EyeTV App Reviews

I have been a user of EyeTV for many years to mainly stream TV from my Mac Mini (only used for EyeTV and to occasionally but not simultaneously stream to my Samsung HDTV) to my iPhone and iPad when Im on the road. I had tried the first generation Singbox but returned it for refund due to compatibility issues with Apple products and that companys total disregard at the time to the Apple segment of the market. I then bought the EyeTV Hybrid which was billed as more Mac-friendly and at first it was pretty reliable. Not the greatest picture and sometimes a little choppy but it was watchable and I could maybe attribute that to bandwidth and interference issues. But as the years have gone by the device and mainly its software have become more and more unstable. The device worked adequately for my needs until a mandated software update a couple of years ago unleashed a series of problems. Its been wonky ever since. There are glitches, crashes and hangups (failure to recognize software updates and loss of functionality) that make it far less than reliable and a nuisance to use. The application no longer launches properly and it is unstable after launch. The application has to be restarted multiple times per day and you have to painstakingly walk through the process each and every time. There is very little remote connectivity any more. Is the device an older model? Sure. Could some of the problems be caused by Apple updates? Absolutely! Support and connectivity for various Apple phones and laptops has been dropped over the years and it seems as if no fixes are being written any longer to help the Hybrid work with any device. Is the answer to buy a newer EyeTV device that is more compatible with my iPhone, iPad, MacBook? Probably. But at this time my experience with EyeTV is irreparably damaged and I cannot recommend the device or the company.

Dont waste your time. Video stutter. App has always been a waste.

I was worried after reading the negative reviews, but realized $5 is not much when compared to the cost of my mac, my iPhone, and far cheaper than buying a new TV. I decided to take the risk... and havent encountered any problems. I bought the app. Opened it. It found my EyeTV computer right away and started streaming without issue. Im running EyeTV on a Mac Mini (2.5 GHz Intel Core i5) that is hard wired (via Ethernet) to my router.

Have eyetv running in Florida and Wisconsin homes. Never miss a home NFL game. Takes some work to set up properly, but once everything is working, you are good to go. Very dependable.

To its credit, the app has worked for me well—in the past. however since I updated my devices to iOS 8 and Yosemite, I can’t get the two apps to recognize each other at all. It offers to turn eyeTV on on the mac, while it’s already on, and then cannot. I’ve gotten my five dollars worth of use out of the app thus far, but for right now, I must wait until the problems are corrected.

Running the latest version of EyeTV on my Mac and this version of the iOS EyeTV app results in unwatchably jittery video on both my iPhone 5 and iPad Air. This would be an excellent product if it worked. The configuration is easy and the app is otherwise well designed. Please fix this, Elgato!

They never update this app and crashes too frequently.

Too bad the EyeTV app doesnt stream high quality video via AirPlay back to an AppleTV... Then it could compete with SimpleTV. The program guide could be much better, with improvements to view programming for more than one channel. Its a good start, but EyeTV is such a great product, why not do better?

Can I get my money back? It just plain doesnt work. Cant find the app or network. Junk.

Needs a search feature. Definitely in the "guide" section. Ideally in every section. Was coming here to write a new review. I see that I wrote the above some time back. Still applies...

Can’t seem to make this work. It connects to the network and the computer, computer is running EyeTV, but program never plays. Tried selecting program directly from guide - no good. Tried “clicking” through channels to select, - still no good. Some support would be nice, but can’t find any. And, sadly, I’m sure there are no refunds. Wish I could set up a source of income like this - no working product, no support, just revenue! Any comment, Elgato?

I dont understand all the negative reviews. For about five bucks I have another TV in my home. Note that this is add on software for eyeTv that is running on your MAC. If you think this application is going to give you TV channels without the MACs eyeTV application, you are mistaken. This sure beats my cable TV providers iPad software and channels that it offers. This works very well over the home local area network. One just has to change Apples software firewall settings in the security system preferences. Amazingly, this will start up eye TV on my computer even though it was not previously running. Getting this to Work outside the home LAN over the Internet (wide area network) is more difficult unless you have an Apple airport router. I have DLINK routers that work well but are a little older without the latest port forwarding protocols. Accordingly manual port forwarding by changing some settings is going to be needed to get this to work outside my home. This is all due to the public IP address we all use when accessing the Internet. If you use a dynamic DNS service, I bet this would work better too. They say this works over let/3G cell connection but you better have a great data plan because this will use significant bandwidth. I took off a star because my router would not work immediately.

Id say its not hard to evaluate when it wont even install.

I use this app all the time. You need to give us an update that will work on Apple Watch.

I bought the iPad and iPhone versions. Save yourself the $5. LiveTV is useless even on a 5ghz wireless network, a powerful Mac, and a iPhone6s. Recordings start off good but after 5 mins pause so frequently its useless. They should not have come out with this app. Apple did not test this app.

Live stream never works. Disappointing that users have to make stream able versions of recorded files, even over LAN. Overall, could be a much better designed and implemented app.

I can get the app to work on my iPhone and iPad when at home on the same WiFi network as my desktop, but I’ve tested in various places on WiFi while out and about, at work, etc… and app is never able to connect to my home computer.

I have Eyetv 3.6 running on a 2011 Mac mini 2.5 i5 w/ SSD serving tv and recording for 2 iPads. Overall streaming works okay. Even at its highest quality setting its more pixelated and choppy than my Directv hd I used to have, but it works. Overall layout is nice and clean. It takes a about 15-20 seconds sometimes for it to recognize the Mac and start serving tv. I have not been able to get EPG to work on the iOS client even though Ive paid for the yearly TV guide subscription and it works fine on Eyetv for Mac. Ive emailed Elgato about this. You cant channel surf. Each time you want to change the channel you have to go back to the guide which is annoying. Overall Im kinda meh... on it. Most of the features work, its just kind of slow at times and the streaming quality is just okay.

The app is great on the iPad and iPhone and worth the money! BUT WHERE IS THE THE APP FOR APPLE TV?

I really find useful I wish you made it for surface pro surfers book