Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 2003-06-19 chmilar@mminternet.com (Michael Chmilar) thoughtfully wrote: > >This is true. D-VHS has been available for over a year. It is also possible >to record HDTV to a hard drive in a PC. An HD TiVo is due this fall. >Sony is selling a blu-ray DVD burner now. It costs $14,000. The requirement >for any HDTV recording device is it must capture 19.7 Mbps. > HDTV - the real 1080i - is still beyond the reach of mere mortals - the data rates are immense. But...combined with clever MPEG2 encoding etc etc that can be handled. I'm not sure why the surprise about using tape to record HDTV...it's the primary recording source for all video. What did you think they were going to record to? Magnetic media are still being developed and still are following the density curve set years ago. I'll personally wait a bit for HD-TiVo - but I WILL buy one - TiVo is just too great a technology not to use. But I know it won't be as good as the HDTV signal that it is attempting to record - good but in the first iteration it won't be as nice as the 1080i signal it is attempting. We know we're getting somewhere when home camcorders are able to do 1080i or 720p onto an hour of tape. I can't WAIT for one of THOSE puppies to replace my PD150s. Adam - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html