The box has been working flawlessly and even better, I was able to disconnect the coax amplifier and still get a very clear picture.
EYETV 250 REVIEWS SOFTWARE
I downloaded the software from the web and did the basic configuration the software was pretty basic and awful looking, but good enough to get the job done and I’d never have to see it again. Silicon Dust shipped the software on a mini CD which, of course, wouldn’t work on my Mac or any Mac I’ve had in the last 10 years. Plugged it in, connected the coax and the Ethernet cable. Hooking it up was easy and setup wasn’t difficult either.
I bought the HD HomeRun to give it a try as it was fairly inexpensive. My hesitation with the device was that it only handled HD channels however, I realized that we’ve pretty much only watched HD channels in the last 2 years. I had read about the SiliconDust HDHomeRun dual tuner device. To make matters worse, the Signal Strength meter on EyeTV never registered over 30% despite me getting a coax amplifier (the tuners worked worse without the amplifier). I tolerated it up until recently and finally decided to look for alternatives. The PowerKey software was basically abandoned several years ago and kept crashing. In addition, I tried using a Sophosticated Circuits PowerKey to toggle the power supplies on and off, but that didn’t work well either. I tried to alleviate the problem by scripting the EyeTV software to quit and restart each day. The system has worked pretty well, but occasionally I had to reset the boxes (they were connected via USB and each had a power supply) and that caused some shows to not record.
About 2 years ago, I replaced our TiVo with a Mac Mini with 2 Elgato EyeTV 250 Plus HD tuners.