After having copied the application to the harddrive, a wizard guides you through the installation process, it lets you select a decoder, and offers to subscribe to a program guide (offered by TVTV). Opening "EyeTV Programs" will show you a home screen with EPG (Electronic Program Guide), recordings, playlists, ... . This window has been redesigned with Leopard-looks: the menu-items at a column at the left, and a coverflow-view in the contentpane.
What we appreciate most:
- - Sharing your library over WiFi, and the possibility to protect its content with a password. One can for example record movies in another room, and watch them later a Mac Mini or AppleTV.
- - The favourite channels let you iterate through a list of channels, without having to view all of them. For example, an "Actuality"-selection will only show you Euronews, BBC, etc.
- - Integrated program guide on the TV screen and on the one you're navigating through with your Apple Remote.
- - Automatic recording of programs that mach certain criteria, for example automatically recording all episodes of Prison Break, or shows on a given subject.
- - Improved editing for recorded videos: it's now easier to cut the ads out, before burning the program to a DVD, using Toast.
- - Estimates of the remaining disc space, and automatically erasing a disc.
On Elgato's website you can read a list of new features, compared to the previous version. The website TUAW.com has a demonstration clip, as seen on MacWorld.
EyeTV 3 is available as a software upgrade for € 39,95, or € 79,95 for a complete version, on Elgato's website.
