Finally, the Mac is starting to get some respect from PC peripheral manufacturers. AverMedia, one of the first companies making Mac-compatible products, announced the upcomng release of drivers that will run its USB TV tuners on Macs. The USB TV tuner, supposedly the smallest model to date, supports analogue and DVB-T transmissions. Although it looks like any other USB based TV tuner, AverMedia said the Apple version will match the Mac's white colour scheme. 

Other AverMedia products displayed at Computex 2006 is the Express Card 34 DVB-T tuner which has the right size to work with the new Apple Mac Books.  A DVB-H model of the same dimension was also on show along with combined analogue and digital Express Card 54 tuners and mini PCI Express card designed for the latest generation of laptops.

The company did not say when the Mac drivers will be available.