HealeyGuy
02-20-09, 09:02 PM
I bought an Archos TV+ at the Circuit City closeout this week and it is well supported with ElGato's EyeConnect 1.6 and EyeTV 3.1.
The TV+ is a standalone MPEG 4 encoder combined with a network-streaming media player. I had never heard of it before I bought it. I figured the 80GB hard drive in it was worth nearly what I paid for it.
It requires purchase of a $20 plug in to play MPEG 2 video, and there is another $20 plugin to play H.264. It quickly connected to my Mac network for playing video, audio and displaying photos via EyeConnect.
If anyone has any questions about this combination let me know.
I also have an AlTech Mediagate MG-350HD which is a HD player. It also can access the Mac network using EyeConnect but I encountered a variety of problems with that. So it is better suited for playing video from its own hard drive.
The TV+ is a standalone MPEG 4 encoder combined with a network-streaming media player. I had never heard of it before I bought it. I figured the 80GB hard drive in it was worth nearly what I paid for it.
It requires purchase of a $20 plug in to play MPEG 2 video, and there is another $20 plugin to play H.264. It quickly connected to my Mac network for playing video, audio and displaying photos via EyeConnect.
If anyone has any questions about this combination let me know.
I also have an AlTech Mediagate MG-350HD which is a HD player. It also can access the Mac network using EyeConnect but I encountered a variety of problems with that. So it is better suited for playing video from its own hard drive.