MPEG-4 to HR10?

[vjd3]

Just a random thought here ... would it be possible to build/buy some sort of device that would convert the new MPEG-4 channels and feed them through the OTA input on the HR10-250? Or stick an HR20 in between that way and feed it through? If the HR10-250 can record OTA HD, why not already decoded MPEG-4?

I have both receivers right now; the HR20 works fairly well, but I prefer the HR10-250.

[ebonovic]

There is a LOT more too it...

You would need a box that would have to be able to tune to new transponders/sats...
That was controlled by the HR10-250..

Receive MPEG-4, Decode it, re-encode it to MPEG-2... and modulate it on a transponder that the HR10-250 can understand... or input it through the USB port.

HR10-250 OTA-HD is MPEG-2 encoded... so it still uses the same chipset.

Said box "could" be developed... but it would be fairly expensive, and a lengthy development process...

And to what volume would it be used, as the HR10-250 is no longer produced... would it be at a justifable price point, to make it cost effective...

[unclebrownie]

Is that not what the " B Band Converters " do or is it to go from KA to KU and if so why is this not built in to the HR 20s

[stevel]

No, the B-Band Converters serve as a form of "stacker". It's not built in because with the new Single Wire Multiplex hookups available later this year (probably), you don't use a BBC.

[TyroneShoes]

Is that not what the " B Band Converters " do or is it to go from KA to KU and if so why is this not built in to the HR 20sKa and Ku are frequency bands. Different frequency bands. You could convert Ka or Ku to L-band (what the receiver sees, and is how DBS works) but Ka to Ku is a different conversion. That could be done, but isn't being done.

But that only gets the modulated signal to the tuner. You need a M4 chipset to decode the signal, which the HR10 does not have. Real-time conversion is too expensive to attempt.