http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/ Engadget HD Comments for Linksys has no plans to add H.264 support to discontinued Extenders http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://enghddev.weblogsinc.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://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/May 20th 2009 4:12PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/May 20th 2009 4:16PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/May 20th 2009 4:28PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/May 21st 2009 9:25AMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/
So, it was never going to support HD H.264 anyways.]]>May 20th 2009 4:40PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/May 20th 2009 4:47PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/May 20th 2009 6:08PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/May 20th 2009 7:10PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/>Why oh why did they kill the HDPC-20?

Why manufacture and support yet another device with limited functionality. It would be easier to offer a software solution instead that talked to their existing HR-21 or whatever receivers? Think the DirecTV2PC app but support for LiveTV, Guide Browsing, DVR functions but inside Media Center instead of the DirecTV2PC app. This means existing customers don't need any new hardware, and you have redundancy in your system, should your Media Center crash, you have the HR21 to fall back on. This is one of the problems with CableCard, those who replaced their Cable Co provided DVRs with CableCard would be unable to watch TV should their Media Center or tuner fail.

I don't know what's going on with DirecTV but I hope they ditched the HDPC-20 in favor of a software solution, which it appears from photos is the way that DISH network is going with their Win7 Media Center integration. ]]>May 20th 2009 6:34PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/May 21st 2009 4:08AMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/May 21st 2009 8:31AMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/Actually it does. The DMA2100 uses the same Sigma 8622 chip that is in the HP Media Smart Connect and DSM-750, both of which support H.264 outside of Media Center.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/archive/2008/07/01/1638992.aspx]]>May 21st 2009 8:32AMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/Classic Tivo, you can only bring one girl to the dance, yet all these companies jilt the consumers the second they think they can get some of that high maintenance loving from the IP overlords.]]>May 21st 2009 2:29PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/May 22nd 2009 10:06AMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/May 22nd 2009 10:41PMhttp://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/http://enghddev.weblogsinc.com/2009/05/20/linksys-has-no-plans-to-add-h-264-support-to-discontinued-extend/
http://www.sigmadesigns.com/public/Products/SMP8630/pdf_files/MCX-8634_br.pdf]]>May 24th 2009 11:48AM