Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: TimH Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Elgato EyeTV Hybrid Date: 3 Sep 2025 10:59:25 GMT Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <1rgwq9l.f3fcbk84o9x1N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <0001HW.2E68525600ECC0F230AD9738F@news.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net ENv22N1PbQ8d8tmpDg5JZgwRpEzXfA2o5Xse1o7GUyp9i2uhsc Cancel-Lock: sha1:AhqRSBYTGKE4zquaHELcyJaMCNU= sha256:es2CDKXHchXroOQI2UlKv49vMKdedQd4jWKiyUI7oAc= User-Agent: Usenapp for MacOS X-Usenapp: v1.27.4/d - Full License Xref: csiph.com uk.comp.sys.mac:181805 On 3 Sep 2025 at 11:39:18 am BST, "Martin S Taylor" 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. As I said further up the thread, I went to the Geniatech site (the current owners, I believe) and downloaded the most recent software (freely) from https://www.geniatech.eu/support/eyetv-hybrid-en/ My original activation key didn't work, and an email to support went unanswered. Anyway, the thing has since gone to recycling... -- TimH pull tooth to reply by email