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Health startup Beddr today announced its new SleepTuner product, which it says is the first FDA-registered consumer sleep wearable. The wearable connects via Bluetooth to your iPhone, and offers an incredibly detailed look at your sleep quality, heart rate, and more.
While the Apple Watch is capable of tracking sleep with the use of third-party applications, the Beddr SleepTuner takes a slightly different approach. It’s not necessarily a competitor to the Apple Watch, but rather a simplified version of take-home kits offered by many sleep labs.
The Beddr SleepTuner itself is a small sensor that weighs in at 5.3 grams that you place on your forehead using medical-grade adhesive. Beddr says it’s the size of a postage stamp. As you sleep, the device tracks data including heart rate, stopped breathing events, sleep position, blood oxygen, and more. Factors such as sleep position are tracked using optical sensors a 3-axis accelerometer.
Using optical sensors and a 3-axis accelerometer, the SleepTuner goes beyond basic sleep trackers to accurately measure SpO2, stopped breathing events, heart rate, sleeping position, movement and awakenings. Data is securely stored in the Beddr Cloud until it is synced with the Beddr app via Bluetooth.
All of the collected data is subsequently transferred to the Beddr SleepTuner iOS application. Here, you can see sleep quality, sleep duration, average hourly oxygen saturation level, sleep position data, and more.
One interesting thing to note is that Beddr says the SleepTuner is not necessarily designed to be worn every night. Instead, it recommends you wear it for a few days in a row at the start and see what areas the app recommends you direct your focus. From there, you can wear it on a “weekly or monthly basis to trend your sleep quality over time.”
Apple itself acquired hardware sleep tracking platform Beddit last year. But since that acquisition, all that’s changed is the future of Beddit’s cloud service, which will shutdown next month.
Beddr originally teased its SleepTuner accessory over the summer, but now the company says it will be available to the public next month. The accessory will cost $149 and can be reserved via the Beddr website now. Full press release below:
Beddr launches SleepTuner™ – the first FDA-registered sleep wearable to improve your sleep in a week
Clinical-grade connected sensor and mobile app gathers nightly sleep data, provides personalized health insights to improve sleep quality
Mountain View, Calif. (October 18, 2018) – Beddr today launched SleepTuner™ – the first FDA-registered consumer sleep wearable that can assess and help you improve sleep quality, which is now generally available in the United States. SleepTuner integrates an ultra-compact, clinical-grade sleep sensor with an iOS mobile app to provide deeper, personalized insights into your sleep quality and actionable recommendations on how to improve it.
One billion people worldwide suffer from sleep apnea, a disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep, and even more suffer from poor quality sleep. Beddr is making the essentials of a traditional sleep lab available to anyone from the comfort of their own homes and on their own time. SleepTuner captures much of the same clinical data and accurately measures blood oxygen (SpO2), heart rate, sleep position and stopped breathing events.
“Poor quality sleep can lead to a greater risk of a variety of chronic conditions, like type 2 diabetes, hypertension and depression” said Mike Kisch, CEO and co-founder of Beddr. “The key to better sleep is breathing, and SleepTuner provides access to insights on oxygen levels that cannot be found in traditional consumer sleep trackers. We aim to empower anyone to figure out the cause of their poor sleep within a few days in the privacy of their own home.”
SleepTuner sensor
The SleepTuner sensor takes many of the complex electronics and sensors of traditional overnight sleep labs or take-home kits and condenses them into a discreet, user-friendly wearable. The size of a postage stamp and the weight of a nickel, the sensor is designed for comfort and ease-of-use when worn while sleeping over the course of multiple nights. The SleepTuner is attached to the forehead by a hypoallergenic disposable adhesive. Key to the design of the sensor is making sure it does not disrupt a user’s sleep like the existing options, which involve numerous wires and attachments that can affect comfort and ultimately sleep.
Using optical sensors and a 3-axis accelerometer, the SleepTuner goes beyond basic sleep trackers to accurately measure SpO2, stopped breathing events, heart rate, sleeping position, movement and awakenings. Data is securely stored in the Beddr Cloud until it is synced with the Beddr app via Bluetooth.
