Re: [VOOM] Re: Extra Channels in 2005
Wilt,
I have an RCA DVR Hard Drive that interfaces via the RCA DLP HDTV 1394 connection. It seems that I can only use it to record ATSC signals from that TV. As expected, I cannot record VOOM even when I select it as the input. So it's a fairly limited DVR for sure. Only networks.
I will need the VOOM DVR to record VOOM programming but will it only handle VOOM and OTA digital received via the VOOM receiver?
Will the VOOM DVR be able to record any other sources?
Does the VOOM box receive NTSC local non-digital signals? I think not but I saw a writeup that says it does.
Has any solution to the OTA only authorization for a purchased but unauthorizable receiver been considered or is it a dead issue?
No more questions today, I promise.
Thanks.
Thegrod
----- Original Message -----
From: Wilt Hildenbrand
To:
VOOM@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 6:51 AM
Subject: RE: [VOOM] Re: Extra Channels in 2005
If you're speaking of the Voom box, yup, by definition.
As to 1394, it's not an incompatibility, its an incapability.
With 1394 the mux is output still compressed and the decompression takes
place at the device; TV, DVR, D-VHS, etc. If these devices, which they don't
currently--and I don't know of a schedule to do so--have on-board MPEG 4
decoding chips/capabilities, then they can't handle the signal.
Wilt
-----Original Message-----
From: thegrod [mailto:bruceg@htva.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:44 AM
To:
VOOM@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [VOOM] Re: Extra Channels in 2005
Thanks for such a thorough answer. So MPEG 4 and 1394 are incompatible?
Will your DVR be able to record MPEG 4 then?
----- Original Message -----
From: Wilt Hildenbrand
To:
VOOM@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 6:33 AM
Subject: RE: [VOOM] Re: Extra Channels in 2005
Okay, the stuff I can answer:
1. Original boxes have plug in slot,
2. That's expensive,
3. Later boxes, including DVR boxes, will likely all have newer chips that
have Advanced Coding--MPEG 4 and the like, as well as 2--built in,
eliminating the need for a add-in card.
4. The reasons we had to go with hardware versus software decoding, before
someone asks, is that the processing to do full res HD, under software,
didn't look good at the time and still doesn't, in terms of availability.
5. 1394 and Advanced Coding are an issue--the devices that accept 1394
won't accept Advanced Coding.
Wilt
-----Original Message-----
From: thegrod [mailto:bruceg@htva.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:28 AM
To:
VOOM@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [VOOM] Re: Extra Channels in 2005
Wilt,
So now I am not clear on this. Is MPEG 4 built into the chip in the
receiver, not requiring the use of an expansion slot?
The DVR will be a seperate box? Can the expansion module be used for a
firewire (IEEE 1394) connection? If so, any plans for this in the future?
or sooner?
Thanks.
Thegrod
----- Original Message -----
From: Wilt Hildenbrand
To:
VOOM@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:57 AM
Subject: RE: [VOOM] Re: Extra Channels in 2005
Well, the original schedule had it with the same plug-ins for MPEG 4,
but
the current plan, I would think, has the capability built-in on the
chip.
No, the DVR is a completely separate box.
I'm sorry but I don't have any other info to share as to schedule,
prices,
etc.
Thanks,
Wilt
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Heitner [mailto:ddprobert@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 8:48 AM
To:
VOOM@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [VOOM] Re: Extra Channels in 2005
What does this mean for DVR?
If and when they release their DVR, is it too going to have the
expansion
slot for the MPEG4 module or is the DVR an add-on to the existing box we
have now?
Robert Heitner Jr.
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From: Wilt Hildenbrand [mailto:wilth@optonline.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:38 AM
To:
VOOM@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [VOOM] Re: Extra Channels in 2005
Correct
-----Original Message-----
From: Scottbusy [mailto:sgbusy@optonline.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 8:33 AM
To:
VOOM@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [VOOM] Re: Extra Channels in 2005
I think there is an expansion slot for the MPEG 4 module. If you
look at the front right side of the box there is a door there that
opens into an expansion slot. I think once you plug in the MPEG 4
module there the box is now capable of receiving MPEG 4 signals.
Scott
--- In
VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "Stan Sexton" <stanathomesell@c...>
wrote:
> Sounds a little optimistic in relation to VOOM's financial
situation,
> although I would love to believe it.
> Are they really saying that we already have a MPEG 2 and MPEG 4
capable Mot
> Box?
> Stan in San Diego
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