I’m convinced that with each passing day, a team of programmers are working around the clock to create new features and cool applications for the iPad with the sole purpose of “rubbing it in my face” that I still don’t have one. Seriously. I mean, Elgato has just announced a device that will stream live TV to your iPad so you can basically use it like a portable TV. REALLY?! It wasn’t bad enough that you could buy shows and movies from iTunes, listen to streaming internet radio, keep all your documents on it, and play freakin’ awesome games on it. They had to go and make it a portable TV. C’mon! You gotta be kidding me.

The EyeTV HD, from Elgato (Spanish for “not as popular as a dog”….what? look it up , is basically a DVR that connects to your Mac and allows you to record live video or schedule recordings of your favorite shows. It works with cable and satellite boxes as well as an old fashioned antenna (you can ask your grandparents about those). It’s setup to record to an iPhone/iPad friendly version of h.264 simultaneoulsy so you have the option of exporting to either device when the recording and encoding are complete. But the real lure of this device is the iPhone app that has recently been submitted for the iPad as well.

EyeTV HD features a unique dual-format capture mode and can record in both the iPad and iPhone formats at the same time. This feature supports super-fast exports to iTunes from EyeTV, and facilitates the streaming of live and recorded TV to an iPhone or iPad using the optional EyeTV app.

This opens up a whole new world of possibilities for the iPad. I think it’s been established that my wife is not in favor of me having one of these. However, if I present that scenario that the Bachelorette is on at the EXACT time that I’m trying to watch Breaking Bad (I know they’re on different days of the week, just go with it for the sake of the argument), and she wants the big TV, I could watch my show sitting on a couch or in bed by streaming directly to my iPad. Pretty sure I’m a genius.