TV on my MacBook, living in Ireland, which one to get?

Hi All,
I want to watch TV on my MacBook, but I dont know if any off them will work, Elgato was the ones I was looking at. We have a satellite dish on the roof and have the digital sky box in the TV room, we dont have an aerial anywhere and only get very bad reception on the Irish stations, which I presume are decribed as analogue, are they? Antway what do I need to get TV on the MacBook? Anyone have it in Ireland? Im in Kildare.

The Elgato tv tuners are excellent but which one to get depends on your TV reception. You need to find out if you can get Digital Freeview in your area. I can recommend the EyeTV Hybrid which is good for analogue and digital. The EyeTV Diversity great if you can get Digital but pointless if not.
Whatever you do you're going to need a decent arial if the reception is bad in you area.

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