[mythtv-users] Hauppauge HD PVR (A bit more info for those starved for it)

Matt S. skd5aner at gmail.com
Fri Feb 29 18:24:58 UTC 2008


On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:18 AM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 02/28/2008 04:18 PM, Yeechang Lee wrote:
> > Robert McNamara <robert.mcnamara at gmail.com> says:
> >
> >> For those who can't wait for any little bit of info, here's a frame
> >> dump from a HD PVR capture @ 1920x1080 and 9 Mbit-ish.
> >>
> >> http://www.fecitfacta.com/00000001.jpg
> >>
> >> I think it looks excellent.
> >>
> > Agreed. A 9Mbps PBS 1080i stream (4GB/hour) is surely simpler to
> > process than a 19.2Mbps 1080i stream (7.5-8GB/hour), however. Despite
> > the stated 25Mbps limit of the hardware encoder, I certainly look
> > forward to future examples at higher bitrates.
>
> I look forward to the day when more broadcasters actually use higher
> bitrates...  Here, only CW and NBC use such a high bitrate.
>
> Mike

Doesn't CBS broadcast in 1080i too?  I thought only Fox and ABC used 720p?

Matt


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