[MacDV] Recording TV to Mac

[James Asherman]

On May 28, 2005, at 3:46 PM, Don Hinkle wrote:

> I wish some smart layperson, (David Pogue?) would write a User's guide 
> on this kind of thing so I'd know exactly what it does and how to use 
> it... as it is, I don't understand.
>
> -donald henry hinkle
>

I'm not gonna rewire my whole system for a lark but...
  with this recorder or a comparable one,
you can record shows and then feed them into your Mac for editing or 
compilation.
You can  make a DVD much faster than iDVD if you don't need the extras.
And I would bet dollars to donuts that you could tune it to a TV station
and feed the signal via firewire to iMovie or transcode a VHs VCR with 
it or any number of arcane and useful setups.
It is pretty pliable.
J