Comments on: Spotlight Gadget – iPhone Live TV

By: Jeffrey Albarn

Jeffrey Albarn — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:55:27 +0000

Orb works great in lieu of a Sling App…You do have to keep the pc on at home that is running the server side of Orb, but it works great! I jailbroke, and got ScreenSplitr, and output the live tv video stream out to my double din video monitor in my car, and live tv on the road…

There is also an jailbroken Cydia app that tricks any app into thinking its on Wifi, so maybe this could bypass the LAN only feature of this app?

By: Mac Gizmo Guy

Mac Gizmo Guy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:21:58 +0000

Equinux is getting pretty competitive with ElGato – and in a recent update of The Tube software implemented support for ONE of ElGato’s EyeTV Hybrid units (the early, non-QAM version prior to 2008 I believe.) So add that to list of dozen and a half 3rd-party Mac TV tuner sticks supported on Apple OSX. Both Equinux and ElGato support quite a wide range of hardware now and that list tends to grow with each update of their PVR software.

For the upcoming Digital over-the-air switchover, I’ve got a Miglia HD mini on order: it’s compatible with BOTH EyeTV and TheTube so I’ll be able to take advantage of the unique features of either program.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:01:30 +0000

@lgreenberg: That is a bummer

By: lgreenberg

lgreenberg — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:49:07 +0000

I was all excited when I saw this yesterday in the App. Store. Tried to use their Tube app. on my MAC but it wouldn’t work with my EyeTV tuner. I’m tired of waiting for Slingbox so I even went ahead and ordered their Tube Stick tuner so I could get live TV on my iPhone.

Then I read the details of the iPhone app. The live TV feature only works when the iPhone is connected to the same WLAN that the MAC is connected to. Basically, at home. I guess if you only have one TV at home and someone else is watching it this would be nice but otherwise it’s just not worth it, in my opinion.