Elgato EyeTV Sat

EyeTV Sat is a satellite TV tuner (DVB-S2) that gives you high-definition television live on your Mac. It receives free-to-view broadcasts and has an integrated CI slot for Pay TV, which can be used with a compatible CAM and Pay TV subscription smartcard (not included).
  • Receives satellite TV (DVB-S2) in HD where broadcast
  • Watch TV on your Mac
  • Rewind, fast forward and pause live TV
  • Record hours of television on your Mac
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£184.95

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A satellite TV tuner that gives you high-definition television live on your Mac.

EyeTV Sat is a satellite TV tuner (DVB-S2) that gives you high-definition television live on your Mac. It is a USB 2.0 device that connects your Mac directly to a satellite dish and receives all unencrypted, free-to-view broadcasts. EyeTV Sat has an integrated CI slot for Pay TV; all you need is a compatible combination of Conditional Access Module (CAM) and PayTV subscription SmartCard. Please check with your PayTV provider to ensure support for third-party standard CI receivers.

EyeTV Sat has one quality setting, lossless. It records the DVB stream unaltered to give you the full quality MPEG-2/H.264 file as encoded by the broadcaster, both in HD and standard definition. EyeTV Sat supports DVB multilingual programming, Teletext and Dolby® Digital sound.

EyeTV – watch, record, edit, enjoy

Watch with EyeTV - pause and rewind live television on your Mac – at your desk or from the comfort of your sofa. Relax in your living room and use the EyeTV remote to channel surf and navigate the full screen menus.

Record with EyeTV 3 – the integrated Programme Guide with two full weeks of detailed TV listings.* Search for your favourite programmes, topics and actors using multiple criteria and full text search terms, and save and record your searches in one easy step. You can even record an entire TV series automatically.

* Includes a free one-year subscription to TV listings data from tvtv, with optional renewal.

Edit with EyeTV 3’s – the built-in Editor removes unwanted content from your recording or lets you crop the beginning and end of a programme. The Editor also enables you to create short clips from longer recordings and save the clips as new EyeTV recordings.

Enjoy with EyeTV – send recordings automatically to iTunes for playback on an iPhone or iPad, or enjoy on your big-screen television with Apple TV. You can even share your EyeTV recordings over a local network with other Macs. Elgato offers an optional EyeTV app to stream live or recorded TV to an iPhone or iPad (available on the App Store).

Highlights

  • Receives satellite TV (DVB-S2) in HD where broadcast
  • Integrated CI slot for Pay TV reception; CAM and smartcard not included
  • Watch, pause and rewind live TV on your Mac
  • Search the Program Guide using multiple criteria
  • Record one programme or an entire TV series
  • Edit out unwanted content and create clips from your recordings
  • Export recordings to iTunes automatically for playback on an iPhone or iPad
  • Share recordings with other Macs on your local network
  • Stream live or recorded TV to an iPhone or iPad with the optional EyeTV app (available on the App Store)
  • EyeTV 3 comes with a free one-year subscription to tvtv (where available in Europe) with optional renewal

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The built-in Editor lets you remove unwanted content from your recording or lets you crop the beginning and end of a programme.

Technical Specs

General

  • Other Features: TV Tuner
  • Compression Type: MPEG-4

Compatibility

Mac

  • Mac OS X v.10.4.11 or later
  • 512 MB RAM
  • Mac PowerPC G4, Intel processor or faster
  • 2.0 GHz or faster
  • Satellite dish with digital or universal LNB
  • USB
  • Internet connection required to download Program Guide data

Windows

  • Windows 7/XP SP2/Vista SP1
  • 512 MB RAM
  • Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon processor
  • Satellite dish with digital or universal LNB
  • USB
  • Internet connection required to download Program Guide data

What's in the Box?

  • EyeTV Sat TV Tuner for DVB-S/S2
  • EyeTV 3 TV software for Mac (CD-ROM)
  • THC TV software for Windows (CD-ROM)
  • Infrared remote control with battery pack
  • USB cable
  • Power supply
  • PDF product manual (CD-ROM)
  • Quick Start Guide

Manufacturer Information

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Part Number

  • UPC or EAN No.: 852095000249
 

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Dream come true !!

    • Written by from Cambridge

    I bought an eyeTV SAT to replace/complement an eyeTV 250+. The latter had been struggling to cope with poor Freeview reception and I'd given up on setting it to record in advance as channel switching just hung ...fortunately it still functions well for accessing analogue sources (this is not a feature of the new unit).

    I had been praying for Elgato to bring out a Freesat compatible unit and the SAT is it. The faultless reception, HD picture and the full benefits of the eyeTV 3 software are a revelation.

