[mythtv-users] fire tv as mythtv frontend

[Tom Bongiorno]

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com
> wrote:

> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Tom Bongiorno <tbjr at bongohut.com> wrote:
> ....
> > I think that the new six tuner HDHR Prime demoed at CES in January is the
> > only new model that will NOT include a H.264 transcoder.  Or, did I miss
> > something?
>
> I believe you missed something.
>
> For "market differentiation" (i.e. price points), SiliconDust
> said there will be four tuner OCUR models with, and without,
> transcoding capability(*).  The transcoding chip they have
> chosen can support up to four streams, so that is the limit
> in one box (there is a lower cost version of the chip with
> only two streams, which is probably being used in the new,
> shipping two tuner (non OCUR) transcoding model, which
> also, btw, comes in a non-transcoding version).  The six
> tuner model is probably targeted toward a competitor
> in the OCUR market (you think?)
>
> Gary
>
> (*) Not everyone needs transcoding, and some may
> not want to pay for it.  On the other hand, marketing
> says you introduce a couple of products, which can
> get someone to look at your line, and then up-sell
> them the more expensive model.
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That is excellent news as these cheap media players will suddenly be real
options for cable content in the US as most content providers are streaming
MPEG2. Even if we can't always use the actual MythTV frontend software.
Options are always good.

Thanks for the update.

-Tom
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