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Elgato Enhances HDTV Support for the Macintosh EyeTV 500 with Clear QAM Digital Cable

Elgato announced the addition of Clear QAM digital cable support to its EyeTV 500 HDTV product. EyeTV 500 is the only fully featured high-definition digital TV recorder for the Mac and supports digital unencrypted cable as well as digital terrestrial reception. EyeTV 500 is easy to install, set up and use, and allows users to watch, record, edit and enjoy interference-free crystal-clear HDTV in remarkable digital picture and sound quality.

The digital TV recorder EyeTV 500 allows users to:

-- Watch high-definition television live via free-to-air digital HDTV (ATSC) or unencrypted digital cable TV (Clear QAM) on the Mac.

-- Record television to the Mac's hard drive, creating an archive of their favorite shows with MPEG-2 encoding and sort by various by date, title size and more options.

-- "Shift time" by pausing live television, rewinding or fast forwarding.

-- Edit out unwanted content using EyeTV's built-in editor that easily identifies where programs and scenes start and stop

-- Export recordings for further editing to applications like iMovie(R), iDVD(R) or DVD Studio Pro(R).

-- Program EyeTV 500 through the manual control panel or Electronic Program Guide (EPG) from TitanTV. Users can even program EyeTV remotely via the Internet.

-- Archive programs to DVD or Video CD, to create an archived collection that can be played on most standard DVD players.

Pricing & Availability

EyeTV 500 is available for $349.00 (USD) at Elgato's online store, at the Apple Store and in select retail stores throughout the US.

Source: press release

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