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Rating:  - Digital transition is referring to BROADCAST!!!!
Ok...to tell the truth I do not own this product, but I've studied it a lot. The ignorance of many reviewers is bugging me, in 2009 ALL BROADCAST (ANTENNA RECIEVED) channels will be dropped, not analog cable all-together, so this product will not be useless next year, it will be quite useful for the next 5yrs. or so.
Rating:  - disappointed
I am using the TV Hybrid on a Dual processor Power Mac with 4 gB of RAM and an Apple 17" LCD Studio display. The picture is somewhat blurred and/or stutters during action sequences such as basketball games. The sound is just slightly out of synch with the picture , as well, which is a bit annoying. I downloaded the latest EyeTV 3 software and now can no longer receive the over-the-air digital ASTC stations. Reverting to EyeTV 2.5.2 allows the stations to be received again. Support is available but only via email and takes several days to get a response which has, so far, not resolved my issues. At this point I would consider the TV Hybrid as an emergency back-up.
Rating:  - Buyer Beware!
This company has a sneaky upgrade policy, you must keep ALL of the original packaging to get software upgrades!!!!!
Rating: - Canadians beware - no EPG
Although this may be a perfectly good product, Canadians should beware that there is no working electronic program guide for Canada integrated with any Elegato TV product. There are guides for the US, UK, Australia and even smaller countries, but not Canada. When I emailed support about this flaw they did not directly answer when a guide would be available, so I assume there are no plans to provide a guide for Canadians.
I feel ripped off, and warn Canadians not to buy Elegato products.
Rating: - The EyeTV changed my life...
I never miss a show anymore. It's mac-native, exports to ipod format... I can't say enough. My only crit is that I can't seem to get it to read directly from my Digital cable box.
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