The TubeStick Hybrid from Equinux: Perfect TV Receiver For Your Mac

Equinux has been around for awhile and they make all kinds of products for your Mac, but the one that most people reading this blog will recognize is the TubeStick. This little USB stick will allow you to receive TV right on your computer. These are some of the smallest TV tuners on the market and they are known not only for their quality, but their very snappy design. Their latest addition to the TubeStick line is the new TubeStick Hybrid. This new TV tuner will allow you to receive "digital over-the-air HDTV (ATSC), digital (QAM), and analog cable TV (NTSC)" all the while being so small that you won't have to sacrifice any other of your ports on computer. It also ships with an external antenna to allow you better reception for the over the air channels. Using their software you can record your favorite shows to your computer for viewing at a latter date. For only $129 this is a great deal. You can read the rest of the details here, but from what we have read it looks like a homerun of a product.

via engadget

TVMini HD Express Lets You Enjoy Your TV on Your Mac

The TVMini HD Express is a cool little product that we just stumbled upon. This little device hooks up to your cable feed and will let you enjoy TV via your Mac. With all the features you have come to expect from a PVR like pause, rewind and record, the TVMini seems like a sweet little product for the Mac readers out there. With the built in record function you can record all of your favorite shows to your mac to watch whenever you have time. Devices like these are becoming more common as companies realize that people want to be able to take their TV on the road with them. The TVMini will save in a format that will let you play it back via iTunes so you will not need to install any other software other then the basic Tube software that it ships with. With its small size we can see this become a very popular device for people that use their Mac as their primary TV interface. My brother-in-law( hi Clint ) has a similar setup where he has a LCD mounted on the wall hooked up to his Mac Mini. He then watches all of his TV via iTunes. So a device like this would be perfect for his setup since it would allow him to schedule recordings and not have to buy everything from iTunes. It seems like it is only available in the UK, but we will keep digging.

Prolink PixelView PlayTV Media Box News

So here is an interesting new take on video recording and streaming. A simple box that just shuttles content from your TV onto either SD cards or an attached USB drive. It acts as a basic PVR as well as sporting one button record feature. It will also let you record to different formats so you can use these files on any number of portable players that require different formats then your TV.

No release date has been set, but we will keep our eye out on this one as this could be a fun box to play around with.

via engadget

TubeStick Allows Television on Your Mac

Well Equinux has done it again and released another great prodcut. This time it's the TubeStick that allows Mac users to watch and record live television on their computer.

It looks like a simple USB memory stick, but in reality it is a very sophisticated DVB-T tuner that can turn your Mac into a full on media hub. Of course no product involving video coming out of Equinux would be complete if it didn't integrate with their other big time product, MediaCentral

It also comes with an antenna to help pull in the signal allowing for better reception. We love the idea of just using such a small device, couple it with some great software and have a full featured DVR on your Mac.


This is something we will be trying out in the near future for ourselves. We can't let something this cool go buy without giving it a go here in the office. Stand by for our hands on review.

via The Red Ferret

Sandisk SDMV1-R V-Mate Video Recorder Review

SanDisk's V-Mate is a very cool product that is sure to be a huge hit with anyone that likes to take their media with them. It is basically a digital VCR that records onto memory cards that can be viewed later on the device of your choice.

It has fully scheduling capability so once it is hooked up to your cable box or PVR you can tell it what to record and off it goes. So with the on screen interface you can have it record that episode of 24 you don't want to miss and watch it on the train as you go to work. It can also hook up to your DVD player , VHS recorder( you still have one of thse! ) or TV and capture data right from the source. Want to finish watching that movie from last night, just throw it on a memory stick and you are all set.

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