Comments on: EyeTV DTT Deluxe Review

By: ste001

ste001 — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:20:41 +0000

It supports Freeview subtitles in the UK just wondering if it supports Freeview HD it arrived when I was in hospital and I cannot carry my Imac to the main aerial yet.

By: Meghann

Meghann — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:06 +0000

Great review

A TV tuner has been on my ‘To Buy’ list for a while, and this review has just about sold this one to me. Thank you for your advice.

By: Angelina Roberts

Angelina Roberts — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:51:33 +0000

@Zahadum another quick update : EyeTV (the software) supports ATSC/NTSC Closed Captions which is what is used in North America (so not this model).

It doesn’t support DVB or Teletext subtitles though. So no, this model doesn’t support subtitles in the european format, and doesn’t work in the US.

I hope this addresses your concerns.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:51:06 +0000

Hey zahadum – where’s your review then? Before you go around shouting FAIL like some sorta school kid (maybe you are a kid of course) try creating something useful – like this site – yourself.

TotalApps – ignore the trolls and the haters – you have built an amazing site full of great content in a matter of weeks.

By: Angelina Roberts

Angelina Roberts — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:33:35 +0000

Hi, Sorry you didn’t like the review and I will try and address some of the issues. Firstly it says at the start of the article the device is only available in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. EyeTV recording format is DVD-compliant MPEG-2, which eliminates lengthy re-encoding. In terms of the basic features really these are software based and we can covered in length the EyeTV application from review (http://www.totalapps.net/apps/eyetv-3-review/) right through to video tutorials (see here http://www.totalapps.net/category/tutorials/page/4/). The aim of the article wasn’t to tell visitors what the device can do as they can get this from the Elgato site / tech specs) but to give an overview of look, did it work, really the only thing different to my own EyeTV device is the external antenna so I perhaps over focused on the portability issue. Apologies.

I will do my best to find out about the Closed Captions Capture and get back to you.

By: Otto-Mate

Otto-Mate — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:21:57 +0000

Nice review. Does it really need to be that small though? seems a bit clever for clever sake, especially as most will need to plug it into an external aerial as you point out (every USB tuner I’ve ever owned has).

Also – £80? A mate bought a new 16″ Flat Screen LCD entire wide screen TV last week with built in FreeView for £89.99.

Suppose you have to consider the software too though and the PVR capabilities (do you have to pay for EPG data after the first year?). Certainly our EyeTV 250 Plus has been a great investment.

Thanks for the reviews – keep them coming

By: zahadum

zahadum — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:16:52 +0000

review failed to mention basic features & issues!

record in mpeg2 or h264?

capture Closed Captions?

access (digital) sidebands?

universal tuner or a separate product for each part of the world?

…. in short this wasnt a review …

in was just a bunch of random anecdotes about the antenna!

FAIL.