[mythtv-users] HD Homerun questions

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Travis Tabbal <travis at tabbal.net> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Right, I understand that. It's my understanding however (from looking
>> at the SiliconDust site, nothing more) that a lot of these programs
>> are available in different formats - 480p, 720p. If that's the case
>> then all I meant was I'll only set up channels that allow 480p
>> recordings until I have the whole system working. I want to make sure
>> the most basic capabilities don't down the network or the primary
>> backend before I start streaming 1080i around.
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>> That's all I meant.
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> That's true. You can record the SD version of the digital channels. That
> should keep you at 480p.
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Thanks.

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>> Understood. I suspect the Mac Mini may never be used for anything
>> except recording. I'll just have to see how it works. As I say, it's
>> gathered dust for nearly two years and holds the title for my all time
>> worst computer purchase ever. It never even worked that well running
>> OS X. Certanly it soured me on ever owning another Mac.
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> I don't know if it's all that different, but I love my Mac Mini. Mine is a
> newer Intel based unit, I wonder if there is a big difference.
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Big performance difference I think. Anyway, sold a nice Linux Compaq
laptop, bought this thing and no on ein the family would touch it,
even after I got rid of OS X in favor of Gentoo. Just the way it works
out sometimes. ;-)

- Mark