08-01-2007, 20:00
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cf.geek
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TV Drive external HDD
A long shot I know, but is it possible to add an external HDD to increase recording capacity? 80 hours seems like a lot, but it gets filled up really quickly (especially if you record on HD as one hour = 4 hours).
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08-01-2007, 20:12
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Eric Cartman Wannabe
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Re: TV Drive external HDD
As the TV drive is the property of NTL, I really doubt it.
You can with the likes of Sky as you own the box.
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08-01-2007, 20:18
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Re: TV Drive external HDD
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Originally Posted by Nor
A long shot I know, but is it possible to add an external HDD to increase recording capacity? 80 hours seems like a lot, but it gets filled up really quickly (especially if you record on HD as one hour = 4 hours).
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The engineer that did my install claimed that a future code drop would enable the eSATA port along with the ethernet port.
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08-01-2007, 20:36
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Re: TV Drive external HDD
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Originally Posted by Gavin
As the TV drive is the property of NTL, I really doubt it.
You can with the likes of Sky as you own the box.
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It's an external HDD I'm talking about Gavin, no fiddling with the innards.
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08-01-2007, 21:07
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Re: TV Drive external HDD
nothing confirmed as yet, but its been hinted at.
Probably wait till it's rolled out all areas and stable.
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08-01-2007, 21:13
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Re: TV Drive external HDD
It would be a good feature to have.
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08-01-2007, 21:32
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Re: TV Drive external HDD
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Originally Posted by Nor
It's an external HDD I'm talking about Gavin, no fiddling with the innards.
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I don't think the USB ports are ever used on the STBs
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09-01-2007, 00:53
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Re: TV Drive external HDD
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Originally Posted by Gavin
I don't think the USB ports are ever used on the STBs
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Any external draive capabilities will be via eSATA not USB, eSATA is 5 times faster than USB2 too, which is nice.
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09-01-2007, 00:55
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Re: TV Drive external HDD
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Originally Posted by fishpie
Any external draive capabilities will be via eSATA not USB, eSATA is 5 times faster than USB2 too, which is nice.
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Not that it really makes any difference given that drives don't get close to the speeds of eSATA or USB 2.0 
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09-01-2007, 10:06
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Re: TV Drive external HDD
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Originally Posted by tomjleeds
Not that it really makes any difference given that drives don't get close to the speeds of eSATA or USB 2.0 |
Actually, to go off topic, USB 2.0 cannot sustain 480MBps. Try editing full broadcast resolution video on a USB 2.0 drive. It's not a pleasant experience.
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