IMac G5;  Can I hook up Cable TV?

My wife is using the iMac G5 and has a cable box in her room. She's using a small LCD TV but wants to run the cable into the G5.
My instincts tell me no, but is this possible?
Thanks, Chris

You need more than just the software. You need the interface to get the signal to your Mac.
Elgato makes that EyeTV software, but the do make the interfaces as well. Which one you need to get depends on the type of signal you are receiving from your cable company. If it is digital, then the EyeTV Hybrid will do the job, but if it is an analog signal, you will want the hardware encoder that comes with the EyeTV 250. They run $149 and $199 respectively.
Miglia also makes a unit called the TVMini HD that does about the same thing as the Elgato units, but does also do HD over the cable signal. Since it does more, it costs more at $249.

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