http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/19/hdbeat-podcast-005-03-17-06/ Engadget HD Comments for HDBeat Podcast 005 - 03.17.06 http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/19/hdbeat-podcast-005-03-17-06/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/19/hdbeat-podcast-005-03-17-06/Mar 19th 2006 7:30PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/19/hdbeat-podcast-005-03-17-06/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/19/hdbeat-podcast-005-03-17-06/Mar 19th 2006 8:16PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/19/hdbeat-podcast-005-03-17-06/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/19/hdbeat-podcast-005-03-17-06/Mar 19th 2006 8:57PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/19/hdbeat-podcast-005-03-17-06/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/03/19/hdbeat-podcast-005-03-17-06/
You mentioned cable boxes must have HDMI. As of now, this isnt the case. I work at a small cable company (small compared to Comcast) and we do offer HD boxes with DVI (w/ DCP) output.

Also, I wanted to mention that I too have had a few universal remotes that might have been able to control all my devices, but weren't worth the trouble. I must say the the Logitech Harmony 880 is working great for me. The web based interface for programming isnt as quick as I think it should be, but I am finally able to control all my devices with one remote.

Thanks for the great site and great show.
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http://www.omniquiti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6&highlight=DVR-MS

It does cost $8, but worth the price to play with it. I use it to get video quickly and easily to my PocketPc 2002 and it works great. Here is the link to purchase it:

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I suppose I could look at a 2 step approch but I realy was hoping for a one step, because of time and disk space.

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You mentioned that you were curious about any good codec comparisons. Doom9 does a pretty good job. This one in particular compares Divx 6.1, x264 rev 387, Xvid 1.1, and Ateme High Profile Encoder core 1.4.0.3.

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