<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Eric Sharkey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eric@lisaneric.org" target="_blank">eric@lisaneric.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div class="h5">On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Phill Edwards <<a href="mailto:philledwards@gmail.com">philledwards@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> For the US market, there will be 4 total models. The matrix will be<br>
>> transcoder/notranscoder, vs 2-tuner ATSC/QAM/4-tuner QAM/CableCard.<br>
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> How come they max out at 2-tuner models? A 4-tuner model would fantastic.<br>
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</div></div>I think you misread what Gary wrote. The cable card version of the<br>
tuner will have four tuners.<br>
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This is a pretty nice little box. If the quality is good, having<br>
H.264 transcoding done in hardware will be a really nice benefit to<br>
both save space and to allow easier playback on mobile devices.<br>
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I wonder what the release date for the CC box will be?<br>
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Eric<br>
</font></span><div class=""><div>_______________________________________________</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>At the risk of derailing this thread, there's a way to encode recordings on the fly in H.264. See <a href="http://www.silicondust.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=14612">http://www.silicondust.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=14612</a> <br>
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