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Old 18-05-2009, 10:25
loopie
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Hi Bob,

I'm happy to pay a premium for a premium product, but I think a 320gig drive on a HD recorder is a little low. I think humax even offer their freeview recorders with 320 gig drives. Is the freesat HDR going to see a drive size increase any time soon, or maybe the launch a different model with a larger drive.

This would save lots of customers having to upgrade the unit themselves and throwing away the 320 gig drive. After all drive prices must have dropped since the HDR launch so should not be an impossible option.
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Old 18-05-2009, 12:09
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John Lewis is apparently selling a Freeview PVR with a 500 GB drive for around £ 249 compared to £ 194 for the 320 GB version. HumaxDirect are also selling both models and cheaper. So it looks good that a Freesat model with a larger HDD may be on the market soon.
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Old 22-05-2009, 23:32
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Hi Bob,

I'm happy to pay a premium for a premium product, but I think a 320gig drive on a HD recorder is a little low. I think humax even offer their freeview recorders with 320 gig drives. Is the freesat HDR going to see a drive size increase any time soon, or maybe the launch a different model with a larger drive.

This would save lots of customers having to upgrade the unit themselves and throwing away the 320 gig drive. After all drive prices must have dropped since the HDR launch so should not be an impossible option.
You only need the internal drive for recordings. You can archive to USB drives of any size. (Is this true of HD recordings?)
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Old 23-05-2009, 07:46
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You only need the internal drive for recordings. You can archive to USB drives of any size. (Is this true of HD recordings?)
Some Encrypted BBC HD can be archived, currently ITV HD can't be. BBC HD recorded without encryption can be. In all cases you really need an EXT3 formatted drive due to FAT32 4Gb file limit
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Old 23-05-2009, 09:58
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You're right, it needs a 1Tb drive as an option or even standard. I filled my standard drive in 2 months with films I didn't want to delete.

My 1TB drive constantly hovers around 40% full which is great. Plenty of room for some more films / HD whilst leaving room for ordinary day to day recordings that are subsequently deleted.
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