Anyone own an AlchemyTV DVR???

If so, how is it and what is the picture quality like? I've been thinkin about gettin one to watch TV on my Mac but dont know if its worth the price ($150).





I also found an application called iTele which allows you to watch HDTV on Mac.



http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/ma...owcontent=text



there are drivers that support the following:



* DPandA DVB-T (Terrestrial PCI card)

* Hauppauge WinTV Nova-t PCI (Terrestrial PCI card)

* Hauppauge WinTV Nova-t USB (Terrestrial USB box (only the USB1.1 version, not the USB2.0 version yet))

* Hauppauge WinTV Nova-s PCI (Satellite PCI card)

* Hauppauge WinTV Nova-s USB (Satellite USB box (2003-4 models))

* Lorenzen DVB-T PCI (Terrestrial PCI card)

* DVICO FusionHDTV DVB-T1 (Terrestrial PCI card)

* DVICO FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite (Terrestrial PCI card)

* DVICO FusionHDTV 3 ATSC Gold (Terrestrial and Cable ATSC (North American/Korean) PCI card)

* DVICO FusionHDTV 3 ATSC Gold-T (Terrestrial and Cable ATSC (North American/Korean) PCI card)

* DVICO FusionHDTV DVB-T Plus (Terrestrial PCI card)

* DVICO FusionHDTV DVB-S (Satellite PCI card)

* Hauppauge DEC 2000-T (Terrestrial USB set top box (incompatible with iTele))

* TechniSat SkyStar 2 PCI (Satellite PCI card (some bugs remain))

* TerraTec Cinergy T2 (Terrestrial USB2 box)

* TwinHan DTV Ter / VisionPlus 3020/3021 (Terrestrial PCI card)

* TwinHan MagicBox II (Terrestrial USB2 box)

* DigitalNow tinyUSB2 DVB-T (Terrestrial USB2 box)

* DVICO FusionHDTV DVB-T USB (Terrestrial USB2 box)

* Ultraview DVB-T Plus (Terrestrial PCI card)



and drivers in development for:





* TechnoTrend DVB-C Budget PCI (Cable PCI card)

* TechniSat AirStar 2 PCI (Terrestrial PCI card)

* BBTI / TechniSat Air2PC-ATSC-PCI (Terrestrial ATSC (North American/Korean) PCI card)

* Hauppauge WinTV Nova-s USB (Satellite USB box (2005 model))





my question is what does Terrestrial mean?? is that somethin besides normal cable and do I have to get a specific model if I just have normal cable?





theres also somethin called HackTV that allows you to watch & record TV via Firewire (looks like you need some type of converter box)



http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/or...26/hacktv.html