How big an HD for Tv recording?

[AlmaataKZ]

I want to record freeview (SD and HD) onto an external hard drive. How big one shoudl I get?

How many Gb should I allow for an hour of SD and an hour of HD content?

 

[Anonymous]

Indulge yourself.

If u google '1TB external' you will find u can get a 1TB external drive for around £46.

My Sammy uses around 1GB/hour for SD and 4GB/hour for HD recording off freeview.

 

[Big Chris]

It all depends on how much of a horder you are.

If you're the kinda guy who records something then watches and deletes it within a month, you'll have no problems with a smaller capacity HDD.

If you're one of these people who has stuff on their HDD for 18 months and still kid yourself you're gonna get around to watching it. Go big!

 

[davejberry]

I agree; with quality HDDs so cheap now, 500GB or above will hold more than you'll ever get around to watching and won't upset the bank manager either.

 

[AlmaataKZ]

OK, thak you. Will go for 1Tb.

 

[Andy Clough]

That should be plenty. Miles better than the measly 160GB I get on my Virgin V+ box - HD recordings gobble up the space and I'm constantly having to delete stuff.

 

[AlmaataKZ]

Thanks!

... now trying to figure out which ones are (near) silent, will power from Humax's USB (without an AC adapter) and will stop spinning when not in use...

Any advice on the above? And would portable drives generally be quiter and more likely to power just from the usb port?