[mythtv-users] Best settings for transcoding HD content to save space?

[Andre Newman]

On 13 May 2014, at 21:44, Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Michael T. Dean
> <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> ....
>> But it's easy to find 3TB HDDs for $99.99 (or approximately $0.033/GB).
> 
> And I just happened to see that a local retailer is selling
> 4TB HDDs for $129 (after rebate), or $.03225/GB.
> 
> The one sure thing about disk prices is that absence of
> another flood in Thailand (and lack of adequate preparation
> for sourcing of the head assemblies), the prices will go down
> in the future.

They need to, UHDTV is coming… sooner than most think.

I have a (very poor quality) UHDTV recording of a Football match that is 76GB, that’s a whole transponder worth of 2160p50 using H265. 

There are early adopter trial services being planned for early next year, HDD manufacturers rejoice ;-)

Andre



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