Recording TV on my iMac

Before asking my tv recording question, here is what i am using:
iMac 17" Core Duo intel 1.8ghz 1 Gig RAM With a Cable modem
My goal:
to record tv shows (Scheduled) during the night on my imac, and, when i wake up in the morning, just copy the shows that i recorded to my jump drive or hard drive and take them to work with me.
I dont have much time in the morning, so, i want to make sure that there is no encoding needed. I want to just be able to wake up, get the TV shows that i recorded, and copy them straight over to my data storage.
Am I looking at the right thing?
http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetvhybrid
And, one more thing. If I buy this, does this come with everything I need? I would hate to open the package, only to find out that there were other things I should have purchased with it.
the source that i am going to be recording from is Coaxial Cable. I am just going to run a splitter off my cable modem and hook the coaxial to this unit.
One final question (I promise). Do these devices deliver good quality? I mean, I know I am only going to be able to get the quality that the coaxial cable will deliver, but, will this device preserve it at least?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Gary

Did you do a search of the forum as requested before posting a new topic? Just typing TV in the upper right corner search box came up with the following, so I'm sure if you do your own homework the answers are there;
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