What speed does your HDD show up as on Technmate receiver ?

[Blizzarduk]

I am getting so fed up with my 5402. I finally get the LNB issue sorted so I can view V channels, but high bitrate premium HD channels stutter when recording, such as Sky Sports HD. I have bought 2 HDDs specifically for the unit, as the first one I thought was too slow, so I bought another, and both have the same issue. I then connected a powered 3.5" HDD, and that also has the same problem. I can't get a faster drive on the USB 2.0 platform, which is what the socket is, so going to USB 3.0 is pointless. Also, the speeds those drives can do should easily cope with 25mbit bandwidth from channels. My old Spiderbox 9000 worked no problem at all on premium HD sky channels. This is all using a sub card, not via ethernet share providers. I also bought 3 different sized USB cables to see if that helped, and a power splitter.

The other lower bitrate HD channels seem fine when recording, so I can only presume it is due to the higher bitrate from sports channels. It doesn't stutter every second, just every few minutes or so, but still annoying enough. This only seems to happen when recording. By stutter I mean a brief couple of picture freezes, then it carries on normally for a short while, then back again to the problem.

What speed does your drive say, if you owna 5402, or any technomate, in the Drive Speed option ? Mine shows as My R/W speed shows up as 20Mbit, my Wite speed is 39Mbit, and Read speed of 37Mbit. So when recording I am only writing, not reading and writing, so 39Mbit should easily be fast enough.

So do I go back to the Spiderbox or can I get this to work ? I much prefer the interface on this 5402 unit.