<div dir="ltr">Amazon is now at $129 as well...<div><br></div><div> --Matt</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div> --Matt</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Gary Buhrmaster <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com" target="_blank">gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Ian Evans <<a href="mailto:dheianevans@gmail.com">dheianevans@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
....<br>
<div class="im">> Just curious...I see the HDHR4 hardware transcodes into H.264.<br>
<br>
</div>As an option. Doing so is (probably) targeted on improving their<br>
capability as a DLNA server, since many (newer, especially mobile)<br>
devices do not do MPEG2, and transcoding to H.264 will also<br>
improve bandwidth requirements (also likely for wireless, which<br>
will may also reduce your storage requirements for recording),<br>
and according to posts on their forum, are likely to support<br>
selecting differing resolutions depending on the target device(*).<br>
SiliconDust has not yet publicly documented the detailed<br>
capabilities, nor the programmatic API to control the device.<br>
<br>
For MythTV, at introduction, the most interesting thing about<br>
the HDHR4-CC will be 4 tuners (the 4 in the name is the<br>
generation, not the number of tuners, btw), and not some<br>
future transcoding abilities(***). Of course, pricing is also not<br>
yet known, so that may influence the value proposition<br>
compared to the HDHR3-CC.<br>
<br>
Gary<br>
<br>
(*) Note that some providers are already transmitting in<br>
H.264(**). I presume that the HDHR4 will transcode from<br>
H.264 to H.264 too, not just MPEG2 to H.264, to support<br>
lower capability/bandwidth requirements over DLNA.<br>
<br>
(**) And now that even the cheapest newer DTA style<br>
devices do H.264, it will be a way to move forward for<br>
some providers to offer more shopping channels (and,<br>
perhaps, higher quality for some channels).<br>
<br>
(***) Thinking out loud, and without really looking into the<br>
codes carefully, I would presume that MythTV will need<br>
to add the capability for recording profiles to send info<br>
to the HDHR4 to select, say, a low bitrate transcoded<br>
recording of "Talking Heads", and, say, a high bitrate<br>
transcoded recording of "Fast Moving Sports Action".<br>
But this will require some developer to be sufficiently<br>
motivated to add such capabilities.<br>
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