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Re: So my dvd player caught fire...
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Warrant - to be clear I wasn't suggesting a DVR with a DVD burner, I was just suggesting a DVR. Most DVRs can store hundreds of hours of content on the hard drive, which even for the most TV-addicted among us is a lot.
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True, just be aware that if you are going to record HD content, it uses hard drive space at a much higher ratio than SD.
I can't remember the numbers but my PVR tells me I have 70 hours of SD recording space, it also says something like "OR" 19 hours of HD space.
Those numbers are not accurate, but it is a big ratio.
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Yep, valid point. Some of the newer DVRs allow you to hook up an external hard drive to add content to your heart's content. I hooked up a 750GB HDD to mine and have never gone over 50% capacity (though I'm admittedly not that big of a TV junkie)
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A pretty informative run down of the current cheap-ass blue-ray choices can be found at avrant The best info is in the comments part. If it were me, I'd get one of the oppo players.
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Re: So my dvd player caught fire...
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Checked the numbers last night and the ratio of storage used for HD vs. SD is even bigger than I was guessing.
With 132 hours of SD space left, I alternatively have only 19 hours of HD storage left.
That's just a hair shy of a 7 to 1 ratio difference for HD.
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