Comments on: HD Comes to EyeTV

By: Gavin Barrie

Gavin Barrie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:07:55 +0000

Apologies in advance if you’re not supposed to post links here. I did find the answer to how to receive ITV HD, but it looks like a bit of a hack. I also can’t test this myself until I get my Satellite dish working properly!

http://forums.elgato.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1730

Look at the fifth reply, from user Macest.

By: DigMo

DigMo — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:09:45 +0000

I haven’t had a chance to try it out as yet but the way it works on FreeSaat is through the Red Button, but on EyeTV there we have no Red Button.

However, on the occasions that ITV HD is broadcasting, EyeTV Sat shouyld be able to pick it up. It’s just knowing the right frequency to check, at th right time. It’s also not clear as the frequency changes (hence the Red Button thing).

I hope that helps, when I get my hands on one I will be posting a full how-to guide.

By: Gavin Barrie

Gavin Barrie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:36:25 +0000

I ordered one last week that arrived yesterday. Unfortunately my Sat dish isn’t working, getting that fixed tomorrow.
Can anyone point me towards the method of getting ITV HD? I thought this was a red button feature, not a channel in it’s own right? Thanks.

By: Andrew, in Cambridge

Andrew, in Cambridge — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:26:36 +0000

Ordered it on the day it was announced and it works brilliantly, the only downside is that the beautiful HD picture on my iMac 24 puts standard definition in the shade.

Already owned a 250 Plus but due to poor signal strength it struggled to change channels …this ruled out using the timer to record. I thought it might be flaky software, but on this new model the EyeTV 3 software works without a glitch.

Highly recommended

By: John Lockwood

John Lockwood — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:44:02 +0000

You have already been able to do this using the EyeTV-310 which can also pickup DVB-S and DVB-S2 signals. People have already been using this model to get FreeSAT, even ITV HD.

The only ‘news’ here is that the new EyeTV SAT being USB, will work with MacBook, and MacBook Air models that do not have any FireWire connection (the EyeTV 310 is a FireWire only device).

Unfortunately there is still no sign Elgato are going to support the non-standard EPG used by FreeSAT (which has already been cracked in the Windows world).

By: Vox O'Malley

Vox O'Malley — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:39:45 +0000

This is shaping up to be a great summer. I’m thankful I’ve moved in to a house with a satellite dish already in place. Hope it works! Elgato are the El Gateaux of mac accessories.

By: Alan in Belfast

Alan in Belfast — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:46:09 +0000

Ohhh – and with the satelite cable already coming in through the wall in the study right beside the Mac MIni, suddenly FreeSat is a possibility!