[mythtv-users] The Death of MythTV in the US?

[jedi]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:16:22PM -0400, Phil Bridges wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:05 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 04:48:14PM -0400, Braindead wrote:
> >  > On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:52:50 -0400
> >  > "Eric Mesa" <ericsbinaryworld at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  >
> >  > > I've been doing a lot of reading and research with respect to current
> >  > > cable trends in the US as well as reading the MythTV lists daily and
> >  > > some of the archives.  First of all, I don't understand the point of
> >  > <snip>
> >  > I've got analog cable, can tune all the channels I want with as many tuners as I want.  No STB required.
> >  >
> >  > There's nothing on TV that I would even bother trying to get in HD anyway.
> >
> >     HD means dramatically higher storage requirements.
> >
> >     Even if Good Eats and Scooby Doo were available in genuine HD, I am not
> >  sure I would care to spend 7-9GB per hour on either. The same goes for old
> >  movies that have been mutilated and most new stuff.
> >
> >     TV in general seems intent on putting itself out of it's misery. The
> >  newer generations are more interested in different content. The older
> >  generations can get the cream of the crop from years past on DVD. A lot
> >  of other people can use techniques that aren't politically correct to
> >  mention here.
> >
> >     I find myself watching more TV while watching a lot less of stuff
> >  captured from my cable provider.
> 
> Two corrections:
> 
> (1) Good Eats is available in genuine HD.

    Are you sure about that? I've seen stuff that I know can't have
been produced in HD coming over at 720p or 1080p. Then it compresses
down to what an SD transmission would.

> (2) It records at less than 6 GB per hour for me from my cable box.

    That's still 10 times as much storage for no real added value.

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