[Pc_Support] Re: MEdia Driven Universal Storage Array (MEDUSA)

[Jason Boxman]

On Sunday 23 January 2005 18:12, you wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 12:09, Jason Boxman wrote:
> > Nice -- 5yr warranty.
>
> Yes and no.  Yes the drives are ST3200822A and supposedly have 5 year
> warranties.  But the box says 1 year.

Yes -- The FAQ on Seagate's site says all retail boxes purchased after 
sometime in July have the 5 year warranty.

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> First off, this is ATSC, _not_ NTSC.
> NTSC is analog and unencoded.
> ATSC is digital and encoded at 19.2MBps.
> The common NTSC digital encoding is DV, 3.6MBps -- _huge_ difference.
>
> I'll capture and use ATSC.
> In fact, this is basically what the $1K DirectTiVOs do (only they use
> QAM instead of the ATSC digital format).

Wow.  You must watch an insane amount of TV.

To each his own I guess. ;)

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Jason Boxman
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