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Jarod Wilson wrote: > Personally, I'm targeting the Hauppauge HD-PVR for my next purchase: > > http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hdpvr.html > > Very cool device, integration work in mythtv already underway... It sounds like it is basically a self contained PVR, with some ability to interact with a connected PC. Though I'm confused. Does it have an internal hard drive? The description sounds like it can record internally, but there's no mention of disk size or recording capacity. Maybe I'm just being thrown off by the packaging and the marketing. Is it just an HD USB tuner? I also find it confusing that it is presented like a set top box (with remote), though the computer interface is apparently USB, not Ethernet. That seems to assume that the PC and TV are quite close to each other. The specs say it has a "H.264 AVCHD video encoder." Does that mean it is re-encoding the already encoded HD streams, or is that just for the NTSC recordings? What do you see as the advantage to this device over other HD tuners for use with MythTV? What I'd really wish Hauppauge would work on is an upgrade to their MVP that included hardware accelerated MPEG4 (w/AC3) playback in HD resolution. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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