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Sky+ HD Hard Drive
Topic Started: Sep 26 2009, 10:06 AM (1,063 Views)
Phaedrus
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Just been round for a look. It sounds fine to me. I`ll tell him about the new box though. :)
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John
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He will get some noise mate but only if you have the TV really quiet will you hear it. Its from the HDD, don't forget even if he has not got anything recording it is constantly caching what channel he is watching and if you change channel it has to clear that off and start again, if you are recording and channel hopping the drive activity ramps right up but like i say it should only be very slightly audible. If he had Anytime turned on he will notice random HDD activity as well as it starts and stops recoding the stuff Sky think you need, i have turned this off cos it just seems like a waste of electricity having my box recording films i ain't ever going to pay for.

New HDD in mine seems to be fine this time around, its very quiet at the minute, just hope it stays that way when the box gets red hot, the transfer only took 50 minutes rather than 3 hours but i used both drives on SATA connections from my mobo rather than on drive on a slow USB.
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Gina
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If you can't hear the drive working, John, are you sure it's actually doing something?
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John
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it must be cos i have just watched Mythbusters in HD that i recorded on Monday night LOL
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Phaedrus
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A result then. It was a faulty drive :thumbsup
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John
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yeah its really, really quiet so far, even more than the original drive. You could hear it when i was watching Dealest Catch which was a recording while it was recording go fishing but you could only hear it in moments of total silence.
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Gina
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Great :) :)
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Phaedrus
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I think I will appreciate the Sky+ bit as much, if not more than the HD. Just to be able to skip the ads would be fantastic. I have a very low tolerance for tv ads these days.
I find I would rather not watch tv, than have a programme interrupted by endless bloody adverts. I hate them. After a few ads I`m off to the computer. It does my head in.

In fact just typing this post has just upped the priority of us getting Sky+ considerably :rofl
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John
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If you have a HD telly then it makes total sense to pay the extra tenner for the HD pack cos not only do you get HD programming the HDD is bigger and you will get the new EPG sooner and then you can get the box to pick up ITV HD.
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Phaedrus
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How`s the new hard drive going?
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John
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spot on mate, recording HD stuff like a nutter and rather than the HDD space dropping like a stone its dropped a whopping 1% LOL
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John
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Sky have just released a new 1TB box for £249 http://www.sky.com/shop/boxes/1TB?DCMP=ILC-SkyCOM_1tb
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Phaedrus
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I may follow your lead and stick a bigger drive in our box. All these episodes of deadliest catch, ice road truckers, whale wars, pawn stars, plus the mrs does catch up with all the soaps - emerdale, corrie, and pobl y cwm.....the drive`s filling up
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John
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The box will just delete the oldest viewed recordings that do not have a keep next to them if you run out of space mate but thats no good if you are stacking up a series and have not viewed cos the box will then just not record owt, it can only remove viewed stuff.

Fitting a 1TB drive is so simple on the Amstrad box it is like they wanted you to do it, i just put the original 320GB drive back in the packaging in case the box fails and needs to go back to Sky but as the box gets older i am seriously thinking about just shoving it in my PC.
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John
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Does your EPG seem faster Trev?
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Phaedrus
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Dunno mate I`ll have a fiddle with it now...if you`ll pardon the expression. :)
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Phaedrus
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Yes it is mate. Definitely quicker. Guess they`ve done an update.
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John
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Nice one! i thought i was making it up LOL
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John
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Sod it, i have just put the original Sky HDD in my PC.
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Phaedrus
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Better than it gathering dust. :thumbsup
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