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November 7, 2006

Elgato unveils dual-tuner EyeTV Diversity USB stick in the UK

Filed under: Apple,ElGato,TvTuner,coreduo,dtt,dvb-t,eyeTV,freeview,g5,intel,mac,powerpc,tv tuner,uk,usb — Darren Murph @ 4:19 pm

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Portable Video

If you didn’t bite when Elgato released its pocket-friendly EyeTV Hybrid, you may be interested in its supercharged successor, the EyeTV Diversity. The USB 2.0 stick makes for easy travel, and this rendition sports dual attachable antennas and a DSP, “which uses information from both tuners to generate the best signal possible.” Designed to work with DTT / DVB-T signals, the device supports dual tuner functionality, PIP, scheduled recordings via the included EveTV 2 software, and a one-year subscription to the “tvtv” program guide. It touts seamless integration with Toast 7, and even provides easy converting for use on video-playing iPods. The company also notes that 1080i and 720p viewing / recording is possible on Macs housing “dual PowerPC G5 or Intel Core Duo” processors, and the dual-tuner USB stick can be picked up now on the other side of the pond for €149.95 ($191).

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May 24, 2006

Mac Pro: the replacement for the Power Mac G5?

Filed under: Apple,g5,intel,mac book pro,mac pro,macbook,power mac — Marc Perton @ 4:43 pm

Filed under: Desktops

Now that Apple has rolled out the MacBook, speculation has turned to the sole remaining PowerPC-based computer in the company’s lineup: the Power Mac G5. And, as of today, there seems to be at least one thing that can be confirmed about the new computer: it will be called the Mac Pro. At least that’s the assumption that can be made based on a recent Apple trademark filing, in which the company claimed the Mac Pro name for, among other things, “computers, computer hardware, computer software, computer peripherals, notebook computers, laptop computers, tablet computers, computer servers, handheld computers and mobile computers.” Which means, of course, that this really doesn’t confirm anything, except that Apple likes products with the words “Mac” and “Pro” in them — which we kind of already knew. And this also raises at least one new question: if the Power Mac becomes the Mac Pro, will the iMac become — a la MacBook/ MacBook Pro — just the Mac?

Update: Thanks to Jeff for pointing out that there is still one other PowerPC-based computer in Apple’s lineup: the Xserve. We’ll have to wait a bit to see whether they decide to rename that one.