Does anyone know if you can fit a bigger hard disk to one without any problems?
i.e, an upgrade from 80gb to 160 or 250 gb without updating firmware, Stick it in and use it.
I'm thinking of buying one and wish to know if it can be upgraded in the future should I wish to.
2006-12-18 19:13:55 · 7 answers · asked by Andrew R 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
I know that all hard disks are physically the same size, I'm talking about a bigger capacity disk. I have heard rumours about people upgrading Sky+ boxes but nothing verified.
2006-12-18 19:45:23 · update #1
they are not upgradable....
easier to buy the biggest size hd you can now......
look in somewhere unusual like aldi or lidl's
aldi where selling a 250gb for £179... bargain
2006-12-18 19:29:16 · answer #1 · answered by paulrb8 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually the companies limit the size of video by the firmware.
Suppose you buy a 80G for 100Hrs recording.
Irrespective of the new HDD size 200G or 500G, you can only record 100hrs corresponding to 80G. Otherwise it does not make sense to sell 80G and 200G version of the same player
by any vendor.
There are firmware modification methods in the internet, but you risk loosing everything - risk is on you, it might work.
Newer HDDs can be limited to work only with certain hardware.
That means, a HDD comes with DVR can not be used in PC.
A new HDD from market may not be even recognised by DVR.
2006-12-18 23:38:16 · answer #2 · answered by nano_amp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Argosy HV670 - Lovely bit of kit boys if you don't might importing it from the US. I had a chat to a lovely sales rep about it when I placed my order for one. Basically it has stardard IDE power and Cable Connections (Hello!! so with a SATA power converter and SATA cable converter you can jack the baby up to 750GB +). Their theory is once it is full don't panic slot it out and put another one in. It has a DVD player/recorder as well.
It was hard to get it as a one off - they only sell in bulk, but it's well worth a go it worked for me.
Panasonic and sony apparently have bought this model and are developing their own versions - but why wait jump the que now.
Hope it helps guys!
2006-12-19 03:06:29 · answer #3 · answered by toramedia 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer depends on the hardware capabilities not the size of your box. All Hard Drives comes in the same size regardless of their capacity.
2006-12-18 19:16:23 · answer #4 · answered by Jack Daniels 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your going to have to get a stand alone DVD recorder for now. No blue-ray playability. The blue-ray market is slow and it wont be going up too fast.
2016-05-23 06:34:26 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your DVD recorder can be connected to a PC, you'd be better off with an external hard drive.
2006-12-19 00:47:12 · answer #6 · answered by maryavatar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wait
2006-12-21 05:40:35 · answer #7 · answered by munchie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