[mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center

[Reynolds, Brian]

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> On Behalf Of jedi
> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 9:36 PM
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> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center
> 
>    Actually 2 TB of MPEG2 in HD is pretty small. The amount of space
an HD
> MEPG2 takes up on disk is comparable to the same show or movie on
BluRay.
> 
>    That's one advantage of the HD-PVR. It compresses everything in
h264 which
> considerably increases your effective storage space. Also makes it so
your
> recordings require more CPU/GPU horsepower to play back.

Windows MCE stores everything in wtv format.  2TB should give me
approximately 300 hours of HD content.  I think that's plenty.  I only
get about 20 hours on my current DVR.  That's nowhere near enough, but I
think 300 is good.

How many hours would this get me in Myth?

The price of a 7200RPM WD 1TB drive is $70.  The price of a 2TB 7200RPM
drive from WD is $170.  I can always add more storage later if needed,
and it's cheaper to buy two 1TB drives vs. one 2TB drive in this
scenario.

Brian