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From: snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe)
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Subject: Re: Elgato EyeTV Hybrid
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 12:24:24 +0100
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Martin S Taylor <hogwash@mRaErMtOiVnEstaylor.TcHoImS> wrote:

> On 11 Aug 2025, Sn!pe wrote
> (in article<1rgwq9l.f3fcbk84o9x1N%snipeco.2@gmail.com>):
> 
> > [Elgato EyeTV Hybrid]
> >
> > > Might anyone possibly have a use for one of these? On its way to
> > > recycling otherwise. All the bits seem to be there, apart from a
> > > little USB extension lead.
> > >
> >
> > I have the same, it's in use here every day. Its software is not quite
> > as good as it once was now that it has been rewritten for 64 bit, but
> > it does still work pretty well.
> >
>
> Does it? I read the reviews, and I've never seen anything so consistently
> panned in terms like: "The old version was excellent, but the new version
> is awful."
> 
> Since there's no way to try the new version without buying it, I didn't.
>

The 64 bit app's programme guide is not as good as the old 32 bit app
and it certainly does have some bugs but still, it does drive the EyeTV
Hybrid dongle well enough.

If there was an alternative I would gladly switch to it but so far I
haven't found one.  Given that old fashioned terrestrial broadcasting 
is legacy and being superceded by modern Internet programme delivery, 
I rather doubt that there will be development of new alternative apps.

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