Equinux TubeStick Hybrid Dual TV Tuner For Macs Combines Digital and Analogue Receivers, Aimed At US Market

Equinux, whose TubeStick USB based TV tuner has, until now, been
available as a DVB-T device reserved for the European market, have
announced the immediate availability of their new TubeStick Hybrid Dual
TV Tuner aimed specifically at Mac users based in the US.

Combining dual TV tuners - one for digital TV reception capable of
decoding both SDTV and HDTV ATSC and unencrypted cable ClearQAM signals
and one for receiving analogue broadcasts - Equinux's TubeStick Hybrid
also offers extended analogue video capture capabilities allowing users
to hook up and record directly AV devices with S-VHS and/or Composite
video outputs, such as video cameras and games consoles.

Other capabilities worth mentioning are the free 'The Tube' application
bundled with the TubeStick Hybrid allowing for timeshifting and the
pausing live TV, as well as offering access to public chat rooms where
users can discuss the television programs they are viewing live with
others, and '�TubeToGo' which facilitates the uploading of recorded
content which can subsequently be accessed whilst out and about via the
internet by connected devices such as iPhones (or any device sporting a
Safari web browser).

Also of note is the fact that, whilst the TubeStick Hybrid is aimed
squarely at Mac users, the device also comes with Windows O/S drivers
facilitating compatibility with the likes of Windows Media Center.

The Equinux TubeStick Hybrid Dual TV Tuner has just been made available
via Equinux's online store, priced at $129, and is also due to become
available from Apple stores in the short term - though no exact time
frame has been provided.

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