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Review: 3 TV Tuners For The Mac: Page 3 of 7

Finally, some words of advice for those with limited hard drive space: An hour of DVD-quality recording can easily eat up 3.4 Gbytes of space. If you do intend to use your Mini (or other Apple system) as a media hub and don't want low definition playback, make sure either that you've got a good-sized hard drive or tack an external USB drive to it.
TVMax+

Physically, the TVMax+ is a near perfect match for the Mac Mini. In fact, it's designed to look like a Mini clone and shares the same 6.5-inch square footprint. Since the TVMax+ is 1.5 inches in height, when it's set on top of the Mini, the pair creates a stacked "tower" of just 3.5 inches in total.



TVMax+

The TVMax+'s rear panel has the usual audio and composite video AV inputs plus an SVHS video-in as well. There is no front or side panel connectivity, which (unlike its two competitors) makes the installation surprisingly painless -- and, if you're using all of its connectivity, very clean-looking.

There were, of course, the rote matters of connecting the USB and cable TV cables. Miglia's TV software installed without a problem, and once the cable
and USB connections were made, everything worked as advertised.