KenDoubleU - 23 hours ago »
REPASSAC
Thank you for the reply to my point with regard to the spec of 1100S to 1000
KenDoubleU
You question on what size would be good for recording HD. No easy answer, depends on how quickly you watch things. Me, I have a 2tb drive in my HD-1000S. My wife records a lot and we have over 50% free. In reality I could have got a 1tb unit but I like room to spare.
REPASSAC
Thank you again for your reply with regard to my other question.
My problem is that I do not know the size of the HDD in my elderly FOXSAT HDR and so find it hard to choose a suitable HDR 1100S to replace it (and to be able to record in HD).
It is confusing on the Humax website because the following URL
http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/products/product.php?gid=618
gives the 2TB version as being able to record 1000-hr in HD but the spec for the 2TB model gives 500-hrs in HD
http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/freesat/hdr-1100s-2tb-white.html
If you could throw some light on this it would be helpful for me to make a decision.
I do favour the 2TB model but may have to wait for black to be available.
Many thanks
Ken
For years the Foxsat only came with one disk size - 320 MB, Only much later did 500 MB and 1 tb appear.
REPASSAC
Thank you again. My Foxsat was a very early model and now you mention 320MB it sounds very familiar. That makes my decision much easier: I will go for the 2TB model.
Ken
BBC HD channels use approx. 3.3GB for each hour of recording time. The other HD channels have a higher average bitrate. ITV HD uses about 4.4GB per hour.
In recent years HD encoder performance has increased significantly.
Take the original BBC HD satellite channel, the original bitrate was around 17Mbps it's now around 7Mbps. The best ITV SD channels in 2008 used 7Mbps.
If you recorded only BBC HD a 2TB drive would hold around 600 hrs.
Graham
Thank you the useful information of the HD bitrate for different channels.
We always record a series or serial that we are interested in completely, before watching. Consequently we always have much of the HDD capacity committed as the episodes are being added. For that reason we have never been able to use HD with our old Foxsat.
Now, with the way we prefer to watch our recordings, I will certainly go for the 2TB version of HDR 1100S.
Many thanks
Ken
KenDoubleU - 3 hours ago »
Graham
Thank you the useful information of the HD bitrate for different channels.
We always record a series or serial that we are interested in completely, before watching. Consequently we always have much of the HDD capacity committed as the episodes are being added. For that reason we have never been able to use HD with our old Foxsat.
Now, with the way we prefer to watch our recordings, I will certainly go for the 2TB version of HDR 1100S.
Many thanks
Ken
If you don't mind me saying that's a risky strategy. If you have one failed recording early on in the series and you don't notice it then it's possible the episode in question may no longer be available on one of the on-demand players.
I know of two people where this has occurred. Really really annoying.
Faust - 1 hour ago »
If you don't mind me saying that's a risky strategy. If you have one failed recording early on in the series and you don't notice it then it's possible the episode in question may no longer be available on one of the on-demand players.
I know of two people where this has occurred. Really really annoying.
Don't forget these boxes are ultra reliable "set and forget" devices, surely checking to see if a series recording actually took place would be as pointless and futile as looking for a live recording indication. 
Both graham and I have 2 TB units - while broadcasters can make the occasional cockup with the CRID codes that identify series or programmes - it is very rare.
Faust
I agree it is a risky strategy: it has very occasionally resulted in a problem where an episode has been partly lost and occasionally completely.
But nevertheless it suits us as being in late 70s it is easier to follow the plot of some convoluted story and remember what it is all about! It is also nice the have a 'fest' where you can watch a couple of episodes per day and feel more involved.
Rebuff
Actually I just open the folder to see if the recorded minutes agree with roughly what it should be. If it has not recorded or is too short then revert to seeing the episodes to date and then use iPlayer etc.
REPASSAC
Yes the start/stop signal and series link codes do appear to occasionally fail but I think it is a wonderful system. Updating to this new model will I am sure be a great joy to use - and 2TB will then able me to experience HD.
Thank you all, for your help and comments
Ken
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