720p will be more space. It is a progressive scan whereas the 1080i is an interlaced scan. Electronically, 1080i is equivalent to 540p. That should give you an idea. As far as how much space, I am not sure. I don't have a high def TV yet.
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:44:18 -0800, Big Wave Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Are there any recommendationso n FireWire PCI cards? I've been > > > looking at all the usual places, just wanted to avoid any problematic > > > ones. > > > > Heh, NOT the on-board crap on one of my Asus boards, it didn't work worth a > > damn... However, I've had good success with the FireWire port on a > > SoundBlaster Audigy, as well as the card in my master backend right now, > > which is a Western Digital branded card, NEC OrangeLink chipset. > > > So, it looks like I'll go with the following setup... > > Intel 3Ghz w/ HT > 512MB DDR RAM > 300GB UDMA/100 Drive > NVidia MX4000 (using SVIDEO out) > FireWire Host Adapter > > It seems like this will be sufficient from what everyone has been saying. > How fast does HD use up disk space? > > Does the "raw" firewire dump provide 1080i or 720p? I don't need > 1080i... I don't even need 720p... but I'm guessing the 720p will > require less space. > > Thanks, > Dave > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Are Your Friends Lemmings? > -- http://www.lemmingshirts.com > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
