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

[jedi]

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 10:49:37PM +0200, Andre Newman wrote:
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> On 13 May 2014, at 22:42, Stephen P. Villano <stephen.p.villano at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 5/13/14, 4:35 PM, Ian Evans wrote:
> >> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
> >> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Andre Newman <mythtv-list at dinkum.org.uk> wrote:
> >> > UHDTV is coming… sooner than most think.
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> >> Due in the U.S. by 2035.  I'll be able to pay for it with my new chip
> >> & pin credit card.
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> >> Going OT here, but the chip & pin CC thing in the US boggles me. We;ve had them in Canada for years. Considering the economies of scale (and that massive Target hack) you think it'd be a no brainer.
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> > As you said, a no-brainer. Something present in US businesses *is* a state of no-brain. Case in point, Target and multiple hacks of retailers since the Target hack was reported.
> > US businesses see spending a nickle to make a quarter is bad. Better to spend nothing, hope not to lose the bankroll and make that quarter before the big loss hits.
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> When chip & pin was introduced here it was primarily an opportunity for the card companies to bring in new terms and conditions making the retailer much more liable for card fraud than before. There wasn’t much choice but one of the Garage chains (gas stations) found some technical problem and took a stand against it for a year or so.
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> A friend who’s software team handles till systems and therefore card clearing for a very large supermarket here commented that the technology was ok, nothing special but the new T&Cs were spectacular(ly bad for them).

    Yes those ToCs can be brutal. They are definitely something to pay 
attention to. Companies will try to slip in some real dire stuff for 
simple things like using their website or automatic debit. You've got to
really pay attention. I am not surprised that there are ToCs in this area
that companies read and found unacceptable.

     SCO had a nice line to the effect that contracts are something that
you can use against your customers.