EyeTV HD

Elgato's EyeTV HD comes with everything you need in the box, and does a pretty good letting you watch and record premium cable and satellite content—despite a few software bugs.

The EyeTV HD differs from most of Elgato’s other offerings in that it isn’t a TV tuner—it’s a video-capture device. That's because the encrypted signals from your cable or satellite provider require a decoder—a receiver or DVR, for example—to play on...