HDTV storage needs

[Jarod Wilson]

On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 09:37 -0400, John.Boland-4MWP6VXyifjQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org wrote:
> how well does a firewire connection to an hd stb grab video?

Depends on your cable box, your cable provider, your firewire card, the
phase of the moon and... Some people luck out and can record every
channel via their cable box's firewire output no problem, others only
get a few channels, others get nothing.

> what resolution and data rate?

Same resolution and data rate it comes to the cable box at from the head
end.


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Jarod Wilson
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