Fta Pvr Hdd?

[ivtec]

Have FTA receiver with pvr function supported, that says record/play with a external HDD,my question is there any special HDD that i should get to work with this type of fta receiver?thanks in advance.

[stevo1210]

Re: Fta Pvr Hdd?

Usually they use a 2.5" HDD which is usually SATA. But I've seen some which use 2.5" SATA HDDs as well.

[zandrax]

Re: Fta Pvr Hdd?

Usually they use a 2.5" HDD which is usually SATA. But I've seen some which use 2.5" SATA HDDs as well.

Do you mean Pata and Sata, don't you?

Zandrax

[Wizard]

Re: Fta Pvr Hdd?

What does the PVR box uses? USB? Or direct PATA or SATA?

Cheers, Wizard

[stevo1210]

Re: Fta Pvr Hdd?

Do you mean Pata and Sata, don't you?

Zandrax

Oops, I actually meant 2.5" SATA or in some cases 3.5" SATA. I've never seen a PVR use a PATA HDD though but then again I haven't seen many PVRs....

[zandrax]

Re: Fta Pvr Hdd?

What does the PVR box uses? USB? Or direct PATA or SATA?

Direct Pata or Sata connection for internal drives, since it's both faster than USB and with a lower processor load; being external, I suspect USB 2.0 or (maybe) Firewire.

Oops, I actually meant 2.5" SATA or in some cases 3.5" SATA. I've never seen a PVR use a PATA HDD though but then again I haven't seen many PVRs....

I think they used Pata until 2006, when 2.5" Sata drives became widely available: the point is PVR of the time were a lot expensive (something like 600+ euro, $800+) so they were sold in small numbers.
BTW, if it's external then it's likely to use USB 2.0 as a connection port.

Zandrax