Live TV on the iPhone is now even more enjoyable. The iPhone app that allows you to stream Live TV to the iPhone now displays viewer ratings, the remaining duration of currently running TV shows and also adds sorting features. equinux also released The Tube 2.9.4, the innovative TV solution for Mac users, that together with Live TV 1.1 enables Live TV on the iPhone.
When Apple released the new ‘Remote App‘ for iPhone featuring gesture control of both you computer and AppleTV (See our five reasons for AppleTV) media libraries I couldn’t help but get excited.
Controlling your home media setup with a swipe of an iPhone screen is just one of those slightly nerdy things I have to do when we have friends round. Now though the iPhone lends an additional home media hand with the release of TV Guide.
If you have ever wondered what digital TV channels are available in your area then wonder no more. Equinux the makers of the Tubestick TV adaptor have just released TubeStick Map.
Tubestick Map is an interactive map lists which free-to-air TV channels existing users of equinux’s innovative Mac USB TV Tuners are able to receive in their area.
“With TubeStick Map there is a new home on the Internet for checking the digital channels you can receive,” says equinux CEO Till Schadde. “Utilizing the huge user base of the TubeStick, we have succeeded in answering one of the most fundamental questions of over the air TV users: Which digital TV channels can I receive?”
The TubeStick Map is based on the channel lists and ZIP codes of TubeStick users from around the world.
To view the channel listing for a certain area with the TubeStick Map all you need to do is to select a country, enter a ZIP code and the TubeStick map will list the channels avalible in that area.
TubeStick Map utilises Google Maps and includes DVB-T regions such as Europe and Australia along with ATSC regions including the U.S. TubeStick Map is available via www.equinux.com/tubestickmap.
If you have been following DigMo! for even a few months you will know how much we love watching, recording and editing TV on our Macs. So far we have been restricted to the generic list of Freeview channels and although they are great there isn’t an HD offering.
I still consider myself a bit of a switcher from PC to Mac. I have been using my trusty Mac for a over four years now and it seems to play a growing role in all areas of life.
I have decided to list my five essential Mac hardware add-ons that I use on a very regular basis in a range of both personal and work settings. These devices not only make life easier they work so well they are worthy of a dedicated blog post.
We have a great opportunity for your desktop to win you prizes. DigMo! have teamed up with Equinux to offer a competition with a difference. All you have to do is screen grab your current desktop ! First Price is the amazingly portable TubeStick USB TV adaptor.
One of the new features in Elgato’s latest version of EyeTV 3 is a series link style system called ‘Smart Guide’. The system is not only particularly useful but it is also sophisticated enough to find missing episodes and ignore those you have already recorded.
When it comes down to watching and recording TV on a computer Apple definitely have some of the best of systems available. Previously we have covered the great Elgato range of tuners that ship with their EyeTV application and and although they may appear to dominate the market they aren’t the only great TV solution available.
