[mythtv-users] Hauppauge HD-PVR: Photos and link to pre-order

[Steven Adeff]

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 8:51 PM, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at cogeco.ca>
> wrote:
>
> > Good quality H.264 is usually done in two
> > passes and even high end PC's take several times live to give a
> > tightly compressed, good quality result.
> >
>
> Dedicated chips are often an order of magnitude faster at a specific task
> than a general purpose CPU.
>
>
> > They say their $250 device encodes in real time.
>
> HD Camcorders do, right? They're not $250, but they're also not just an
> encoder.
>
>
> > They've promised a lot and I hope they can deliver.  But I'll be
> > skeptical until there are credible reports in from the field.
> >
>
> We'll have to wait and see. But I don't see anything they've announced as
> being technically impossible.

no, but I have seen HD camcorders for $500...

plus h264 chips capable of encoding 1080i have been around for a few
years now, the $250 price point doesn't seem that implausible, though
I'd like to see a PCIe card with two encoders at that price point...

-- 
Steve
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