[mythtv-users] "Odometer" Threads

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:46:04PM -0700, Brian Wood wrote:
> Certainly the early Avids (non-linear video editors) had this 
> "technology", and I think that was in the early 90's as well. I think 
> they introduced their open media framework in 1994, well before TiVo's 
> patent application.

We had an Avid at the small cable network I worked at in 93.  You could
do it, but it was *so* hard to get real broadcast NTSC quality that
they had about 6 lower res modes for the actual editing, then you'd
conform.

Now, of course, you can do full-scan HDTV on a laptop.

> The Tektronix PDR series obviously duplicated this technology, based on 
> the futurebus in, I believe, 1987 (at least on paper). Tektronix 
> eventually standardized on MJPEG, close enough to MPEG to obviate that 
> TiVo patent IMHO.

Probably.  If someone can convince Tek that this patent will impact
Profile sales, it will go away.

Anyone know anybody at Tek?

Cheers,
-- jra
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