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Apple Buying Miglia?

Bloggers are spreading rumors that Apple may be acquiring Miglia, makers of TV Max+ and other products that allow customers to view TV on Macs. This would give the soon to be released Apple TV product recording ability.

The rumor spread because last week, Elgato pulled its license for its EyeTV product from Miglia. And Apple removed all Miglia products from the Apple Store.

Miglia allows Macs to record TV in MPEG-4 formats, including H.264 and DivX formats. It also has RCA, coaxial, and S-video inputs for video capture. Combine these products with the USB port on Apple TV and viola! Instant DVR capability. Unless you forget about Apple TV’s paltry 40 GB storage space which would barely be able to hold a week’s work of American Idol shows in HD.

Bloggers are also speculating that Apple can use Miglia to enable recording through iTunes, as well as Apple TV.

Nevertheless rumors are rumors. And people are saying that Miglia is chatting with Apple in a “friendly way”.

Since Apple never pre-announces products or news, (unless you count this) guess we’ll have to wait and see.

[tags] Apple, Apple TV, DVR, PVR, Miglia, EyeTV, Elgato, digital video recorder [/tags]

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