Hmmm… if the bundled antenna doesn’t work, I expect JK to do a run to Radio Shack. Stand by for a review of HDTV OTA antenni!

James,

I bought the Hauppage HVR-950 hybrid stick, which turned out to be identical hardware to the one that Elgato sells. Like you, I discovered that it works just fine on the Mac if you buy the eye TV software. I find that I get fine OTA digital TV signals from the channels in my area that use the UHF band, one of my local channels use VHF band, I don’t get it very well in Analog or digital with the little stick antenna that comes with my Hauppage stick.

Sorry “Media Center”

So I can use my EyeTV Hybrid with a PC?
I’ve got it hooked to a Core 2 Duo Mac Mini and it works great.
If I’m reading this thread correctly, all I need is Windows Media Player (or something like it) to run on Windows.
Hmmm

Mike, you are totally right. (Mark the date and time. ;) ) OTA DTV, of which HDTV is a subset of, is essentially an all or nothing view because it’s digital. There’s no snow or ghosting like you’d have on an analog transmission, you either get a picture, get a little pixelation or no pic at all. BTW: the free OTA signals in the US are sent via previously unused UHF channels. James may be too far from the towers to get a DTV signal with the ATSC tuner in the USB stick or might need an amplified antenna like I use for my signals. With mine, I can get all of the Philly stations that are 30 miles away and even get Wilmington, DE which is much further.

Yea, I bought the Mac version of the Pinnacle PCTV HD USB, and the USB tuner is actually interchangeable with Windows or Mac OSX… you just need tuner software… like EyeTV for OSX or Media Center for Windows.

It’s pretty sweet… i can watch TV at work. :P

From what I understand, OTA HDTV is a digital signal and does not suffer from the same things as conventional analog transmission: ghosts, etc. But I’m probably totally wrong.

If you can’t get a good signal while indoors, hey, that antenna has a mag base — try it while in your car! Obviously, not while driving.

I intend to do just that. It depends on how good the OTA HDTV is in my area, the regular OTA reception sucks.

You have GOT to try that OTA HDTV antenna and report back.

Even though I think you’ve had TOO MUCH fun as it is!

Grrrr….