[mythtv-users] hdtv file size?

[Jesse Guardiani]

Mike wrote:
> Jesse Guardiani wrote:
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>> Or at least, not
>> OTA or QAM HDTV?
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>>     
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> OTA/8VSB and QAM are just the means of transporting the raw mpeg stream 
> to you.... Its all the same once you've receive it.
>   

Well, perhaps I should have said "Or at least, not compressed formats". 
There may be HDMI ->
mpeg2/4 hardware converters at some point, similar to my PVR 350, but 
for digital HDTV. Otherwise
we'll all be eternally limited to OTA or unencrypted cable QAM, right? 
No DirectTV/Dish/encrypted cable.


>> I suppose that might make sense, since there'd be some quality loss.
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>>     
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> Thats my thinking. If its already in a compressed HD format that all HD 
> equipment plays, why would you want it in anything else?

The answer is rather obvious to me: Disk space.

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Jesse Guardiani
Programmer/Sys Admin
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