Televio - 1.7.1

I lose sound on all channels if I surf too fast. The only way I've found to regain the sound is to restart the computer (probably power-cycling the tuner is all that's necessary, but I doubt there's an easier way to do this). But I've never lost sound on only the UHF channels.

I do agree that the software is generally unintuitive and un-mac-like, but it's not unusable. On the other hand, I use BTV (best $20 I ever spent on software) to capture, and with this card I've never had a single problem with the captured files (image quality included). In fact, I traded in my Dazzle firewire device for the Televio, and I'm happier with the Televio for the following reasons. One, the tuner, so I can stop using my vcr just for tuning (along the same lines I have one fewer firewire doodad on my desk). And Two, the Dazzle used to skip when the capture couldn't keep up, whereas the Televio seems to capture the sound intact and just lower the framerate. If I must accept dropped frames (whatever that reason may be), this is by far a better compromise. Also, this product doesn't suffer from the poor gamma adjustment of Apple's DV drivers.

I also have a lot of troubles with the remote. I've gotten settings to work with Quicktime Player, but never gotten a global setting to work. And recently the remote hasn't worked at all. I will check out this plastic casing mis-match that several people have mentioned when I get home.

All in all, I am very pleased with the hardware, and the software is adequate for casual use here and there, and I managed to write an applescript to change the channel so I can leave BTV to record anything while I'm gone. So it's usable to the point that I don't have to worry about it. Anyway, I know this is supposed to be a review of the software, but the hardware is important too, and I wanted to say that not everyone who tries it hates it :) I would give the hardware 4 stars, and 5 if it had hardware compression and/or deinterlacing