Blade 7000 how big is the Hard Drive

[nsw9154]

i fancy moving from cable and getting a Blade 7000 but i can not seem to find out how big the built in Hard Drive is i presume that it must have one fitted to be able to record 2 programs together
i have read every reviue and info on said box but still can not find any info any help would be apreciated thanks in advance

[mark8393]

No hard drive installed, you need to buy an external one.

[cactikid]

they should also state a make and size to use as some dont work,if anybody has one working add the name and size please

[nsw9154]

i know that you need a Fast USB 2 external Drive but i thought that it had one built in as well

[ratts]

im using my old sky box hard drive.

western digital green 320 gig

[joetwizzy]

I also assume it must be a mains powered HDD. My 2.5" USB powered one does not work, although I assumed it wouldn't. Need to find a cheap one that will record HD perfectly .

[cactikid]

you can get a caddy for hard drive to make it external,i see ratts has the knack of recycling

[ratts]

I also assume it must be a mains powered HDD. My 2.5" USB powered one does not work, although I assumed it wouldn't. Need to find a cheap one that will record HD perfectly .

i just put it into a caddy mate, which is mains powered.

as regard to your 2.5 did you format it too fat32 first.

if you go to the blade website you can d/l there hard drive format tool.

[ratts]

you can get a caddy for hard drive to make it external,i see ratts has the knack of recycling

up there for thinking and down there for dancing mate

[cactikid]

wondering what else you found in there

[zee24]

any recommendations on Hard Drives for the blade? has to be cheap tho

[joetwizzy]

i just put it into a caddy mate, which is mains powered.

as regard to your 2.5 did you format it too fat32 first.

if you go to the blade website you can d/l there hard drive format tool.

No I didnt bother as it didn't even spin.

On that subject. Fat32 cannot use a file over 4gb if I remember correctly. Would it save HD programs in multiple files? Does it handle them well.

[lewisqpr]

No I didnt bother as it didn't even spin.

On that subject. Fat32 cannot use a file over 4gb if I remember correctly. Would it save HD programs in multiple files? Does it handle them well.

It save the videos you record into 4gb .TRP files and it creates multiple files depending on how long your record is. So you could end up with 2 or 3 .trp file on the hard drive for a 2 hour program you recorded. However the box only sees the multiple files as one file and they play well on the box but they can be a bit awkward to play on the PC.

[ozzie11]

On this topic, has anyone found a good TRP converter yet?? As stated TRP is clever but a bit of a bummer to play, and edit?

There is one literally called "TRP converter", but I was not impressed with the freebie demo.

OZZ

[delaw]

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