Thinking about purchasing this to record things off my DVR. How much HD space needed to record? 1TB or 2TB?
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Each movie. about 2 hours, takes an average of 6 gig in HD. So depending upon how many episodes or movies you want to have available, will determine the storage capacity required. I personally recommend the largest possible to accommodate future requirements.
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The recording process only needs enough storage space for the size of the recording. Most of the movies I have recorded from my DVR wind up going on 4.7GB DVD but a few have to be recorded onto a Dual-Layer DVD with 8.5GB of space. If you wish to save copies of your DVR shows on your hard drive, then a 1TB drive should be more than enough. The software that comes with the card, Arc Soft Showbiz, will give you the option to shrink the recording to fit on a standard 4.7 GB DVD if you don't need all the menu items or extras. I personally am using a 250 GB SATA SSD for this as it runs a bit faster. I have two external drives, a 1TB and a 2TB, for storage. Hope you enjoy this card, it works very well for all my needs. I'm running it on a CORE i5 machine with 16GB RAM and Windows 7, 764 bit OS.
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There is no storage by "default". You must purchase a hard drive and install it into the DVR. MAKE SURE YOU GET A HARD DRIVE RATED FOR DVR USE!!! There is a 500g and a 1T size recommended by Amazon. Look here: WD AV-GP 1 TB AV Video Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA III, 64 MB Cache - WD10EURX and here: WD Blue 500GB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 16MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD5000AAKX
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A HDD in the DVR. Flash mem for limited recording time. Not hard to imagine for $99-.
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Good to know for others, but luckily my HDD happens to be 2TB, so it worked just fine for me.
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I have two SERIES 3 and considered cost. We like to record several show during prime time, the Roamio made it possible. The 3TB upgrade in recording space alone was well worth it.
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I would go with the Seagate 1TB for the price. More space the better, and it is a very good price. I love Seagate drives, plus their DiscWizard in a great program.
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4TB . I chose the ds212j. Just a little more money. More ram and double the space.
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With remote control, and without hard drive. And Dvr was not D1, it records with CIF only. I still wonder why they claim still it's D1. They never answered my complains about it.If it was D1 i would give it 5 stars.
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I have used a 4TB WD MyBook successfully. I made the mistake of connecting that 4TB drive to an old Windows computer which mangled it, then even after a reformat, the DVR crashes every time I connect the drive. Somehow only the original factory format could work.The DVR can use a large FAT32 drive but formatting a 2TB+ HD as FAT32 results in 1.6TB capacity.
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I have been using it for a Direct TV DVR! It has worked fine until it reached just over 1TB of recording at the remote TV location. This location apparently can not support much beyond this point. It shows the latest recordings & older ones, but not the entire recordings. At the main TV location, the receiver/DVR does seem to support additional content, but everything is slower. ie: switching between channels & programming. The current DVR is 1TB, so that may explain the problem. If the Zmodo recording ability is less than 3 TB there may be a problem of support for additional storage.
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I believe the drive I installed in it was 1TB. Actually, as long as it's a 2.5 inch drive, the capacity, I believe, is irrelevant.
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It's 2x1TB but I would caution you on buying this. I had a very very bad experience with the software and customer service. Software bricked on me and was un-configurable. Tech support was non-existent. I sent mine back for a refund. Read the reviews before buying.
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It uses a regular SATA hard drive. I really liked this dvr. The setting up is easy, with a one gig hard drive you can record more than 30 days of high resolution video.( 8 cameras) 500gig = 15 days. I sujest buy the 1gig. It has a feature I loved.... It overrides the last hours of video with new recordings when the hard drive is full, something like the black box in a plane. That's not standard, you have to setup. It warns you about everything even trough email. Remote viewing is easy to setup. I am 100% happy with this product.
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I currently have a 1tb usb drive connected and it works great. I don't see why it wouldn't support 2tb.
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Hello Cole,How much video you can store on your DVR's hard drive depends on several factors. Please follow this link to determine how many days of footage you can get based on your resolution settings: http://qsee.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14/kw/how%20long%20will%20my%20dvr%20record%3F
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That is essentially the point of a cable like this. But DVRs, unlike most computers, sometimes have funky compatibility issues with some types of storage expansion. So your mileage may vary.
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I used an 8 GB card and found that it holds about 100 minutes before it records over or loops. I have mine set for 1080 p HD to eliminate interference from unknown sources, and have it set for 10 min segments.