Converter Box Recording Size
I saw a thread here about TV antennas and someone mentioned the Analog to Digital converter boxes that can record TV shows. I recently cut the cable and bought one of those boxes and it does record (...
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DallasSteve wrote:
Thanks for all of the interesting replies. So it sounds like I can't get smaller file size with the box I have - I would need to buy a different box that has some special processing to reduce the size output. It also sounds like the loss in quality is because the box can't feed the USB fast enough, or is it because the USB can't keep up with the box? I was watching another recorded program yesterday and not only is the image sometimes "garbled", but I could detect that sometimes a second or two of broadcast was lost (skipped) because the conversation would sometimes jump over words. I also noticed that sometimes the words weren't in time with the mouths. Any more thoughts from this tech-savvy group?
The USB interface is fast enough, but the USB stick you are using is likely not. USB sticks are very slow sometimes. It's worth looking into a USB hard drive instead.
