Maxtor 120

[Sammy]

Hello,
I have asked three different people this question and have received three different answers...perhaps someone here can clear this up for me.
I am buying a SonyT60.

Is there just ONE recording quality? (High)

How many hours will a Maxtor 120 provide me?

Thanks all... :)

[1dave1]

If this is the D Tivo unit, the quality is the quality of the stream and the amount of recording time is determined by the quality of the stream (video) the quality cannot be changed so it will vary depending on the picture quality. I do know from experence that a movie with doby digital will take up more space than lets say, a documentary or news show.

**I dont know what a 120 will give you, but an 80 Gig gave me up to 67 hours**

Hope I'm right and I hope this helps!:D

[rwaldin]

Is there just ONE recording quality? (High)

Yes. The DirecTiVo units are unlike the standalone units. Standalone units have analog inputs, which are connected to mpeg encoders, which encode at varying rates (recording qualities). The DirecTiVo units have DirecTV receivers built in which provide already digitized data, so there is no mpeg encoding, just storage. The size of the DirecTV stream is comparable to SA TiVo recording at high quality. So yes, DirecTiVo only has one recording quality, whatever quality DirecTV broadcasts.

How many hours will a Maxtor 120 provide me?

~109 hours.

-Ray

[T_RJ]

You get in general 1 hour per gig.

The TiVo OS and file system use aprox 15 gigs.

You should get approx upto 105 hours.

The DTiVo recording quality can not be adjusted it is based on the stream.

[Sammy]

Thank you all... 105 hours......this should be more than I need....



:)

[Krokus]

My 120 gb Maxtor says 109 hours in my T-60 to be exact.

Krokus

[mvette]

my 200 gig tivo gets 185 if you add the 15 gig for software it is dead on

Mike

[Pointfreak!]

>>that should be more than I need<<

Hehe...thats what we ALL said until the TiVo Crack got into our bloodstream.

Plan for expansion...since you cant add a larger drive later without losing your recordings, think about the most that you would EVER want...then add more! :)