Freeview / Freesat PVR question

Freeview / Freesat PVR question

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Daveyh

Original Poster:

110 posts

198 months

Friday 23rd January 2009
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I'd assumed these recorder store the digital data as is, however on a friend's spanking new Panny unit, there are a few quality settings... what gives?! Do they re-compress the signal?
thanks
DH

Daveyh

Original Poster:

110 posts

198 months

Friday 23rd January 2009
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Oh that's terrible! Is already compressed plenty IMHO - can certainly see what's going on, bandwidth-wise. Is this the same with SKY+ boxes too?

Daveyh

Original Poster:

110 posts

198 months

Friday 23rd January 2009
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seems daft to me... the broadcasters spend some time & effort getting a decent balance of bandwidth & quality, and deliver it as a data stream, only for the digital recorder to further scrunch it. Massive hard drives are as cheap as chips these days.