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Experience the stunning quality of HD satellite television on your Mac's high-resolution display. EyeTV Sat is a premium USB 2.0 satellite TV tuner that delivers DVB-S and DVB-S2 broadcasts directly to the Mac.

Pay TV on your Mac

It has an integrated CI slot for satellite Pay TV. It can be used with a compatible conditional access module (CAM) and a Pay TV subscription smartcard from a provider that supports third-party standard CI receivers. Please check with your Pay TV provider to verify support of third-party standard CI receivers. Some providers, such as BSkyB in the UK, allow their smartcards to be used with proprietary set top boxes only.

Watch and record HD satellite television on your Mac

If you have a satellite dish, then you can watch, record, edit and enjoy the tremendous selection of freesat broadcasts that are now available, many in HD, directly on your Mac. EyeTV Sat is a USB 2.0 TV tuner that delivers the remarkable picture and sound quality of DVB-S and DVB-S2 from your satellite dish directly to your Mac's high resolution display, so you get the complete HDTV experience.

Superb quality recordings

EyeTV Sat has one quality setting; Lossless. The DVB stream is recorded unaltered to give you the full quality MPEG-2/H.264 file as encoded by the broadcaster, both in HD and standard definition.

Includes EyeTV 3 Software for Mac

Watch, pause, and rewind live television on your Mac at your desk or from the comfort of your sofa. Search the Program Guide using multiple criteria and create Smart Guides to subscribe to TV series and topics of your choice. Organise the many satellite TV channels into lists of favourites or by topic. Save channel lists for different locations and switch between them easily.

Programmes for iPod, iPhone or Apple TV

Simply click a button to put your own TV shows and movies into iTunes to sync with an iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV. Share EyeTV recordings with other Macs over a local network, or access them via Wi-Fi on an iPod or iPhone.

Software integration

EyeTV 3 is fully integrated with Toast disc-burning software (not included) and with the award-winning Turbo.264 HD hardware encoder for accelerated H.264 file exports. Includes a free one-year subscription to tvtv (where available in Europe).

System requirements

Mac

• Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later
• PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel Core processor
• 512 MB of physical RAM
• A built-in USB 2.0 port
• Satellite dish with digital or universal LNB (not included)
• Internet connection required to download Program Guide data

PC

• Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1 (32 or 64Bit)
• 2,0 GHz Intel or AMD CPU or Intel Centrino CPU
• Netbook: Intel Atom CPU
• 512 MB of physical RAM
• A built-in USB 2.0 port
• Satellite dish with digital or universal LNB (not included)
• Internet connection required to download Program Guide data

Note: 720p or 1080i HD features require an Intel Core 2 Duo processor

Features

• Receives DVB-S and DVB-S2 satellite TV
• Superb picture quality in HD and standard definition
• Integrated CI slot for Pay TV reception (CAM & smartcard not included)
• TerraTec Home Cinema software and drivers for PC compatibility
• Turn your Mac into the coolest TV in the house
• Watch, pause, and rewind live TV
• Search the Program Guide and create Smart Guides
• Subscribe to a TV series and topics of your choice
• Edit unwanted content from your recordings
• Create Smart Playlists to keep them organised
• Put your own TV shows and movies into iTunes
• Sync with an iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV
• Share EyeTV recordings over a local network
• Access recordings via Wi-Fi on an iPod or iPhone

Did you notice?

You just have to click a button to put your own TV shows and movies into iTunes to sync with an iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV.

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Turning your Mac into the coolest TV in the house and watching stunning quality of HD satellite television on your Mac.

Technical Specifications

• DVB-S/S2 Tuner
• Support for up to four digital or universal LNBs (Low band 9.75GHz L.O. with 22kHz off, High band 10.60GHz L.O. with 22kHz on)
• LNB & switch control: DiSEqC 1.0 and MiniDiSEqC (Tone Burst)
• Output: USB 2.0
• Input: F connector for RG-6/U coaxial satellite cable
• Power Supply: DC 12V, 1.5A
• Dimensions: 105 x 155 x 27 mm
• Weight: 0.236 kg

What's in the box?

• Elgato EyeTV Sat
• Software CD
• USB Cable
• Remote Control
• Quick Start Guide
• Power Supply

NOTE: The availability of DVB-S/S2 reception and free-to-view (unencrypted) programming varies by country, and even city to city. Check these links to learn more about DVB-S/S2 availability in your area.

• UK: www.freesat.co.uk
• Europe: www.ses-astra.com
• Europe: www.eutelsat.com
• Worldwide: www.lyngsat.com.