[mythtv-users] DCT-6200 w/ FireWire -- Looking for Input..

[Jim Oltman]

720p will be more space.  It is a progressive scan whereas the 1080i
is an interlaced scan.  Electronically, 1080i is equivalent to 540p. 
That should give you an idea.  As far as how much space, I am not
sure.  I don't have a high def TV yet.


On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:44:18 -0800, Big Wave Dave <bigwavedave at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Are there any recommendationso n FireWire PCI cards?  I've been
> > > looking at all the usual places, just wanted to avoid any problematic
> > > ones.
> >
> > Heh, NOT the on-board crap on one of my Asus boards, it didn't work worth a
> > damn... However, I've had good success with the FireWire port on a
> > SoundBlaster Audigy, as well as the card in my master backend right now,
> > which is a Western Digital branded card, NEC OrangeLink chipset.
> >
> So, it looks like I'll go with the following setup...
> 
> Intel 3Ghz w/ HT
> 512MB DDR RAM
> 300GB UDMA/100 Drive
> NVidia MX4000 (using SVIDEO out)
> FireWire Host Adapter
> 
> It seems like this will be sufficient from what everyone has been saying.
> How fast does HD use up disk space?
> 
> Does the "raw" firewire dump provide 1080i or 720p?  I don't need
> 1080i... I don't even need 720p... but I'm guessing  the 720p will
> require less space.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
> 
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