Elgato Eye TV for recording TV to iPod

I'm considering buying Elgato's Eye TV in order to record TV shows to then transfer to my computer and iPod. I see that they now have Eye TV2, which has the ability to transfer to iPod, however, I can't really tell if this is just the software to go with the Eye TV unit, or what. Since I'm not interested in doing a whole lot of this, I don't want to invest a great deal of money. Also, does anyone currently use Eye TV, and if so, which model is best suited to use with DirecTV?
I'd also be curious to know how long it takes to convert the files so they can be used in iTunes?
Any thoughts or experience will be greatly appreciated.
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NikR, I bought a new iMac in December and soon followed it with an Eye TV device which I bought from the Apple Store in Sheffield. The Apple Genius there was really helpful and said that the Miglia (http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/61114042/wo/ij4RhNFXhqg12VsV kMJ20RccOyM/1.0.21.1.0.8.25.7.11.3.3)
was cheaper and uses the same software as the Eye TV I was looking at (http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/61114042/wo/ij4RhNFXhqg12VsV kMJ20RccOyM/3.0.21.1.0.8.25.7.11.2.3).
The main difference apart from the cost is that the Eye TV comes with a small aerial, whereas you will need to plug your house aerial into the Miglia.
Actually I have the Eye TV set up with my house aerial as I am in a weak signal area and need a higher aerial to get a good picture. You can get all Freeview radio and TV channels and the software is very easy to use. The images when produced onto DVD are excellent. I use Roxio Toast.
Hope that helps.
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