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05-31-2005, 01:02 AM	#1
Scorpius HDTVoice Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2	HDTV with a Barco 801S Front PJ...read on Hi folks I m musing the follwoing equipment: ----Barco 801S ----SA8300HD DVR/STB ----Centerstage CS2 w/SDI Video Processor (which is HDCP compliant!) ----Infocus X1 for computer web browsing and gaming..whether PC or Xbox ----AMD 64 HTPC with Xcard sdi output and 2 hauppage and a ati powercolor 450 pci catpture/tv card! ----networked roku ne dvdplayer which also plays divc/svid/all those good codec stuff.... anyhow what i need now i storage and capuring capabilities from the stb/dvr I have heard that the sa3250hd has the firewire which enables it to get the caputures form the stb to the hd's.. as far as a media server..i am thinking another way than the htpc/media server route: A bunch of firewire to ata converters and a used rackmount server case..mount 4 to 8 250 gig drives and voila! i m thinking of using the programs instuucted that i found to be able to get the stream and make it look decent! i guess i ll experiment! Any ideas?? Any advice?? Any objections?? is there a simplet way of doing this?? anyhow thansk a miliion Scorpius out

05-31-2005, 01:12 AM	#2
57U Runner/Cyclist/X-C Skier Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 17,068	As an FYI, the firewire port on the SA8300HD is not active. You mention the SA3250HD and it is. See the HDTV FAQ "Recording HD". __________________ 57U - Toronto, Rogers Cable, SA8300HD, 500GB HDD & Hitachi 61UWX10B HDTV, Yamaha RX-V1 A/V Receiver, Martin Logan Speakers. Photos --> 57U's HT SA8300HD, 250GB HDD & KDL40W3000 (Upstairs) Please don't PM me with questions that can (and should) be asked in the forum, thanks. Personal Question? Fire away.

05-31-2005, 02:15 AM	#3
Scorpius HDTVoice Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2	yep..i meant the sa3250hd..because i m already using the sa8300hd and no such firewire port...i mean not capable of doing it! and once i save anything to it..even if i add extra storage ., it will alwayes be tied to this box..because it is encypted to that box..i wanna be able to save them to my firewire hd/s i m thinking of 4x250gig..that i already have connected tomy amd 64 htpc..then i ll get some more dirves..but i wanna get it working first! i have ssen others use the sa3250hd with a apple g5 x2 processors...i red this at some blog..i just wanna go that either with linux or windows xp! do you have any ideas! advice! traps to not fall into while doing this? thanks again in advance! Scorpius

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