[mythtv-users] Firewire vs HD-PVR
Yeechang Lee
ylee at pobox.com
Wed Oct 14 18:31:50 UTC 2009
Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> says:
> FireWire for the channels that come off the port w/o encryption, HD-
> PVR for the rest, and yeah, they're part of a recording group. Both
> change channels over FireWire.
Any reason for preferring FireWire over HD-PVR when both are
available? I'd think the latter would be preferred given smaller
recordings and (what I'd hope is)
indistinguishable-from-the-original-MPEG2 quality.
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