So, I recorded every evening broadcast (except for the opening ceremony, which got accidently deleted) of the 2008 Olympics on NBC via MythTV.  It's too bad it was broadcast in 1080i, since sporting events are much better in 720p.  Here's the grand total:

/dev/sdg1             688G  430G  224G  66% /mnt/store

% du -s /mnt/store
450235940       /mnt/store

Yeah, I think it's time for us to ditch ol' MPEG-2 and replace it with something like H.264.  Much better compression and picture quality.  Too bad most STBs might need to be equipped with a fan…

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