Mac Mini Media Center HD

My High Definition Mac Mini Media Center using EyeTV Elgato Hybrid.

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Tags:

• Apple
• EyeTV
• Elgato
• Hybrid
• High
• Definition
• Mac
• Mini
• DTT
• ATSC
• DB2
• Tuner
• HD
• Media
• Center

[marcotic74]

do i nedd the analog tuner from magila? I'm sure thats not spelled right. See i'm trying to get away from my cable company. Will this solve my problems,but i need HD.Will i get all my movies channels in HD

[mrbit10]

no, for HD use the eyetv hybrid.

[marcotic74]

yeah i have the new mac mini. I'm wondering if i buy this Elgato Hybrid. What will that do? I know about the DB2. I'm askin g can i do away with my cable company,and still have HD on all channels? if i go through all this?

[mrbit10]

yes with the db2 it picks up the DTV signals and the hybrid is the tuner which allows the signal to be passed to the mini where as it would be scrambled or no picture without the tuner.

[GWillett64]

Nice vid MrBit. I use TVU with my Mac Mini as an alternative to cable and it works great! I like the Media Center functions too.

[mrbit10]

thanks, i have an updated one coming out soon. Thanks for the TVU info. I will check them out.

[muk546]

windows sucks

[lavelliINC]

if you want movie channels you need a cable company... you can only get basic local channels for free from an antenna.

[solobackpacking]

It's kind of a joke to call a Apple device a media center.

Due to Apple's obsession with wanting people to buy media off itunes, Apple is doing it's best not support Blu-ray.

I don't know about other people, but movies streamed from the Internet looks and sounds terrible compared to a Blu-ray disc. Blu-ray discs are more then 5x the data rate of a 1080p Internet stream, so I would much rather Steve allows us to Macs with Blu-ray then force us to use itunes.

[strongbad73]

@jwd0808 troll much? u know this from experience? iv been through 4 PC's and traded them all back and now i have 2 VERY nice mac's. unless u have spent ur own money on both computers and used both programs stop trolling. who comments on 1 year old comments anyway? i dont even remember typing it.

[jwd0808]

@strongbad73 - I’m not sure what you are talking about - the EyeTV Elgato Hybrid works for both PC and Mac. Apple doesn’t make it.

Also if you know anything about PCs, the higher end ones come with Media center built as well as a TV Tuner in most cases. Windows media center is much, much better than the software shown here. You are entitled to your opinion - however misguided it is.

[jonas2284]

Hey, Nice video, I just got my new mac mini. I have a Vizio HDTV, I bought all the cables that I thought I needed, Optical toslink, HD to Mini-DVI... The video its amazing quality, but I cant get no sound. I Connected the optical to the tv.. It automatic blocks my volume or audio set up... Any Help???

[daisyroots]

adjust the settings in your midi controller in the utilities folder. it should have settings pertinent to your audio out.

it works for me....I hope it works for you.....cheers

[TheAppleMacMaster]

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[mistasage]

You need to plug it into an input that is not 'optical'

[DavidAcampora]

@nydavey are you using an optical cable? Either you don't have the TV set to optical in, or you don't have the mac going to digital out. Try going to system prefs and check that the output is set to built in output.