New H2.264 Hardware converter any good?

[dvd_maniac]

I came across this (http://www.adstech.com/products/RDX-160/specifications/RDX-160_spec.asp?pid=RDX-160) site about a hardware H.264 video converter that claims to be 5x faster then traditional software encoders. I wonder if anybody here has seen it or know anything good or bad about it?

[Doom9]

How often do you believe marketing? 5 times faster than what? doing what? source, target, settings, yadda yadda.
And did you notice:
Video Player Compatibility:
Apple iPod with video playback capabilities
Sony PSP (latest firmware 2.81 required)
Cell phones and other devices with H.264 video playback capabilities Consider what kind of resolutions such devices have..

[scharfis_brain]

Even the H.264 converters of big broadcasters aren't as good as current software solutions (eg. X264) are.
They lack inloop deblocking and many other things. So even at 16mbps (peak) 1080p25 encodings there is mayor blockyness visible with random motion.

[mitsubishi]

It says 5 times faster than real-time. Ulead VS is about this speed for me when encoding a dvbt show for my mobile. Still useful I guess if you have a slow PC.

Call me when it can do 1080p high profile at that speed and price.

[dvd_maniac]

All this is what I figured. I encode HDTV and SDTV captured TV shows and encode them using Staxrip(X264) single pass constant quality. a 43 minute show (After comm cutting) takes about 1 hour to convert and ends up being between 170-250MB each with acceptable quality (For me). At this price point (About $80.00) I will probably try it out once it gets to a major store and if I don't like it then I'll just return it.
Thanx for taking me back down to earth though...

[crypto]

Anyway, a cool idea.