[rollee]

i am looking to record and digitize tv programs to dvd and was considering the 'eye tv' unit. today i came across this:
http://www.formac.com/p_bin/?cid=solutions_converters_studiodvtv

studio tvr from formac. very expensive but looks like the specs and quality is going to kick 'eye tv', especially the video format is mpeg2 and higher resolution using firewire.
BUT, on the site there is no mention of compatibility with toast 6 and superdrive, it says to use with their dvideon burner for mpeg2 dvd transfer.
has anyone here used this or have any comments, i will appreciate.

 

[gwillikers]

It looks like a very good option, but some of the comments on VersionTracker are a bit of a concern...

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17503&vid=117469

And, this guy absolutely trashes it...

http://devine.blogs.com/devine_thoughts/2003/09/review_formac_s.html

It would be nice if you could actually try before you buy it. Some say it's great, but for that much money I'd want to test it beforehand.

-Howie

 

[rollee]

thanks for the links. you are right this item looks very promising but the risk in investment is also quite high (US$300)!!
i will post a review here if i decide to go for it.
geez.... the reviews are bad bad bad.

[ December 01, 2003, 11:23 AM: Message edited by: rollee ]

 

[D k Cornelius]

Formac as a company seems to be going through some problems right now. Macintouch.com has a reader report.

Eye TV has a couple of new models released for digital channels.