Posted by Bob on 04/12/06 12:54

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:57:36 -0700, "Bill's News"
<BillsNews@pcmagic.net> wrote:

>Since I capture TV on a PC and the BLT has wired access to the 720 gB
>storage of that PC, I have a PVR that does ALMOST everything I want

I want the TV capture in the PVR. If you are going to put the TV out
in the PVR, just as well put the TV in there too.

I don't even need a large HDD in the PVR - the smallest for routine
operating system needs is fine. I want a DVD player in the PVR. If you
are going to do that, might as well make it a recorder too. There may
be the odd occasion that the LAN is down, and you need to save to a
DVD.

Althought the main storage HDD is on my computer, I do want the rest
in one box for convenience.

>I've been making xvid versions of some episodic TV programs

So are most torrent providers. The favorite is the 1/2 CD size (350
NB) for one 42-minute episode. The developer of Auto Gordian Knot
recommends XviD.

>I don't think that an all-in-one, stand-alone PVR would suit me. The
>PC seems much better suited to the job today.

As mentioned above I want everything but the main storage HDD on the
PVR. I want the main storage HDD on my PC for several reasons:

1) I can use conventional HDDs and not some special crap that only
works in the PVR.

2) I have the editing s/w on my PC so it is natural to have the
content I will edit there too.

3) The main reason is because I can put the HDD in good-quality
removable bays and swap HDDs in and out.

If, however, I ever built my own PVR out of a PC, I would put a
removable drive bay on it just in case I wanted to swap the HDD in and
out of it for convenience.



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