[Tig] OT TiVo (was: Re: Is packaged media close to end of life?)

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Nick Johnson wrote:
>
> One particularly interesting feature of the newest HD TIVO's is that they
> output both HD and SD "simultaneously" from an HD recording.  I haven't set
> mine up yet but both Weaknees (where I bought them with a terabyte of
> storage) and TIVO verified this before I bought my new ones since this was
> essential for my application.
>
> To me that seems quite a feat (HD to SD downconversion) for a $299 DVR.

This does not seem like too much of a feat.  Set top boxes from DISH 
Network have been doing this since the first HD-capable model was 
released.  Even late 1999 vintage hardware produced nice clear (better 
than SD broadcast) SD output from HD.  The only use I ever found for 
this was to record a program on S-VHS tape.

Given that analog TV will soon go away, it is difficult to imagine a 
purpose for SD output.

Bob
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