EHD for 211K?

[poops]

If possible, I'd like to record programs to an EHD connected to my new 211K receiver. Can anyone recommend a good reliable EHD to use with the 211K?

Thanks!

 

[dwarren2]

I have an old WD My Book connected to my 211. 400 gb shows up as 40 hours of HD recording. But I have a combination of HD/SD of 23 hours and it still shows 32 hours of HD/129DS available. I'm on the earc.

 

[castle rock kid]

I have three WD external hard drives on my receivers and have never had a problem with any of them. You can only go up to a 1 tb drive on a 211k.

 

[Kb Cool]

Someone correct me if i am wrong! But, when selecting a EHD. Does it need to have it's own external power supply and not rely on the 211's USB port to power up? Correct?

 

[HIFI]

Someone correct me if i am wrong! But, when selecting a EHD. Does it need to have it's own external power supply and not rely on the 211's USB port to power up? Correct?

Correct. but there have been those that have made claims to using one without.

 

[Kb Cool]

Correct. but there have been those that have made claims to using one without.

I'm wondering if it's actually putting increased strain on the 211's power supply and the final result will be a premature failure.

 

[Mr Tony]

You can only go up to a 1 tb drive on a 211k.

that changed with a software update about 2 months ago. 2TB max now

 

[Mr Tony]

I have an old WD My Book connected to my 211. 400 gb shows up as 40 hours of HD recording. But I have a combination of HD/SD of 23 hours and it still shows 32 hours of HD/129DS available. I'm on the earc.

I did a analysis (unscientific) about the new capacity. The numbers given are for MPEG2. HD from satellite (which is MPEG4 on both arcs) is 5:1 ratio (5 minutes recording shows 1 minute used)

Here is that post (I'm on Western Arc so the only difference is if you record a SD programming on EA is MPEG4 vs MPEG2 on WA)
http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-ne...ternal-hard-drive-capacity-2.html#post2694010

 

[BobaBird]

The EKB added a capacity chart several months ago. EKB: Build Your Own DVR

 

[Mr Tony]

But that just shows what the hard drive shows after formatting it. The numbers are based on MPEG2 SD and not MPEG4
As noted in my post when I recorded MPEG4 it was a 5:1 ratio....5 minutes of MPEG4 HD recording took up 1 minute in the "capacity". SD MPEG2 was the only one that was right