Would any body tell me how much HDD space is required to record 120+ minutes of over the air programming?
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When digital video is transmitted and then recorded, it gets stored in the same format as transmitted if you use the Hauppage software, and in a similar format if you use WMC for recording. These files sizes differ based on how much the station is multiplexing (How many channels a station has: 13.1 plus 13.3 plus 13.3 equals 3 data streams on 1 signal), resulting in differences in resolution. So for some 1 hour shows its 1 Gig, for others its as much as 6.5 Gig.
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It depends on how the over the air programming is broadcasting. This device records whatever they broadcast. If they are in Full HD, it will likely take about 15GB for 120 minutes. For older broadcasts with non-HD, it could be as little as 2gb.
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Can take up to 2 hard drives, 4 Tb each. When drive 1 is full it will start recording on drive 2. When drive 2 is full it will go back to drive 1 and start overwriting it.
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And to answer your question the dvr can record 24/7 for about 8 months before you run out. 500gigs is a lot bro
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The only way I've seen to do it is when you're synched up with your laptop through Windows Media Player 11. The amount of disk space remaining is visible on the Sync tab screen in the top-right corner.
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I used an 8 GB card and found that it holds about 100 minutes before it records over or loops. I have mine set for 1080 p HD to eliminate interference from unknown sources, and have it set for 10 min segments.
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none that i have found. just keep in mind that u won't get exactly 160GB,s of free space, because the drive had to be programmed ie formatted in order to be used. but u should have ample space for your videos.
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420 minutes of what? 120 Minutes of full size DVD Video. Otherwise 4.2 Gb of anything else.
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You need an external USB 3.0 hard drive to record. You can use a USB memory stick but it has to be a fast one to keep up with the data. The hard drive is the way to go if you want to keep a lot of programs. Figure about 7 GB for a hour of recording.
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Since the recording is done at a PC that is connected to the same router, the recording time will depend on the size of your hard drive. Will use about 1GB a day and future model will have a rollover feature but not as of now.
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It is 24 hours and has a 500 gig hard drive. That's a lot of space for recording. You can access it while you are away to check up on your home too.
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There is no storage by "default". You must purchase a hard drive and install it into the DVR. MAKE SURE YOU GET A HARD DRIVE RATED FOR DVR USE!!! There is a 500g and a 1T size recommended by Amazon. Look here: WD AV-GP 1 TB AV Video Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA III, 64 MB Cache - WD10EURX and here: WD Blue 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 16MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD5000AAKX
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sorry, i don't have much of an answer. we use our recorder for recording sermons at church. we record for about 45 minutes, and then transpose the recording to a computer. pastor don rice
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it depends on what you are using to record with. As an example: from the DVR attached to my TV I can record up to 8 hours of video on a DVD; using the software on my PC I can't record more than 4 hours of video on a DVD.
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Any SATA HD, I had a few laying around and used a 250GB, just screwed it down and plugged it in, it was ready to go. The DVR has formatting configuration pre-installed to set up your HD.
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1 TB with continuous non-stop recording will hold about 3 weeks. You'll need a 3.5 SATA hard drive with a maximum of 3TB. So lets say you want a 3TB HDD, well you'll have about 9 week of non-stop recordings. However, you can set your DVR to motion detection, that way it'll record when it is triggered by motion in order to have optimum storage. Also, the DVR has automatic override, so when your HD is full, you'll system will override itself and keep recording. Hope this helped!
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Hello Jo, the highest recording level is 960H, it could support a hard drive up to 2TB, thank you!
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When recording anything more than a 5-10 minutes, I need to let it "warm up" by first recording some throw-away content for about one to two times the length of time of what I ultimately need to record. But after it is warmed up, it is fine indefinitely (or until I run out of disk space).