Suhit Gupta
11-15-2004, 10:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.macminute.com/2004/11/15/convertx/' target='_blank'>http://www.macminute.com/2004/11/15/convertx/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Plextor has teamed with Elgato to introduce a new USB 2.0 Personal Video Recorder (PVR) for Macs. The ConvertX PVR combines the Elgato EyeTV software with Plextor's PVR video capture device with built-in TV tuner. The US$229.99 product uses a real-time MPEG-2 hardware encoder to capture and compress broadcast, cable, or satellite TV to a hard drive. It also supports RCA composite audio/video input and S-Video input connections for capturing home video from other sources such as camcorders, DVD players, and VCRs. During live TV viewing, Elgato EyeTV software supports all the time-shifting features normally associated with PVRs, including pausing live TV, skipping forward, and instant replays."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/plextorelgato.jpg" /><br /><br />At $229, this is a great buy, IMHO. A single device that has all the DVR controls you would expect, like time shifting and instant replays, as well as the EyeTV software. So this is a good solution for all you Mac users.