EyeTV 2.5
Miglia TV mini HD Express For Mac
03/09/09 00:30 Filed in: TV Tuner Hardware
Miglia has been in the Apple Mac TV tuner market for a long time - though their presence in the US North American NTSC market has somewhat dwindled as they focus more on their native European base. A year and then some back, Miglia released a small Digital only TV tuner box - The Miglia TV mini HD express
supporting both ATSC antenna and Clear QAM Digital Cable - which is what's needed for HD on a Mac reception these days - and won't change in the foreseeable future.
Miglia once bundled EyeTV with it's tuners. After a fall-out with ElGato, they briefly shipped thier own 'MigliaTV (1.1.6 is the current version)' DVR application for Mac, but have since partnered with Equinux and now supply THETUBE software.
I recently made the switch to Digital TV retiring an older non-Qam Hauppauge WinTV HVR-950 Hybrid tuner that has long been supported in Eye TV 2.5 and remains so under Eye TV 3. Didn't really have a need for Analog video capture via it's S-Video and Composite dongle, or the now vanishing Analog television stations. Besides, I was ready for Pure Digital only.
Was quite pleased to find just much more SENSITIVE the Miglia HD Express tuner is than the 950 - picking up two more local DTV stations _using the exact same antenna and cabling_. This points to a truth everyone needs to be aware of: Whether it's a TV set tuner, a VCR's built-in television tuner or a computer tuner stick: different devices using differing components and designs can have varying degrees of signal sensitivity. And that difference may mean one or more stations you OUGHT to be getting.
The main reason for choosing the mini HD Express? FLEXIBILITY. I now have a choice in PVR recording software. I now use the Miglia Express with with both THE TUBE 2.9.3 and EyeTV 2.5 which I've owned from previous tuners. Both work great.
supporting both ATSC antenna and Clear QAM Digital Cable - which is what's needed for HD on a Mac reception these days - and won't change in the foreseeable future.Miglia once bundled EyeTV with it's tuners. After a fall-out with ElGato, they briefly shipped thier own 'MigliaTV (1.1.6 is the current version)' DVR application for Mac, but have since partnered with Equinux and now supply THETUBE software.
I recently made the switch to Digital TV retiring an older non-Qam Hauppauge WinTV HVR-950 Hybrid tuner that has long been supported in Eye TV 2.5 and remains so under Eye TV 3. Didn't really have a need for Analog video capture via it's S-Video and Composite dongle, or the now vanishing Analog television stations. Besides, I was ready for Pure Digital only.
Was quite pleased to find just much more SENSITIVE the Miglia HD Express tuner is than the 950 - picking up two more local DTV stations _using the exact same antenna and cabling_. This points to a truth everyone needs to be aware of: Whether it's a TV set tuner, a VCR's built-in television tuner or a computer tuner stick: different devices using differing components and designs can have varying degrees of signal sensitivity. And that difference may mean one or more stations you OUGHT to be getting.
The main reason for choosing the mini HD Express? FLEXIBILITY. I now have a choice in PVR recording software. I now use the Miglia Express with with both THE TUBE 2.9.3 and EyeTV 2.5 which I've owned from previous tuners. Both work great.