    It has thus far been rock-solid and recording has been glitch free despite running demanding applications simultaneously on my Intel iMac.

    Those that criticise it for having only a single-tuner probably have too much time on their hands ...you can only watch so much !!

    Highly recommended.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Reliable, capable Satellite TV tuner

    • Written by from Edinburgh

    I've been using a USB Freeview stick with Elgato's EyeTV software for some 6 months and had been looking for a Satellite Tuner, when this new product was released. It's been running flawlessly for several weeks - and am very happy with it.

    It was very easy to set up, alongside my existing USB Freview Tuner - The EyeTV software controls and uses both tuners at once.

    I also have a dual dish system, one pointed towards 28.2E for Freesat, the other at 13E for Hotbird. Switching between the two is controlled automatically and transparantly by the Eyetv Sat using a compact DiSeq switch. It works beautifully.

    Picture quality is excellent on my 2009 Mac Mini, outputted to a Sony 40" Bravia LCD over HDMI. I haven't tried the inbuilt CAM slot, only using it to watch free-to-air channels, but I'm delighted with the picture quality and the functionality of the EyeTV Software.

    I'm eagerly awaiting the new Dr Who to be broadcast by BBC in HD now!     …More

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Best money I've spent (after my MacPro)

    • Written by from DUBLIN 15

    I was looking for a freesat solution and from the specs available this looked the best. I'm really satisfied with the performance. It arrived 2 week before my MacPro and the old laptop wasn't really able for it although the set up worked flawlessly. Really got going when the MacPro arrived. Tunes in all the stations. Set the schedules for news, NFL and other unmissables and haven't missed one since. Well I did miss one. I got a "device cannot be initialised" dialogue but I reckon the wiring got disturbed somehow. I'm also recording the chinese soaps on PCNE which keeps the GF happy. (Guess where she's from). I've got it plugged into the 42" LCD via a DVI to HDMI lead that works and formats the wide screen to 4:3 flawlessly unlike any other device I've ever plugged into it.

    So pleased with the EyeSat that I went and bought the DTT version which I find just as good. Now I need a server solution so everyone in the house can access all the recordings     …More

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  • 3.0 out of 5 stars

    Good, but could be a lot better

    • Written by from Airdrie

    Great when it works !! Unfortunately the problem I have had is with the EyeTV software which hangs all too often and has to be shut down and restarted. I am running it on a new Mac mini with no other programs running so the Mac hardware should not be the problem.
    The real let down however is the Program Guide which often does not update all the channel information, particularly the HD channels and does not give more than a few days information on HD channels most of the time - useless if you plan to go away for longer than that.
    This unit only has one tuner so can only record one channel at a time - at this price, there really is no excuse for this and it should come with the ability to record 2 channels at the same time as standard.

    Recordings made with the unit - especially the HD content is excellent and up to live broadcast quality. The editing facility of the provided software is a breeze to use and works fantastically well. If you want to archive free to air HD content, this is still one of the best ways to do it.

    All in all a great product let down by the poor Program Guide information and the ability to record only one channel at a time. If you don't need HD, go for the cheaper Elgato EyeTV Diversity which is a great product with dual channel recording. I used it for over a year with none of the problems I've had with the HD version.     …More

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    EyeTV sat really is excellent

    • Written by from Oldham

    Bought this as stopped Sky but wanted to watch and record HD TV. Used my old sky input from dish outside (does not need moving) and tuned in over a few minutes on my Mac Mini into the TV. In the channels list on eyeTV software you can uncheck the pay channels, so only have those listed in the programme listings that are free. One hour is about 6Gb to record and then use Toast to put on disc. Able to stream live and recordings to iPhone and iPad. Am very happy with it. …More

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Best money I've spent (after my MacPro)

    • Written by from DUBLIN 15

    I was looking for a freesat solution and from the specs available this looked the best. I'm really satisfied with the performance. It arrived 2 week before my MacPro and the old laptop wasn't really able for it although the set up worked flawlessly. Really got going when the MacPro arrived. Tunes in all the stations. Set the schedules for news, NFL and other unmissables and haven't missed one since. Well I did miss one. I got a "device cannot be initialised" dialogue but I reckon the wiring got disturbed somehow. I'm also recording the chinese soaps on PCNE which keeps the GF happy. (Guess where she's from). I've got it plugged into the 42" LCD via a DVI to HDMI lead that works and formats the wide screen to 4:3 flawlessly unlike any other device I've ever plugged into it.

    So pleased with the EyeSat that I went and bought the DTT version which I find just as good. Now I need a server solution so everyone in the house can access all the recordings     …More

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