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Elgato Adds New EyeTV Model

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Elgato Systems, a developer of products for recording and sharing TV, earlier this month announced the pending release of the EyeTV 250, a TV receiver/recorder for analog television. The EyeTV 250 is priced at $199 and will be available at the end of this month.

The EyeTV 250, said Elgato, is about the same size as an iPod. It contains a hardware encoder which converts analog TV signals into MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats. It also comes with an adapter cable which accepts composite and S-video connections from sources like VCRs and cable or satellite boxes. The EyeTV 250, which works only with Macs, can also be used to turn a computer into a monitor for a gaming console via a switchable “game mode”. This latter feature disables the hardware encoder, routing the uncompressed video signal directly to the Mac’s screen.

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Included with the EyeTV 250 is software which allows users to watch, record, pause and replay television programming. This software include support for exporting recorded video to a variety of formats, including fifth generation iPods and Sony’s PlayStation Portable.

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