[mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center

Christopher Kerr mythtv at theseekerr.com
Mon Feb 14 04:32:18 UTC 2011


On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Reynolds, Brian
<Brian.Reynolds at fiserv.com> wrote:
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>> On Behalf Of jedi
>> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 9:36 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center
>>
>>    Actually 2 TB of MPEG2 in HD is pretty small. The amount of space
> an HD
>> MEPG2 takes up on disk is comparable to the same show or movie on
> BluRay.
>>
>>    That's one advantage of the HD-PVR. It compresses everything in
> h264 which
>> considerably increases your effective storage space. Also makes it so
> your
>> recordings require more CPU/GPU horsepower to play back.
>
> Windows MCE stores everything in wtv format.  2TB should give me
> approximately 300 hours of HD content.  I think that's plenty.  I only
> get about 20 hours on my current DVR.  That's nowhere near enough, but I
> think 300 is good.
>
> How many hours would this get me in Myth?

If it's recording the same stream it'll use the same amount - here in
Australia, MPEG2 HD uses about 7GB an hour, or roughly 140 hours per
TB.

> The price of a 7200RPM WD 1TB drive is $70.  The price of a 2TB 7200RPM
> drive from WD is $170.  I can always add more storage later if needed,
> and it's cheaper to buy two 1TB drives vs. one 2TB drive in this
> scenario.

Look up the benchmarks on 2TB 5400RPM drives - for many applications,
the higher data density renders the lower rotational speed moot. I
wouldn't run an OS or database on one, but for dumping recordings onto
they're fine.

They're also rather more economical....here in Australia I can buy
WD's, Seagate's, Samsung's or Hitachi's for ~$110.

- Chris


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