In reality you're unlikely to get a signal unless you plug it into a house aerial that sits high in the sky. Plug it in, install the software and away you go. There is an aerial out to fit one of three options in the box (small, large and house) and a light so you can see what is going on and that's it. With a device that small, understandably features on the hardware are kept to a minimum. Instead of the big hunks of plastic you got at the turn of the century, the EyeTV DTT Deluxe TV tuner micro-stick is the size of a small USB drive no bigger than your thumb. But does it work? We get watching to find out.Īs the MacBook doesn't, like some PC laptops, have a TV tuner built-in, Elgato has stepped into the breach with the DTT Deluxe, a reworking of its DTT model just considerably smaller. Well Elgato want you to have some downtime with a tiny TV tuner that you can plug into a spare USB socket, allowing you to kick off your shoes and relax. Work, work, work, that's probably all you do on your MacBook.

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