Hi, I am new to the land of ReplayTV, I just purchased one at Rexstores last week. A decent deal for a Panasonic Showstopper 30 hour unit at $280 after rebate.
Anyway, I plan on upgrading this unit soon. I like the 30 hour capacity, but not the quality, so I figure the 15 hour setting is pretty nice. I have a 60GB Maxtor drive which would give me a nice 45 hour record time at that setting.
I have seen the upgrade sites and the upgrade seems simple enough.
My Questions...
Does the hard drive matter?
I can get an 80GB Maxtor, 75GB IBM, 100GB Maxtor or possibly a 160GB Maxtor from where I work. I don't know if the 60 hour drive I have will be enough if I want to archive shows or movies. We make ATA based storage arrays, and I think I can work out a deal for a good price on any drive.
Are the 7200 RPM Drives (IBM) bad, considering the heat level in the unit is already high?
Has anyone installed a small computer case like fan? Something you could tee off from the hard drive power supply? Any sites that have diagrams etc?
Anyway, I plan on upgrading this unit soon. I like the 30 hour capacity, but not the quality, so I figure the 15 hour setting is pretty nice. I have a 60GB Maxtor drive which would give me a nice 45 hour record time at that setting.
I have seen the upgrade sites and the upgrade seems simple enough.
My Questions...
Does the hard drive matter?
I can get an 80GB Maxtor, 75GB IBM, 100GB Maxtor or possibly a 160GB Maxtor from where I work. I don't know if the 60 hour drive I have will be enough if I want to archive shows or movies. We make ATA based storage arrays, and I think I can work out a deal for a good price on any drive.
Are the 7200 RPM Drives (IBM) bad, considering the heat level in the unit is already high?
Has anyone installed a small computer case like fan? Something you could tee off from the hard drive power supply? Any sites that have diagrams etc?