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Posted by GMAN on 07/25/06 01:02
In article <r0g6c2p1cs11nkhhl9cd55ujrb104hb7gf@4ax.com>, Steve <jazzhunter@atcollectorAGAIN.org> wrote:
>On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:10:31 -0700, "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Phat Bytestard" <phatbytestard@getinmahharddrive.org> wrote in message
>>news:63v4c2tge2qtieelqdk27afrbse67ifbm6@4ax.com...
>>> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 16:14:56 GMT, not@home.now (GMAN) Gave us:
>>>
>>>>In article <aq03c2h2ofrmvhumru0ndc63o9p2u4na44@4ax.com>, Phat Bytestard
>>>><phatbytestard@getinmahharddrive.org> wrote:
>>>>>On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:29:40 -0400, Mike O'Connor
>>>>><mike@leptonicsystems.com> Gave us:
>>>>>
>>>>>>In article <e9pmik$h4n$1@news.xmission.com>, not@home.now (GMAN) wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> WTF are you talking about? I already own a HiDef DirecTV reciever
>>>>>>> with Tivo. I already can record HD stuff and i have been able to for
>>>>>>> damn near 2 years now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Not to mention lots of people can record HDTV broadcasts. I have an
>>>>>>Intel based iMac, a small Miglia MiniHD that plugs into the USB2, and
>>>>>>its EyeTV software that displays and records full stream ATSC HD
>>>>>>broadcasts like a TiVo. Works great!
>>>>>
>>>>> And is ALSO dumbed down and is NO LONGER At HD resolution on the
>>>>>recording. Also, try getting your supposedly HD recorded works onto a
>>>>>portable storage medium. I ain't talking about a fucking thumb drive
>>>>>either. You can call it what you like, but it is not 1080i or p.
>>>>With my HD tivo, i can use FTP via a USB to Wireless-G network adapter to
>>>>transfer shows from the tivo to my PC in its full broadcast glory. Then i
>>>>can
>>>>dump it to optical media of my choice.
>>>
>>>
>>> Since HD material is MINIMUM 25Mbit per second stream, why do I have
>>> a hard time believing you?
>>>
>>> Could it be that USB cannot even pass that data rate?
>>
>>Phat is completely correct here. You are not recording 1080i or p at all.
>>Not at all.
>
>Erm, you're transferring files, like through any computer network. No
>one said the data had to be transferred at Real-time speeds through
>the network. It's on the Tivo at 25Mbs, it's transferred though USB at
>maybe just 4 Mbs, then several hours later once it's on the computer
>it can then be played at 25Mbs again. Right? This is true of all
>hacked Dtivo sytems where a few films are offloaded through a space of
>a day or more so that they can be edited and made into a DVD on the
>computer.
>
>.. Steve ..
>>
Exactly, plus most shows are not being broadcast at that full data rate.
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