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On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 08:47:54AM -0400, Doug wrote: > Hello: > > I am getting FiOS today, which makes me think maybe I should do > something with MythTV. Looking at a storage product on line, it looks > like 1 terabyte gets records 667 hours SDTV or 167 hours of HDTV/MPEG4 > (accurate?). What I am wondering is how _few_ hours on the hard disk > start to feel limiting? If one watches a few shows a week plus one > football game, is 20/50/100 hours enough? I would particularly like > to hear from those who watch via MythTV. I really like the idea of > skipping commercials. Well, that depends on how you store it. If you transcode to 720x480 XviD, you can get great results at about 1GB/hour. If you keep lots of 1080i MPEG2 around, you'll discover that ends up being 4GB/hour. As to how much feels limiting -- I have a family that likes to keep some shows around forever, mostly kids' programs. So I think about 2 TB of disk space is about right, with three tuners. -dsr- -- http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr/eula.html is hereby incorporated by reference. You can't defend freedom by getting rid of it.
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