but I'm planning to get a Mac mini with an HDHomeRun tuner for local channel shows and do everything else via blu-ray, itunes, amazon or other. I figured it would save about $700-800 a year over what I pay DirecTV. Haven't done it yet as it'll entail a new TV as mine won't connect to the mini - the TV predates HDMI by 2 years, and while it has a VGA port it only accepts 640x480 but Macs now want at least 800x600.

On the EyeTV3 page they list
Export TV recordings automatically to iTunes for playback on an iPad, iPhone, iPod or Apple TV

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