[mythtv-users] HDTV over S-video?

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, 29 May 2006 21:51:16 -0400
Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 05/29/2006 07:23 PM, Nick Rout wrote:

> >
> > http://www.fi-llc.com/boards/Products/AccuStream170.php
> >
> > Until you click the "Press Here for information on how to order the AccuStream 170" and discover the price is $2995.00 !!
> 
> And you'll be one of the first on your block to buy a couple of cases of 
> the new 750GB HDD's since you won't be able to encode the streams to 
> MPEG-2 in real-time, you'll have to dump them to disk uncompressed and 
> work your way through encoding later.
> 
> And, even at $3K, it only does 1600x1200 at 30fps.  720p60 (one of the two 
> dominant HDTV formats in the US) is 1280x720 at 60fps.  1080i60 (the other 
> dominant format) is 1920x1080 at 30fps (with 60 fields/second).
> 
> So, I guess even $3K won't buy you the right hardware for the job.
> 
> Mike

Didn't realise those figures for HD. Sheesh!


Frankly I'd just be bloody happy to get my PVR 150 and epia m9000
recording and playing SD !!

-- 
Nick Rout <nick at rout.co.nz>