Posted by Jerry on 08/11/07 16:56

"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote in message
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> Last year I bought a unit that records on DVDs and now I'm seeing
> the error of my ways.
>
> Gonna give that unit to somebody close who needs an updated box
> and buy one that records to hard drive.
>
> Question: How interchangeable/swappable are the drives in these
> things? If I buy one with a 160-gig drive and terabyte drives
> get cheap next year, is it going to be as simple as swapping out
> the drive for one with a similar interface?
>
> If it's possible, are some makes/models more amenable than
> others?
>
> The brass ring, of course, would be one with a USB2 or FireWire
> port and the option to record and/or copy to an outside drive.
> --
> PeteCresswell

I don't think anyone has successfully done that. The internal software will
limit the drive size to what came with the unit. Like Stan said you can
read all about it on the avs forum. While my Panasonic E85 was a great idea
at the time and I still use it, my new hddvr from my cable company records
in hd and has a firewire port that I've attached a 500gb external drive to,
works great.

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