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EyeTV Mobile brings free TV to your iPad and iPhone
Created: 11/29/2012
Video description: The Elgato EyeTV Mobile is a small antenna dongle that delivers a handful of over-the-air TV channels to iPads and iPhones. Just don't expect cable TV -- or even all of your local stations.

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Elgato EyeTV mobile Review

The good: The Elgato EyeTV Mobile allows iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touch models to stream some live TV channels. The viewing app is free, and there are no charges beyond the hardware price (at least through the end of 2013). A limited program guide is available, and viewing can be paused and rewound.

The bad: Most areas will have only a handful of over-the-air channels; newer iPads and iPhones require expensive and cumbersome Lightning adapters; there's no recording capability; and video fidelity is lackluster, especially on the iPad.

The bottom line: The EyeTV Mobile delivers live over-the-air TV to iPads and iPhones, but the extremely limited channel selection is just the first of several reasons it's tough to recommend.

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Elgato EyeTV mobile Specs

Manufacturer: Elgato Systems, LLC
Part number: CNET-elgato-eyetv-mobile

There are no specs for this product.