[mythtv-users] How much storage do you have for MythTV?

[Chris Ribe]

My PVR-150 records at the default 2.1GB/hr.   My TiVo captures the MPEG-2
stream broadcast by the satellite.

Once upon a time,  I had a standalone TiVo with Comcast cable.  It was one
(puts pinky to mouth) MILLION times better than having side by side TVs to
watch concurrent baseball games.

I'd take my Myth box over my SA TiVo anyday.  I'd say the picture quality
difference between those 2 was negligible, but the Myth box has never been
hooked up to anything other than a computer monitor. The Tivo was always
hooked up to a TV (except for 4.25 glorious snowy hours that made Adam
Vinatieri and "The Tuck Rule" household names, when it was hooked up to a
DLP front projector).

All that said,  DirecTiVo PQ = DirecTV PQ > (IMnsHO) Comcast PQ > Comcast
captured by PVR PQ.

On 1/26/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
> On 01/26/2006 09:18 PM, Chad wrote:
> >> To keep somewhat on the topic of recording space, my Directv tivo
> stores
> >> about 36 hours of SD programming (at about 1GB/hr), and its quality is
> >> vastly superior to what I get get from my Comcast cable and PVR-150.
> >>
> > Is the PVR also set to record at ~1GB/hr too?
> >
>
> And at the lower-than-Full-D1 resolution that TiVo uses (TTBOMK, 352x480
> on basic/medium, 480x480 on high, and 544x480 on best--but I'm guessing
> with the file size your talking about, you're talking about basic or at
> most medium).
>
> If you have a low bitrate and a high resolution, you'll get a terrible
> picture.  Same with a high bitrate and a low resolution.  They need to
> be well-matched.
>
> Mike
>
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