evought 0 Report post Posted September 7, 2006 (edited) Just got done shopping for a new PVR (Personal Video Recorder) for my Mac Powerbook. I settled on the Hauppauge MyTV.PVR USB; I'll put up a review of the product later, but this is another story. While looking for this product, I spent a good deal of time digging through the MacMall[/u] site examining different options. One of the most frustrating things is that I kept running into XP specific hardware like the ATI TV Wonder or the WinTV.PVR. On a Mac-specific site, they were giving me Windows-specific hardware in search results. Of course, if you know anything about MacMall, they are essentially an alter-ego of PC Mall and probably share the same hardware database, but one would think they could at least bother to mark Wind-specific, Mac-specific, and/or Mac-recommended hardware in some obvious way. In many cases, however, you must dig through the listing to find the exact requirements. Many products out there (particularly external drives) are Mac-compatible without particularly advertising it. Similarly, some products do not make clear their Win-specific nature. Wading through all of this can be a major pain. As a counterpoint, [url="http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Dog Electronics told me straight off exactly what I was getting and what it was compatible with. It also did not show me any Windows-specific items in the search. Anyway, just my minor rant. I'll get off of my soap box now... Edited September 7, 2006 by evought (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unimatrix 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2006 At one time ATI built a Mac specifc TV wonder card (internal)Let me know how well it works at capture. I'm looking into getting another capture device as this Cannapus box is getting a few years old now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evought 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2006 At one time ATI built a Mac specifc TV wonder card (internal)Let me know how well it works at capture. I'm looking into getting another capture device as this Cannapus box is getting a few years old now. I have posted the review here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites