2006-01-25, 04:37 PM
Hey guys,
I have the Plextor TV402U and was wondering about what it boasts. They say 'Store up to 3x as much with DivX without losing quality!' So far, I'm thinking this is a little far fetched. I have my sample set down to 2000000bps and the quality is alright, but nothing to awe at. Setting it to 3500000 is tons better, but at that rate I'm approaching 1GB per half hour, which isn't that much better than MPEG2 (which is 2.2GB per hour I think?). Does anyone know any secrets or anything on harnessing this thing's power? I spent $170 on something that I except to deliver outstanding quality at a much lower cost of space. I can't see many ways to tweak it in GBPVR. If I don't see a way to really bolster this up I'm probably going to return it and get a hauppage 150 instead and just do hardware mpeg2 encoding.
I have the Plextor TV402U and was wondering about what it boasts. They say 'Store up to 3x as much with DivX without losing quality!' So far, I'm thinking this is a little far fetched. I have my sample set down to 2000000bps and the quality is alright, but nothing to awe at. Setting it to 3500000 is tons better, but at that rate I'm approaching 1GB per half hour, which isn't that much better than MPEG2 (which is 2.2GB per hour I think?). Does anyone know any secrets or anything on harnessing this thing's power? I spent $170 on something that I except to deliver outstanding quality at a much lower cost of space. I can't see many ways to tweak it in GBPVR. If I don't see a way to really bolster this up I'm probably going to return it and get a hauppage 150 instead and just do hardware mpeg2 encoding.
