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A simple HDTV question

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by droxford, Jul 15, 2008.

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  1. droxford

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    So... hypothetically...

    Let's pretend I have HD television (in reality, I don't). The Rockets game is going to be on an HDTV channel (let's say it's HD channel 312) later tonight and I won't be home. I want to record the game.

    Now, if I'm sure I could DVR it (assuming I had a DVR), but I want to have the game burned to disk so that it's portable and so I can watch it somewhere else (take it to my dad's house and watch the game with him).

    How does one go about doing such a simple thing in the HD world?
     
  2. Apollo Creed

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    Putting full HD programs on portable media isn't cost or space effective...
     
  3. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

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    Might be easier to put it on a portable media player with an HDMI video out. Does that even exist?
     
  4. Moe

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    You can burn any HD program to regular DVD. I do it all the time. The dvd is not in HD, of course, but it makes a very good copy, depending on the length of the program.
     
  5. Rockets2K

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    2 hours + of pure HD signal wont fit on anything but a blueray disc

    Might be easier to just buy a HDTV.

    like the one Im selling. ;)
     
  6. lalala902102001

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    You'd have to wait a few years when BD-RW beome affordable before you can do it without some annoying high tech tricks like setting up a file sharing server.
     
  7. droxford

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    No, but I bet a basketball game without commercials and without halftime would fit on two dual-layer DVD disks (switching disks at halftime).
     
  8. Ziggy

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    Save the file on your PS3, watch via PSP?
     
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    Tell your daddy to come over to your house to watch it. Easy.
     
  10. Rockets2K

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    that is a possibility.

    even if it was a touch too big, the slight amount of compression required to fit it wouldnt affect the quality enough to really matter.

    In my experience, *most* edited games will run you 1:30-1:40 without halftime.
     

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