Apple Video Users perk up as BroadClip has launched a new application, the “MediaCatcher" which lets one select and capture unlimited video from their cable TV service. Thus one can later view this recordeD footage numerous times on their portable video players like the Apple® Video iPod.

The whole set-up is legal and the shows can be captured, reformatted, tagged, and loaded by a few simple clicks. There are no monthly charges and via the web based architecture one can interact with other users too. MediaCatcher is available now for $79 and with video tuner card for $139 (PCI) and $199 (USB). As of now it only supports Windows. Bummer! BroadClip

Sam Abadir, BroadClip’s CEO, said, “We are pleased to unveil this technology to the many millions of iPod owners who are hungry for video to watch, but don’t want to pay twice for the same content they already own. MediaCatcher lets anyone with a cable TV subscription fill their player with all the shows they love, without worrying about the cost or the hassles of downloading. Unlike the many ‘scam’ sites selling pirated downloads of TV shows, MediaCatcher is perfectly legal, and it falls squarely under the US Supreme Court mandated ‘Fair Use’ of cable TV content.“