In a recent study conducted at the UCSF Hypoxia Lab, the Beddr SleepTuner was found to be accurate with an error margin of only +/- 2.2 percent when compared to an arterial blood draw, which is within the FDA allowable error margin of +/- 3.5 percent. This data indicates that the Beddr SleepTuner is able to accurately measure oxygen saturation levels, a key indicator of risk for sleep breathing disorders like sleep apnea.
Beddr iOS app
The Beddr app is designed to let you measure success night-to-night and build insights at your own pace. The SleepTuner sensor connects with the free iOS app, guiding users through the Beddr sleep tuning process, optimally over the course of a week. The Beddr app combines the data collected by the SleepTuner sensor with self-reported sleep hygiene information to help users determine their optimal sleep position, overall sleep quality, stopped breathing events, oxygen saturation levels and night-to-night improvements.
“The vast majority of people with sleep problems have yet to be diagnosed. SleepTuner represents a promising opportunity to reach a larger portion of the population, engage them in sleep health, and identify issues that may need attention from a doctor,” said Meir Kryger MD, professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, former president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and member of Beddr’s Scientific Advisory Board. “The ability to get personalized insights, over multiple nights in your own bed, is a significant improvement in the patient experience.”
SleepTuner is available for purchase at $149, includes the sensor, 12 adhesives, a charging cable and protective case.
Learn more about the Beddr SleepTuner here.
About BeddrBeddr is a health technology company with a mission to improve the quality of life for millions of individuals through the first integrated, digital approach to understanding and improving sleep. Founded by a team of successful digital health entrepreneurs with proven track records of creating new markets and rapidly scaling successful companies, Beddr is an alumnus of Stanford StartX and endorsed by top experts in sleep medicine. Based in Mountain View, Calif., with offices in Seattle, Beddr was founded in 2016. For more information, visit www.beddrsleep.com/.
If you want to watch free TV on your Mac, we’ve looked at the best TV tuner for Mac in 2019 which can receive analog or digital free-to-air TV channels.
Although streaming sites such as Hulu (Limited Offer: $5.99 per month) , Netflix, iTunes and Amazon video have become the dominant way to stream video content on Mac, using a TV tuner is still the only way to pick up free-to-air and over-the-air (OTA) ATSC TV channels in the USA and digital TV DVT-B digital channels in Europe.
With a TV tuner, you don’t need any expensive cables, Netflix, Hulu or Amazon subscriptions – you can receive all the same free TV channels you get on a TV on your Mac.
Unfortunately the reality is that in 2019, the market has reduced so much that there are only two TV tuners that work well on Mac anymore – the Silicon Dust HDHomeRun and ElGato EyeTV (although the latter is no longer officially available in the USA apart from via resellers).
Here then is an updated list of the best TV tuners for Mac of 2019 in order of ranking.
1. Silicon Dust HDHomeRun
The Silicon Dust HDHomeRun has rapidly filled the vacuum left by Elgato EyeTv Hybrid in the USA and is now easily the best alternative to ElGato EyeTV for Mac users in North America.
Even in Europe and other regions, the Silicon Dust HDHomeRun now poses a serious alternative to ElGato EyeTV. Silicon Dust HDHomeRun is different from a traditional USB TV tuner like ElGato EyeTV because it’s a box that sits in the middle of your home and streams TV content to all devices including Mac via DLNA.
In some ways this is better than having a USB TV tuner sticking out of the side of your Mac that has to be connected to a cable. You can just connect your cable or digital aerial to the box and put it anywhere you want in your home. The wireless nature of Silicon Dust HDHomeRun is why Silicon Dust call it’s users “cord cutters” for those receiving TV via Antenna and “cord shavers” for those that receive TV via cable as it requires far few cables than most TV Tuner setups to distribute TV to any device in your home.
There’s no need for an extra box or extra subscriptions – as long as your Playstation, SmartTV is a DLNA device, it can receive channels from Silicon Dust HDHomeRun which makes it a very cost-effective home entertainment setup for your Mac.
You can even pause a show on one device, and restart watching it on another which is really useful if you want to continue watching a show on the iPad or TV in the bedroom for example.
Like Elgato EyeTV, Silicon Dust HDHomeRun has an easy to use Electronic Programming Guide called “Slice View” and allows you to set series and individual programs to record to an external drive or Network Attached Storage (NAS).
