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Originally Posted by ken0042;
The new one will have a bigger hard drive, and be ready for the next level of compression; MPEG-4. MPEG-4 will offer better picture quality with less bandwidth. Translation- more HD channels with better picture.
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MPEG-4 is quite a bit better quality. That is what I've been downloading lately, and there is a marked improvement. Unfortunately, a file 42 minutes in length is 1100mb. But, it is worth it to see good quality. In fact, the downloads are better quality than my 9200 HD recordings - sad but true.
Are you sure the new units have a bigger Hard Drive? All the official brochure just says '30 hours of HD programming'. I know the 9200 says '25 hours', but really it is a lot more now. I havent had my 9200 empty for quite some time to see the whole total, but due to the increased compression over the past year, a 1 hour recording now only takes 40 minutes. The 9200 holds a lot more than 25 hours now.