How does Live3G compare to EyeTV for iPhone?
EyeTV for iPhone
With the EyeTV app, you can watch, record, and enjoy live and recorded TV on your iPhone or iPod touch. At last, you don‘t have to leave all your great TV shows at home; the EyeTV app puts the power of award-winning EyeTV in the palm of your hand.
The EyeTV app accesses EyeTV running on your Mac at home to deliver a full range of features to your iPhone.
Live3G
Stream live television over a 3G connection to an iPhone – with Elgato’s Live3G web app, you can watch live TV and EyeTV recordings anywhere. The Live3G web app runs in the Safari browser on your iPhone. It’s free and is available at https://live3g.eyetv.com.
What’s more, Web apps have access to TV-out on your iPhone. So as an added benefit of Live3G, you can watch live and recorded TV on a big screen television or projector by connecting your iPhone with a compatible cable.
Live3G can also use the Safari browser on your Mac to access recordings or Live TV, from another Mac running EyeTV. The client Mac (running Safari) needs to have OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Compare EyeTV for iPhone to Live3G
| EyeTV for iPhone App | Live3G Web App | |
| Watch live TV and recordings with Wi-Fi connection | Yes | Yes |
| Watch live TV and recordings with 3G connection | No* | Yes |
| Browse the comprehensive Program Guide | Yes | No |
| View details about a TV program | Yes | No |
| Start recordings back home on your Mac immediately | Yes | No |
| Schedule recordings back home on your mac for later | Yes | No |
| View recording schedules | Yes | No |
| Edit recording schedules | Yes | No |
| Use your iPhone’s TV-out to to watch live & recorded TV on a big-screen TV or projector | No** | Yes |
| Availability | iTunes App Store | https://live3g.eyetv.com |
| Price | $4.99 (US) | Free |
* Apple’s agreement with AT&T prohibits iPhone apps that provide streaming of Live TV over the cellular/3G network.
** Safari, a proprietary Apple application, has access to TV-out and therefore so do Web apps. Third-party iPhone apps do not.
The EyeTV app accesses EyeTV running on your Mac at home to deliver a full range of features to your iPhone.