hard drive for vu

[kudisa]

after deciding to buy a vu duo( not ordered yet) i was looking for some hard drive to fit in and found one laying around a external freecom 400gb. i open the casing to see the specs:
400GB/7200rpm/8M/PATA.
i assuming that this one is not good right?

thanks

[Rodbouy]

Any 3.5" sata will fit it mate.

[kudisa]

but the one i have is 3.5" pata

[Rodbouy]

no you need a sata pata doesnt wor. Not unless there is a converter.

[kudisa]

ok i was afraid it wouldn't work
thanks

[dell_xps]

SATA you need m8, or get a converter from ide to sata on the bay, or just use it as an external drive with your VU, easy.

[kudisa]

due to short on funds, does the converter works well with the box or i need a sata hard drive. i'm not a fan of external and it will look ugly and missus would kill me.

[dell_xps]

Sure someone on here posted they were using one m8, do a search !

[kudisa]

Took the plunge and order one ysterday.
Regarding epg and picons is the any big diference using usb stick or hard drive? I have harddrive to fit do i realy need to use the usb stick or the hd will do the job. There is nothing left on pig bank
Thanks

[dell_xps]

I use a hard drive for picons/epg/vfd etc etc, a lot of peeps use a usb stick, probably quicker using a usb stick, but if yer not bothered, stick them on the hard drive if funds are tight.