Slice View is free but if you want to be able to pause, rewind and record with the DVR service, it costs a bit extra. You can also record programs remotely if your away from your Mac using the Silicon Dust HDHomeRun DVR mobile app.
There are even apps for devices such as Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV so that you can make your Silicon Dust box record from it. Managing recordings is really easy on the Silicon Dust HDHomeRun and arguably better and more intuitive to use than ElGato EyeTV.
However we strongly recommend using a large capacity external hard drive along with your Silicon Dust Box otherwise your Mac hard drive will get full very quickly, especially if you’re recording in HD. Check our guide to the best external drive for Mac for some suggestions.
Like with ElGato EyeTV Hybrid, you have to be careful that you buy the right Silicon Dust HDHomeRun box for your region. You must purchase separate boxes depending on your region including USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
Another bonus is that you can also use Plex Media Server with a Silicon Dust box. Plex is a free home entertainment software that keeps all of your video and media in one place and is popular with users that want an alternative to iTunes or want to stream to other devices such as from Macs to Roku.
There are three different versions of Silicon Dust HDHomeRun – Connect, Extend and Prime and pricing depends on what kind of channels you want to receive.
You can see a comparison of the different services available below but basically Prime is for those with a US cable subscription and Connect for free-to-air digital channels in the USA and Europe. Extend is the same as Connect with the additional possibility to stream video wirelessly in a format that can be watched on phones and tablets. This is definitely worth the money as it takes a lot of your Mac’s processing power to convert to a mobile friendly format.
There are some slight drawbacks to using Silicon Dust boxes on Mac rather than PC.
One of the biggest disadvantages is that DRM protected content is not available on Mac using Silicon Dust boxes. It also can’t be used to connect to satellite dishes or services.
In spite of this, the fact remains that Silicon Dust HDHomeRun is still our favorite device to receive and watch free TV on Mac. Office 2019 for mac techsoup.
2. ElGato EyeTV Hybrid Europe / ElGato Eye TV Hybrid USA
Elgato EyeTV Hybrid is easily the most established TV Tuner for Mac on the market although since 2016, ElGato has stopped making TV Tuners for the US market.
ElGato EyeTV Hybrid is therefore no longer officially available in the USA and the product has been sold to German company Geniatech which now focuses EyeTV on the European market.
For European users therefore, ElGato EyeTV Hybrid is still a valid option. US users can still get older ElGato EyeTV Hybrid Tuners via resellers on Amazon that still work in the USA but as they are increasingly hard to find, they are expensive currently selling for anything up to around $500.
However, it’s still one of the only decent TV Tuners for Mac on the market and if you’re serious about a home entertainment solution without on-going expensive subscription fees, it’s still worth looking into, especially if you can get one cheaper.
The US version of ElGato EyeTV can receive analogue, digital and satellite channels although the European version no longer supports analogue.
In Europe, the EyeTV 3 DVR software costs an extra €79.95 and allows you to watch, pause and rewind live TV, schedule recordings, edit content and share content instantly with other Mac users on the same network.
However, it seems this software is no longer available to users in the USA meaning you can’t enjoy one of EyeTVs best features unless you’re in Europe.
The EyeTV 3 software gives a very TiVo like experience but in a familiar iTunes style interface with added touches such as Smart Series Guides, Playlists and the ability to view content on the iPhone.
It definitely feels a bit dated compared to a TiVo EPR or the one included in Silicon Dust HDHomeRun though.
One thing that shows extra consideration for Mac users is that Elgato EyeTV Hybrid exports recordings directly to iTunes making it easier to keep all your digital recordings in one place.
This makes it very easy for example to record your favorite TV series on your Mac and then watch it on your iPad in iTunes via iCloud – something that costs a bit extra with Silicon Dust HDHomeRun.
There are some big drawbacks to ElGato EyeTV Hybrid however.
The biggest for North American users is obviously the fact that it’s now very hard to get hold of and no longer supported by ElGato. For European users, there are also some issues to be aware of.
For example, ElGato EyeTV Hybrid it is not compatible in Europe with analogue TV signals, Freeview HD, and encrypted channels.
