Re: HD and disk space

So I now understand that HD content is similar to a DirecTV signal in that
it is streamed in compressed form (MPEG2?), so MCE quality settings have no
effect. But can anyone tell me if the signal the TV station is sending has
any bearing on the size of the recording. For example, if a station is
sending out a 1080i stream versus a 780p stream, will the size of the
recording be much different?

I notice that if I hover over a dvr-ms file in Explorer it shows me in the
resulting tooltip a bandwidth size, such as 80kbps for an analog recording,
or 160kbps for digital. Does this number enable me to deduce the HD format
(1080i vs 780p)? if so, does anyone have the rule of thumb numbers to look
for?

-Brett-


"Stephan Schaem" <sschaem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23aA2zgMgFHA.1048@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> And the hours MCE report is not for HD but SD.
> For HD recording a 320gig drive will hold 36hours max of video, not 50
> hours.
>
> Stephan
>
> "JW" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uktS7%23JgFHA.2700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Nice idea, however, you can not change the recording quality of digital
>> broadcasts received with an HDTV card since they are already encoded.
>>
>> "Eric The Viking" <stickyerfekkinspam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1120466954.901680.64620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Try knocking the recording quality down a notch. I did this and
>>> couldn't tell the difference in quality.
>>>
>>> Using the second from highest quality setting allows me to get around
>>> 50 hours on a 160Gb drive.
>>>
>>> For more capacity you could look at multiple drives - set them up as
>>> dynamic disks in XP and span them. Alternatively you can do like you
>>> said and use RAID ( JBOD or striping ). The only bummer as you rightly
>>> point out is that if one of the drives fails you lose the lot. Really
>>> there is no substitute for traditional backups here - always make sure
>>> your photos / MP3s are backed up to DVD every now and then, also any
>>> programs you absolutely do not want to lose should be copied to DVD too.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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