2011年5月5日星期四

How to Record Video From Your Satellite TV to Your Mac

With the starting of Youtube, a new group of people was forming online. These people were dedicated to recording video from their satellite TVs onto their computers for editing and uploading to various places for others to watch, and as the result of that community came the creation of video capture cards, which allow you to record video from analog sources straight into your computer. The unfortunate fact about these capture cards is that, while they are very useful, there are not too many of them made for Mac. Therefore, I’ve found the one that seem to be of legitimate use. This is a usb interface video capture card, which can support CI and blind scan. With the remote control, you can watch the HDTV on your PC at ease.


TBS 5980 USB QBOX CI is a remarkable device in more ways than one. It is the fourth generation usb video capture card of qbox series from TBS technologies. Initially, the appeal is very great: It's sleek, easy to use, and looks great next to any Macintosh computer. TBS 5980 USB QBOX CI is a great piece of equipment that allows you to watch, record, and stream satellite and cable television directly on your computer without hassle and without too many cords. This is a huge upside if you're looking to record only television shows and movies that are played via your cable/satellite TV provider. It is high definitely of the live TV shows; you never worry about the hassle of pause or vagueness. With the USB design, it can be used as a external or internal TV tuner card on your Mac. It is very easy to install and works seamlessly with your window7 media center. It supports CI, which means it has a CAM slot and allows you insert the smart card( encrypted card) for the pay TV.

The issue is that, while you can do all of the aforementioned things, but one regret that you can't record from a DVD player, VHS player, game console, or any other device that isn't your television network provider. This is a pro and a con, of course, because it's extremely easy to record TV shows. If you just want to a Video Recorder USB, though, there's no better alternative.

Pinnacle™ Video Capture for Mac

So, let's say you're a gamer who wants to record your latest play session of 'Call of Duty' or a mom who wants to record all those old VHS tapes for storage on your computer. What can you do? Is all hope lost? Of course not! There's always another option when it comes to computers. This second option comes in the form of a device called the 'Pinnacle Video Capture' card, and it's a very nifty piece of work.

First off, the bad news: You cannot record wirelessly with this device. While this is a deal breaker for many people, read onward, because it's not as complicated as you may like to believe. The way Pinnacle works is simple. So simple, in fact, that if you can plug in your game console or DVD player to the back of your TV, you can use it-- literally, that's how it works. All you need to do is take your Y/R/W (yellow, red, and white cables from your device), plug it into 'Pinnacle", and hit record on the software that it comes with. After its done, Pinnacle automatically reformats your video for use in iTunes, so really it's the best Mac video capture card available. Which is a bit misleading considering they're not really "cards" at all.


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