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Posted by panictivo on 01-30-2002 04:54 AM:

Pauly666 wrote:

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Hard disks can only really handle a sustained bit rate of around 10MBps, 80Mbps.

If you believe the Maxtor web site, the low end 5400 RPM Maxtor D540X disks can sustain 17.8 Mbyte/sec on the inner zone. You would probably want two for adequate storage, so you get 35.6 Mbyte/sec. That gives you a lot of 2.4Mbyte/sec HD streams.

See:

Maxtor D540X Data sheet

astribli wrote:

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Price even for HDTV decoding will be way down later this year. Philips has announced a chip that can take care of all the standard formats for HDTV decoding, and convert it to any standard output (1080i, 720p, 480p, etc.). Once this shows up in cards, boxes, etc., I would expect HDTV decoders and anything that wants to be HDTV will be a heck of a lot cheaper.

The consensus in the HDTV Hardware forum is that the Phillips chip has NO HDTV decoding capabilities.

See:
Can Philips turn digital TV mainstream?

It is not clear to me if this chip would be of any use in HDTV receivers.

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