[mythtv-users] Analog HD capture with realtime hardware compression

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Jan 4, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Robert wrote:

> On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 10:05 -0800, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>> I meant what does SLING hope their customers will do with this
>> ability? Their whole business model is built on the ability to take
>> high-res video and compress it to stream to lower-bandwidth devices.
>
> I know a few people who use a sling box to stream video around their
> homes rather than paying extra subscriptions to their satellite
> providers for a multiroom setup.  I guess it would make sense for them
> if they wanted to stream HD content around the home.
>
> Personally, I'd rather have MythTV do that for me, but I guess Sling
> would be "simpler" for the average consumer.
>
> Robert.

Weird. Rather than completely taking over the livingroom TV to  
redirect the video somewhere else, I'd rather just put that $400  
towards a second set-top box - if I didn't have MythTV).