There are also specific DVB-T2 incompatibility issues including lack of support for certain DVB-T2 formats such as DVB-T2 HEVC and DVB-T2 h.264 in Austria (although other DVB-T2 h.264 broadcasting countries are supported).
One other thing we’ve found is that the ElGato EyeTv Hybrid USB stick tends to get quite hot during operation although it doesn’t seem to affect the quality of the video. There were however some stability issues after prolonged use which required force quitting the EyeTV software in order to get it working again.
You can also only record the channel you are watching – previous editions of ElGato EyeTV supported both analogue and digital which meant you could record one channel in analogue while watching another channel in digital but that’s no longer the case.
If you want closer integration between your iTunes collection and DVR and want a cheap alternative to TiVo on Mac, ElGato EyeTV for Mac is still the best out there – at least for European users but no longer in the US unfortunately.
3. SlingBox
SlingBox isn’t strictly a TV Tuner but it does allow you to watch TV channels on your Mac although the device has gone downhill somewhat and should be considered a last resort to watch TV on Mac.
Slingbox is a simple device which attaches to your receiving device – such as your cable provider or satellite box – and allows you to “sling” the channels it receives to your Mac and other mobile devices anywhere in the world.
You can even control your DVR remotely sing Slingbox meaning you can watch your home TV channels anywhere in the world as long as you have access to the internet.
The drawback is that you obviously need either a cable box from your cable provider or a satellite box to receive channels in the first place.
Slingbox then connects to these either by an Ethernet cable or a WiFi connection which it then uses to sling the channels anywhere you want. To watch Slingbox on your Mac, once your Slingbox is connected, you simply go to a URL provided by the Slingbox and you can start watching channels immediately on your Mac.
In older versions of the Slingbox M1 and M2 there was a Mac desktop app but that has now been discontinued and no longer needed. The Slingbox 500 is now the company’s main product and retails for around $299 although you can usually get it discounted either new or refurbished on Amazon.
Unfortunately, Slingbox isn’t quite the product it used to be.
Although it claims to be easy to setup, there are often problems and there seems to be no support.
In addition, the company has now started injecting ads into the programs that it slings to your Mac which is extremely annoying, especially if you’ve already paid a few hundred dollars for the device.
However, as a last resort, if nothing else has worked for you, it is a way to watch TV channels on your Mac.
TV Tuners For Mac: What You Need To Know
Most TV tuners are more than just receivers nowadays – they allow you to record, edit and share digital or analog TV channels with intelligent Electronic Programming Guides (EPGs) and provide almost all the benefits of TiVo or cable services.
Some TV Tuners even come with remote controls and if you connect your Mac to a sound system, you can create a low-cost home entertainment system without even having to buy a TV or subscribe to anything.
However, the market for TV tuners on Mac has changed significantly over the past few years and it can be confusing which still work on Mac and which countries they support.
Long gone are the days when there were lots of TV Tuners for Mac available.
In 2019, the market for TV Tuners is now considerably reduced as less users choose to watch TV channels on their Mac, preferring instead to stream movies and TV series from services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime instead.
Streaming content offers other advantages over TV Tuners too such as the ability to watch content not available in your region by using a VPN on your Mac.
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However being able to watch TV on Mac is still a great way to bring your iTunes and TV recordings collection closer together and avoids the expense of expensive cable subscriptions or even the cost of buying a TV if you’re limited in space or budget.
To complicate things further, the TV tuner market has become more complex over the past few years with different broadcasting technologies emerging, TV tuners being restricted to specific countries and regions and industry leader ElGato dropping support for TV tuners.
Here then are some important things to consider to avoid disappointment when choosing a TV tuner for your Mac.
Conclusion
As we’ve seen, traditional TV tuners have become virtually obsolete on Mac. The death of ElGato EyeTV in the USA was a big blow for North American users although it’s still a very good option for Mac users in Europe.
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However, although not a USB TV Tuner in the traditional sense, the Silicon Dust HDHomeRun is easily the best solution for watching TV channels on your Mac for users on both sides of the pond. It’s easy to use, is still widely available in the USA, Europe and other parts of the world. Slingbox remains a last resort and seems to be another TV viewing solution on Mac that’s dying a death.
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We hope this article has helped you find a way to watch TV on your Mac but if you have any questions, problems or experiences with the products featured here, let us know in the comments below.
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