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Hardware playback of OTA HD .wtv files without loss of PQ?

 
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CZ Eddie



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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:52 pm    Post subject: Hardware playback of OTA HD .wtv files without loss of PQ?

Anyone know how I can play back OTA recorded Hi-Def TV shows recorded on my Win7 HTPC (.wtv), without losing any video or audio quality?

I know I can use the HTPC for this, but I don't want to. I want an external hardware player to play them back by streaming the files over my ethernet based home network.

I bought a DLNA Blu-Ray player to do this, only to discover there are no Blu-Ray players that can do this without the file being transcoded and losing image quality.

arghh.

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greg_mitch



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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:28 am    Post subject:

I think Xbox 360 is about the only option for .wtv files.

Otherwise...convert to dvr-ms...disappointing for sure.
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:04 am    Post subject:

Wow. That sucks.
Do you know of anyone running the Xbox? How is the audio & video quality when playing back .wtv files?

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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:15 am    Post subject:

I use it...but not on an HDTV....or through a receiver.

The quality is great but unfortunately I can't comment much beyond that.

Do you have an Xbox360?

If you are willing to risk the RRoD you can get a first gen Xbox360 for really cheap.
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