HD TV for MAC Computer?

[VANCITY GUY]

Hi,

This is my first post, and would love any help/insight on this matter!

I am looking to record HD TV onto my Mac computer. I am currently considering purchasing a product made by Elgato (www.elgato.com) - the EyeTV 500. This product states it receives free ATSC broadcasting, enabling the viewer to watch all of the major stations in HD. I am not sure how this works. I live in Vancouver, Canada and have my cable provided by SHAW cable systems.

If I purchase this product, hook my cable up, am I going to be able to view programs in HD quality on my computer? Is there something different in Canada than in the US for receiving HD signals?

If anyone knows anything about this issue, your help would be VERY much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

 

[JVC]

Looks interesting, what little bit I saw.
You'll need the High Def programming package from your digital cable company. You should be able to get OTA HD programming, with the right antenna hooked up. Then you have to have a High Def monitor, to display the High Def content. Otherwise, why bother? Apple's 30" WS Cinema Display, is High Def, and about $2000 or more. Not sure about any of their smaller ones.
I kinda doubt you'll be able to record High Def to the computer. If you can, you'll need a monsterously large hard drive.
Good luck!

 

[VANCITY GUY]

thanks for responding!

im not so worried about what the display will look like on my computer. Im going to be recording, so I can burn this onto DVD to watch later on a different TV.

Does anyone have any idea how much memory one minute of HD quality television takes up?

Secondly, I thought an (ATSC) box allowed people to watch HD tv without subscribing to a local HD subscriber.

Once again, thanks for all help!

 

[MrKlister]

I don't think it will be HD once it's on a DVD. That is if you can't burn it to a DVD.

 

[VANCITY GUY]

Im not overly concerned with it being stunning HD quality once it's on DVD. I will have to probably compress the file once it's on my hard drive. I will only be recording about 15 minute segments, which im sure (even at the higest quality will be a small enough file size to fit onto a 4.7GB DVD-R).

I imagine this recorded DVD will be better quality than the VHS i am using right now?

This is not for personal use, but for my office to view segments recorded on TV.

Anyone have thoughts about the best way to get the best quality TV recorded and able to watch on a DVD player?

Thanks again to all whom reply!

 

[genesis471]

Buy a DVD Recorder!

 

[VANCITY GUY]

thanks, i've thought about that. we need to archive the files/edit them on our computers before burning them to DVD.