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DaMacFunkin
02-10-13, 18:09
Hello I've ordered one of these does anybody know if the sata is II or blazing fast III?
Thanks.
Hello I've ordered one of these does anybody know if the sata is II or blazing fast III?
Thanks.
Not sure to be honest. I just chucked a old laptop HDD in mine and it works great.
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Rob van der Does
02-10-13, 20:28
An STB doesn't need a speedy HDD.
SATAII is more than good enough, but SATAIII should be backwards compatible.
DaMacFunkin
03-10-13, 12:10
I know that, but there is no point paying the extra for III if it only supports II
Rob van der Does
03-10-13, 12:18
There's no point in paying for Sata III at all as the extra speed won't bring you anything an on STB, even though it's supported.
Go with the II then and save some ££, like Rob says you dont need a speedy HDD
DaMacFunkin
04-10-13, 09:25
Not even If you are recording 6 channels at once on a solo2?
Any way that's the least of my worrys , box isn't playing ( see my other post)
Rob van der Does
04-10-13, 09:35
Yep, and even more thnen 6 recording and playing.
The issue is, that most people are used to PC-use of HDD's. A PC tends to read/write many (very) small files; that's when speed is required.
An (HD-) stream on the other hand is a continuous stream, so throughput is no issue at all. Actually an HDD is hardly working when handling 6 (or more) HD-streams.
Again: HDD speed is the least of your worries (as you seem to admit yourself now). In fact you shouldn't worry about it at all.
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