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Posted by Erik Funkenbusch on 06/20/06 16:56
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:52:58 GMT, Jim wrote:
>> Certainly, but why spec it so low when you can spec it to do so much more?
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> to keep the cost to a minimum, maybe?
> OK, you can get a standalone DVR for a hundred bucks, but there you're
> looking at an embedded system and /maybe/ a 1GHz processor. Being as
> it's there to do only one thing (compress streaming video), it shouldn't
> even need that.
Actually, it's MUCH less than that. Last specs I saw for a series 2 TiVo
was a 50Mhz low voltage PPC.
My guess is that the Series 3's will be much beefier.
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