The first thing I had to do therefore, was to change the IP-address of the Netstream DTT Network Dual Tuner from within Safari. I have a firewall installed and my LAN uses a completely different network mask and IP-address range. The first installation on my system failed, and I immediately knew why: as most network device, the Netstream assumes you’ve set up your LAN with an IP-address in the range of .x. The Netstream can be controlled through the EyeTV software or using a web browser based management interface. Before I reviewed the Netstream, I took one of my own Ethernet cables so that I could place the box in front of me. The bottom reveals a recess for attaching the Netstream to a wall using one big screw. The Netstream DTT Network Dual Tuner is a flat square, rather heavy metal box with an interface for the aerial and for Ethernet at the back. Also in the box are a DTT rod aerial and a s=very short Ethernet cable.
Mac users in this case have all the luck: they get EyeTV 3 with the Netstream. Windows users have to be content with a combination of Windows 7 Media Center and Terratec Home Cinema software, which offers “many of the same features as EyeTV 3”, as it says on the box. And now they released a network tuner, the Netstream DTT, which has ‘Dual’ in its name because two Macs can view different TV channels simultaneously.įirst of all, the “ EyeTV Netstream DTT Network Dual Tuner” as it goes through life, works with Windows and with Mac OS X. Over the course of about a year, Elgato’s USB stick DTT receivers got smaller and more beautifully designed. Elgato’s EyeTV, on the other hand, is an elegant application that gets regular if not frequent updates and new features. A couple of years back I took a look at the competition and I was not at all impressed by what I saw.
Elgato must be the number one expert in digital terrestrial TV solutions.
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