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I really mean that I was looking to get an antenna that could pick up digital signals. Yep, I didn't mean to type digital antenna. If we ever get cable we'll be hit by it as well.

How many people know the call letters of the station as opposed to the channel #? Anyway, good luck to anyone impacted by the encryption. Our local Channel 3 in Hartford, CT actually is transmitting on UHF channel 33 now after the change, but still identifies itself as Ch 3. The actual over the air channel that refers to a specific frequency will probably have changed during the conversion to digital. In fact the channels you look for now on digital are really just 'brands'.

Any antenna you can find that covers VHF and UHF (which are frequency ranges) will work fine. Luckily they come in without my having to move the antenna. I don't watch enough TV to get cable and am happy with the 1/2 dozen over the air stations I can get. I'm using incredibly old rabbit ears (remember them?) in my attic and feeding a whole house system that includes the EyeTV on my Mac. The antenna only picks up the TV signal at a specific frequency range, and doesn't care what TYPE of signal it is. I truly hate Comcast for doing this to There is no such thing as a 'digital antenna'. all the schedules have been changed to use channel 3 in EyeTV, which also makes it hard to figure out which channel the Comcast box should be set to (i.e., I need to memorize which channels all these shows are broadcast on). Right now I just look at each night's schedule, and pick the most important show of the evening, and make sure the Comcast box is on that channel. It isn't clear to me at all how that works. I'm also considering getting an IR blaster to help EyeTV change the channels on this stupid Comcast box, but not sure how that works since I have to keep the EyeTV tuner on channel 3 (or 4). I'll have an issue with getting the coax from the roof into our living room, which puts me on the fence. Given, however, that I'm only scheduling shows on the main networks (CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX), I'm wondering if it's time for me to follow so many others and just drop Comcast, by a digital antenna, and go that route. Just last week, they turned off analog on my basic cable service, and essentially killed my EyeTV scheduling enjoyment that I have been using for the last 10 years. I didn't realize until now that this cancer called 'Comcast Digital' has been spreading across the nation wiping out EyeTV scheduling for the last few years. I guess I'll just buy a Slingbox instead.recording ability or not. It's been 20 days and no response from them. I've asked Elgato's customer service repeatedly for a discount on the new product, since it's really my only option and because the product I purchased less than two years ago has been stripped to nothing. The only solution is to buy their new EyeTV HD product for $200 but you'll still need to pay Comcast for a dedicated box.

#ELGATO EYETV HYBRID TV RECEIVER SOFTWARE#

Who wants to record CSPAN? That essentially makes the EyeTV Hybrid a useless product for two reasons:ġ.) It forces you to get another digital cable box from Comcast for about $8/monthĢ.) Prevents you from using the software or the EyeTV iPhone App to watch live TV, control recordings via guide, etc. After a lengthy back and forth with Elgato's awful online email support, it turns out Comcast now requires a digital cable box for almost every basic cable channel except PBS and CSPAN.

#ELGATO EYETV HYBRID TV RECEIVER MAC#

So I've owned Elgato's EyeTV Hybrid product for about 2 years (previously had the 250 model) and really enjoy recording sports games with it (plenty of Patriots, Celtics and Red Sox memories on my Mac now!).īut, all of a sudden, almost no channels are available.

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