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You'll need a video input box such as the EyeTV200 (Firewire). This box is obsolescent but some stores might still have one left. Try Computers Unlimited in London.
Warning! It's not cheap.
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Thread: Sky TV on my Macintosh
- November 12th, 2006, 11:04 AM #1
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Sky TV on my Macintosh I have a Intel Duo Mac. I currently have a Miglia TV mini which is great, but for christmas my dad is getting me Sky
. So my Question is what hardware will I need to watch Sky. So I will have the Sky Box and then what will it need to be plugged into?
Thanks for any help!
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- November 15th, 2006, 10:28 AM #2
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- November 15th, 2006, 10:53 AM #3
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Doesn't the Miglia TV card already cover what you'd buy the EyeTV200 for?
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- November 15th, 2006, 11:08 AM #4
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The Miglia TV mini is a USB Freeview (digital terrestrial) receiver. He needs an analogue tuner or, preferably, a video input box as I suggested. The EyeTV200 has RCA (phono) inputs that can be connected to the Sky Digibox Scart socket with a suitable lead or adapter. It also has an S-Video input socket which can be used with any SKY+ Digibox and some Grundig models.
Although you'd think there'd be a cheaper alternative, I don't know of one!
- November 15th, 2006, 11:16 AM #5
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No, I'm wrong, the Elgato EyeTV EZ USB 2.0 Analog TV Receiver appears to do the job at just over £100. However this is just an analogue tuner. It does NOT have S-Video or AV inputs. So it will give somewhat indifferent picture quality and the audio will be mono (because that's what comes from the Sky Digibox RF output).
- November 15th, 2006, 12:21 PM #6
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Thanks
Thanks, and I thought no one will reply
hmmm, not easy is it? lol I really want full Sky Quailty on my Mac to show off to mates and because my iMac is bigger then my TV lol
If you have any more ideas please tell me thanks
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- November 15th, 2006, 01:50 PM #7
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I'm out of ideas. If you want good quality the EyeTV200 is my only suggestion. Keep a look on eBay. You might find one going cheap. ElGato USA are offering them (refurbished) for $200 (£105) which is a bargain.
- November 15th, 2006, 02:07 PM #8
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Well ...
By the sounds of it, it is old I look on the Elgato website and I use the drop down boxes and select UK and then bskyb sub. and it comes up with http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetv250 and http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file...ts_eyetvhybrid ... Could they help do you wonder?
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