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zekeisaszekedoes · 25-11-2011, 14:43

True, despite a slow startup and simplistic interface what swings it for me is the searching by USB keyboard (sadly not SMS style by remote) and the right sources defaulting to higher quality 720p and 1080p streams where available. Much faster and easier to use, especially when you're gathered round the TV with a few friends, drinking. The older one was a lot more clunky.

This raises an interesting question about the power of the VM TiVo... AFAIK high def streams on YouTube tend to be AVC-1/H.264 whereas everything broadcast and recorded on the box itself is MPEG-2 (DVD standard). If it isn't been transcoded before it reaches the box, which could explain the slowdown on some HD streams, then does this mean the SoC in there can decode H.264 natively?

I'm sure no-one can answer that question but it is a good one!

25-11-2011, 14:43	#13
zekeisaszekedoes Permanently Banned Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Hampshire, UK Age: 41 Services: 30Mb Broadband (XL), 2TB TiVo (M+), Samsung Galaxy Ace (M), POTS Landline (M). Posts: 823	Re: Youtube on TiVo True, despite a slow startup and simplistic interface what swings it for me is the searching by USB keyboard (sadly not SMS style by remote) and the right sources defaulting to higher quality 720p and 1080p streams where available. Much faster and easier to use, especially when you're gathered round the TV with a few friends, drinking. The older one was a lot more clunky. This raises an interesting question about the power of the VM TiVo... AFAIK high def streams on YouTube tend to be AVC-1/H.264 whereas everything broadcast and recorded on the box itself is MPEG-2 (DVD standard). If it isn't been transcoded before it reaches the box, which could explain the slowdown on some HD streams, then does this mean the SoC in there can decode H.264 natively? I'm sure no-one can answer that question but it is a good one!