Toshiba should just bring out a $399 Blu-ray Recorder / DVR unit with a 160GB HDD and H.264 Encoder. Then you can finally have somewhere to archive your HDTV recordings to watch later. :)
Also, 'cause no one else is bringing Blu-ray Recorders to the US yet.
Somehow this process isn't as elegant: Record on TiVo HD -> Xfer to Mac (takes a few hours) -> open .tivo file (takes 5-10 min for some reason) -> trim down to just the show -> export to Blu-ray -> burn.
It should be: Record on DVR -> edit start/stop times (don't care about commercial editing) -> burn to Blu-ray 'cause it's already recorded in the proper format to max out quality and space on the BD-R/RE.
Something's broken in your process. Maybe you have a slow computer or maybe you're using the wrong programs. The TivoHD and Series 3 only have a 100Mbit ethernet port but it still only takes about 30-45minutes to transfer a 1 hour HD show. Then using Toast even on my 2GHz MacBook it only takes about 45secs to open it up to edit.
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Toshiba should just bring out a $399 Blu-ray Recorder / DVR unit with a 160GB HDD and H.264 Encoder. Then you can finally have somewhere to archive your HDTV recordings to watch later. :)
Also, 'cause no one else is bringing Blu-ray Recorders to the US yet.
Somehow this process isn't as elegant:
Record on TiVo HD -> Xfer to Mac (takes a few hours) -> open .tivo file (takes 5-10 min for some reason) -> trim down to just the show -> export to Blu-ray -> burn.
It should be:
Record on DVR -> edit start/stop times (don't care about commercial editing) -> burn to Blu-ray 'cause it's already recorded in the proper format to max out quality and space on the BD-R/RE.
Something's broken in your process. Maybe you have a slow computer or maybe you're using the wrong programs. The TivoHD and Series 3 only have a 100Mbit ethernet port but it still only takes about 30-45minutes to transfer a 1 hour HD show. Then using Toast even on my 2GHz MacBook it only takes about 45secs to open it up to edit.