on products put TV on your Mac screens with ease", Julio Ojeda-Zapata finds that EyeTV 3 gave him "swell new features, including a more-customizable program guide, 'smart guides' for scheduling recordings, playlists for organizing recordings, and a cool 'On Screen' couch-potato mode to use my Mac more like a TV than a computer." Twincities.com

Elgato Forum

10,000th Post and Counting

04/07/08 - Congratulations to registered forum member vadda60, who made the 10,000th post to the EyeTV Lounge today. We would like to thank all of our forum participants who help to make this such an informative resource for EyeTV users.

We encourage everyone who would like to share experiences, ask or answer questions, and offer suggestions to join the EyeTV Lounge.

Turbo.264 shirtlessapprentice.com 03/09/2008 - "Converting video to H.264 MP4 files can be a time and processor intensive task. Enter Matt and his ethnic friend with Elgato Turbo.264 USB device. Offload the heavy lifting and leave your computer free to do other things... like plan trips to Mexico." Watch video Website

EyeTV 3 Software Software Update Version 3.0.1 02/21/2008 - A software update is now available for EyeTV 3, offering support for xml files that contain electronic programming guide data downloaded via the open-source xmltv tool, as well as an enhancement to the Smart Guide feature. EyeTV 3.0.1 also offers support for additional hardware and a number of bug fixes. Learn more... EyeTV 3.0.1 is available only to existing users of EyeTV 3 software. To learn more about upgrading from EyeTV 3 from EyeTV 1, EyeTV 2, or EyeTV lite, click here.

EyeTV 3 Software iLounge Review 02/07/2008 - A very thorough and informative review of EyeTV 3 is up on the iLounge.com website: "What’s great about EyeTV is the incredible scope and generally smart, intuitive functionality of the software: what you get here is now officially leagues beyond what TiVo and its many lesser competitors offer in today’s digital video recorders."

EyeTV 3 Software

EyeTV 3 Upgrade Adds TV Series Subscriptions

It would be tough to pick our favorite new software feature in EyeTV 3, but surely EyeTV 3's Smart Guide ranks near the top.  The Smart Guide enables detailed searches of the Program Guide using multiple criteria; the results update automatically as shows appear in the TV listings. Use the Smart Guide to create subscriptions to an entire season of favorite TV series': Record new episodes, drop them them into Smart Playlists, export them to an iPod or iPhone, and manage the number of episodes stored - all automatically! What's more, Smart Guides take your subscriptions to the next level; subscribe not only to a TV series, but also to movies featuring a favorite actor or director, or sports shows featuring favorite teams, documentaries with particular narrators... the only limitation is imagination and the content in the Program Guide. 

EyeTV 3, Turbo.264 Macworld San Francisco Awards EyeTV 3, the latest version of Elgato's internationally award-winning software, received rave reviews from journalists and EyeTV customers alike when it was introduced at Macworld San Francisco in January 2008. iLounge honored Elgato with its prestigious Best of Show award, saying: "Every year, Elgato Systems improves upon its EyeTV video recording software for the Mac with a newer, better version that’s reasonably priced while adding cool features. This year’s version, EyeTV3 ($80 new users, $40 upgrade), is the best yet..." (Read more, with video...) Macsimum News also gave the nod to EyeTV 3 for a Best of Show award, calling it "...a marvelous update to a great project". (Read more...) And to top off a spectacular year of accolades, the Turbo.264 received an Editor's Choice award at Macworld from the The Mac Observer. The Mac Observer had plenty of nice things to say about Turbo.264, beginning with, "If watching video wherever and whenever you want is the Shangri La of entertainment, then Elgato laid down the commuter rail to paradise with its Turbo.264". (Read more...) EyeTV 3 was launched on January 15, 2008 at Macworld San Francisco. Read the press release...

EyeTV Hybrid, EyeTV 250 Plus

New: Clear QAM Digital Cable Reception

Elgato introduced the 2008 models of EyeTV Hybrid and EyeTV 250 Plus at Macworld San Francisco. The 2008 models feature the revolutionary Xceive 5000 silicon tuner and 6th generation demodulator technology for improved reception.

With the introduction of this updated hardware, the EyeTV Hybrid and EyeTV 250 Plus now receive unencrypted HDTV cable channels (Clear-QAM), in addition to over-the-air HDTV as well as traditional analog reception.