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Right now its virtually impossible to create an HD DVR without DRM support. The only way to do it economically is via a cable card, the cheapest HD on the fly
by mikeryan 15y ago
Right now its virtually impossible to create an HD DVR without DRM support. The only way to do it economically is via a cable card, the cheapest HD on the fly encoder I've seen is around $1000.
For GoogleTV to really take off they need to bring the price down at around $300 its way too expensive.
- fryguy 15y agoDidn't the Hauppauge HD PVR do that like 5 years ago for $250?
- erik_p 15y agoI think you're right... as someone who was very much involved in the whole diy pvr scene, I was pining away for that card to come out (That hauppauge card was even the last "news" post on my site byopvr.com). By the time the card did come out, I no longer cared. I hate DRM with a passion, but it seems I wanted to spend less time screwing with HTPC and more time enjoying content. A PS3 and netflix streaming serves the need for me nicely, along with cough usenet cough ;) for HD content. I haven't seen it in ages, but I used to really like SageTV's UI, so maybe GoogleTV will get a better interface out of this...
- fryguy 15y agoThat's the avenue I came up with as well. I hated running out of hard disk space, and the HD PVR kept overheating and not recording stuff. Of course, I kept the htpc, but moved to netflix and cough.
- nitrogen 15y agoThe Slingbox PRO-HD is $300 and encodes HD component video for streaming. http://www.slingbox.com/go/slingbox-prohd-techspecs http://www.slingbox.com/go/slingbox-prohd-techspecs