that box is capable of over the air digital reception and you can plug in an external usb drive and use it as a dvr. why wouldn’t they add an hdmi port to just allow it to plug into a tv?
i haven’t bought one yet, but i have to envision that when you try to pump the video into your local network then to your tv you have to be doing a fair amount of video compression. (compression beyond what would be done if it was just put onto the hard drive and pumped directlty to the tv via hdmi) … does anybody really have a clue why this decision was made (lack of hdmi port)?
the other question that i have is: does anyone have experience with the homerun and do you notice the video compression? i’m picky when it comes to the image quality. i have a tivo bolt and if there is any video compression i do not notice it.
ch00f@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Compression depends on the broadcast. Digital stations can dynamically adjust bandwidth allocation to each stream, so primetime content will look better.
SD channels look like compressed garbage. Far worse than just DVD.
As far as why no HDMI, I can give a few reasons:
I’ve got a TabloTV. For primetime content, it looks great.