All while Microsoft “thinks” about adding RSS (Really Simple Syndication) to very very, late next “bovine” incarceration of Windows. Apple is now busy adding it to even more parts of OS X and their applications, years sooner. First it was the Safari browser and Tiger screen saver. What’s podcasting and RSS about? see: http://reelsmart.com/2005/03/03/podcasting-for-everyone-else/

Best of all it is not just for geeks or very smart teenagers. No, it is for everyone that uses a Macintosh and now even Windows users that use iTunes! The newly released iTunes 4.9 adds podcasting support right in the application allowing users to download and subscribe to content for free. Apple has reported today that in just two days one million people have subscribed to podcasts using iTunes 4.9!
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EyeTV and EyeHome are products offered by Elgato. I have been using these products for quite awhile in our home and would recommend them to other Macintosh owners. These are Mac only products.

EyeTV
EyeTV is a digital TV recorder with realtime MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 video encoding that allows you to watch and record from an antenna, cable TV, or satellite TV directly to your Macintosh. On Macs equipped with DVD-R (Superdrive) you can edit out unwanted content and burn DVDs of recorded TV. I recommend Roxio Toast to burn DVDs with EyeTV. Skipping commercials on recorded shows is a one button press using included remote. Information about the current program is displayed in an overlay window automatically on every channel change. You can even pause and replay “live” TV, letting you watch what you want, when you want it. Miss nothing. Think TiVo-like.

EyeTV is a great replacement for TiVo or Replay devices. First of all, there are no monthly or yearly subscription fees just to program it, like TiVo. I call it my “Free-vo”. All your scheduling is done through a website, Titan TV. You can actually program recordings from any web browser anywhere for your EyeTV at home so you will never miss a show. EyeTV can be set to check the website on scheduled intervals to retrieve whatever you scheduled when you not even home.
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