EvolutionTV 2.7 review

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Watch and record TV on your Mac with EvolutionTV.

License: Freeware
OS: Mac OS X
File size: 15378K
Developer: Miglia
Price: $0.00
Updated: 10 Oct 2006
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Watch and record TV on your Mac with EvolutionTV... Featuring MPEG-2/4 and DivX hardware compression, EvolutionTV is the most advanced digital video recorder available for your Mac.

Delivering a clean and sharp picture, EvolutionTV comes with fully featured software enabling you to watch and record TV, schedule recordings, access Online TV guides and much more. Thanks to its state of the art built-in video compression hardware, EvolutionTV will let you store hours of TV programs on a single DVD.

With EvolutionTV, now is the time to say good-bye to your VHS recorder!

Here are some key features of "EvolutionTV":
Watch and record full screen TV or video
Watch TV in window mode or full screen on your Mac. Your Mac will not be slowed down while recording thanks to EvolutionTV’s built-in video compression technology.
MPEG-2 (DVD), MPEG-4 and DivX hardware compression!
EvolutionTV gives you a wide freedom of choice to record your TV shows. Use the universal MPEG-2 format or use MPEG-4 and DivX, the latest video compression technology.
Scheduled recording functionality and iCal integration
EvolutionTV allows to schedule recordings days or weeks in advance. Thanks to the tight integration with Apple’s iCal, you can even schedule recording via your favorite calendar application.
Compatible with most Digital TV receivers
If you are already enjoying digital TV, simply connect your receiver box to EvolutionTV via S-Video and watch TV on your Mac!
Robust Aluminium case
Designed to last, EvolutionTV’s case is made of Aluminium (AI) and anodised in cool silver.
What's New:
Added Startup Plug-in. This Plug-in will automatically start up (or wake from sleep) your Mac to launch the EvolutionTV application when a scheduled recording is due to start. The Startup Plug-in can be configured to shutdown your Mac once the recording is completed.
TitanTV .tvvi and .tvpi files are now automatically opened once they have been downloaded.
Added Support for several Asian countries.
Picture optimisation feature now fully working under 10.3.x and 10.4. Changing the optimisation settings will affect only the live TV window
The iCal Plug-in is now Mac OS X 10.4 compatible
The iCal Plug-in now maintains the alarms set with iCal
Several bugs were fixed improving greatly the stability of the application
The 'Channel Templates' tab in the preferences window is removed.

What's New:
Adds Intel Mac compatibility
Upgrade to the video coding library
Increased the speed of live recordings completion
Localized file paths are now shown in recording details  
Fixed problem with iEPG plug-in not opening .epg files
Included universal MovieGate plug-in 1.0.2
Fixed bug with iCal plug-in when deleting active recordings.

Requirements:
EvolutionTV Digital Video Recorder
PowerPC G4 @ 800 MHz or better with USB 2.0 connectivity.

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