Sky TV on my Macintosh - Page 2

sinclair_tm · #9 November 16th, 2006, 04:49 PM

if you want to go with elgato, get the eyetv250. its a usb2 hardware encoder, that comes with a breakout cable with s-video and rca connecors on it. also the 250 is a current product and works great. i have one and love it.

The Doctor · #10 November 18th, 2006, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by sinclair_tm

if you want to go with elgato, get the eyetv250. its a usb2 hardware encoder, that comes with a breakout cable with s-video and rca connecors on it. also the 250 is a current product and works great. i have one and love it.

Thanks for the advice .. but do you watch Sky on it?

The Doctor

The Doctor · #11 November 18th, 2006, 08:58 AM

Sorry, can't edit my post ... Still would like to know what typeof TV you watch... But looks great and sounds like it would work on the Sky Box, however ... what cables would connect to what? i'm used to scarts and haven't been at the back of a Sky Box in ages.

The Doctor

SatCure · #12 November 18th, 2006, 10:22 AM

Ah, yes, that looks ideal. I found more info:
http://www.allmacshop.co.uk/?page=proddetail&prod=19953

For best quality, use a Scart to Phono adapter and run (thin) phono cables to it.

The Doctor · #13 November 18th, 2006, 10:35 AM

So if i get this right ... scart at the back of sky box and then phono cables plug into the adpater and then the other end goes into the SVideo?

I got it right? And thanks everyone for all your help, I Love this site!

The Doctor

sinclair_tm · #14 November 18th, 2006, 02:05 PM

well, i don't even know what sky box is (nor has it been defined yet in this thread). i have my psone plugged into my eyetv250 so i can play it on my lcd, and i have an antenna attached to the eyetv250 too because it has a built-in tv tuner. so i get the free aired tv stations. as long as this sky box has an atenna out, rca video/audio out, or s-video out, it will plug into the eyetv250 to allow you to see the shows on your mac. and the software that comes with it lets you record stuff to your hard drive for later viewing, or to burn to dvd, or editing in imovie.

The Doctor · #15 November 18th, 2006, 02:09 PM

If you don't know what Sky is or live in the UK you won't know .. .But I can check what the connections are, however Satcure will be able to help further due to he lives in the UK. Thank you for your help anyway and I will keep in mind what you said

The Doctor

patrickl · #16 November 19th, 2006, 03:38 AM

It was a real hassle sorting this problem out. I use the EyeTv 200 Firewire box hooked-up to a 2.66 Mac Pro, linked to my PACE SKY box via the second RF output, and get pretty good results (re. the post above, the sound seems to be in stereo). I use a simple 'magic eye' device to change channels (you obviously don't get the TIVO functions of EyeTv with this set-up). I don't get a good terrestial digital signal where I live, so this was the only real option.

The EyeTV 200 box seemed the best choice as it has more powerful hardware than the other Mac options. It will also link to a VHS recorder via an S-Video or Composite to SCART connector.

A warning on getting the EyeTv 200 if you decide to go that way. The early ones had waking from sleep problems, so look out for one with Hardware version 3. Also don't buy from America as it will be NTSC rather than PAL.

But if you're getting a separate SKY box I suppose you could look for one that has S-Video out. Or possibly you could look for a SKY box with digital out and wait for someone to produce a Mac connector that has USB or Firewire digital in.