The EyeTV Hybrid and turbo.264 Hardware Bundle for Mac from Elgato Systems is a TV tuner and video encoder hardware bundle.
The EyeTV Hybrid is an external USB ATSC/NTSC TV tuner Mac. It turns your computer into a PVR by allowing you to watch and record analog or digital TV signals directly on your screen. The small external device connects to your computer via a standard USB 2.0 connection. It lets you input video directly from a coaxial, RCA or S-Video source. It comes with the EyeTV 2 software package to watch and record TV, making it a great choice for watching and recording television programs on your Mac.
The turbo.264 is a USB hardware accelerator for H.264 video encoding. The compact device plugs into an available USB port. It includes software for Mac to convert QuickTime video to the MPEG-4 H.264 format used by the iPod, Apple TV, and Sony PSP. Software-based conversion can take up to an hour for a 10-minute video; the turbo.264 cuts that time to less than 12 minutes. This is an excellent option for anyone who has video content that they would like to play on their Apple TV, iPod, or Sony PSP.