R22...thoughts and questions

[Hemi 6.1]

my internet is only 1.5MB so it takes a while

I'm sorry to hear that.

Mine is only 3 Mbps so I can kindof relate.

3 feels slow with some stuff as well.

 

[Mr Tony]

most 1/2 hour shows take about 15-20 minutes to download which is no biggie

Before I went to bed I set up a queue of 10-12 items and they were downloaded this morning

 

[Mr Tony]

2 questions in regards to the VOD

-I notice it doesnt take up space on the hard drive. I had like 98% space when I started and after downloading about 6-7 hours of VOD it still shows 98%.....Is there a "hidden" hard drive space?
-There is some stuff I saw on HDNet that I might want to download. Since I have a R22 (only receiver on acct so HD not enabled) can I still download it?

 

[Mr Tony]

answered my own question about HDNet

If you dont subscribe ot it you cant download it...bummer. Thought maybe I could see Inside Nascar without subbing to Showtime

 

[uncrules]

2 questions in regards to the VOD

-I notice it doesnt take up space on the hard drive. I had like 98% space when I started and after downloading about 6-7 hours of VOD it still shows 98%.....Is there a "hidden" hard drive space?

There is some hidden hard drive space. I know it's used for the 10-15 HD PPV movies that are loaded for instant VOD. However, I thought user downloaded VOD was in the regular hard drive space.

 

[Mr Tony]

well I got about 8 hours of downloaded stuff (bunch of 1/2 hour shows and stuff) and it still shows 96% empty...and I know that 4% is what I've recorded recently (not downloaded)

so maybe its hidden somewhere

 

[Jhon69]

well I got about 8 hours of downloaded stuff (bunch of 1/2 hour shows and stuff) and it still shows 96% empty...and I know that 4% is what I've recorded recently (not downloaded)

so maybe its hidden somewhere

The R 22 has a 320GB HDD,recording capacity is 200 SD hours.

 

[Mr Tony]

are you sure?

The model # on the back (just checked) says R22-100

 

[Jhon69]

are you sure?

The model # on the back (just checked) says R22-100

Yes sir that's what mine is and that's what it has.

 

[Mr Tony]

really liking the VOD stuff now that a week or so has gone by and there is more programs in there

 

[cfb]

Yep directv has used 300 and 320GB drives primarily in the low recording volume receivers like the R22 and HR series models that arent the 500gb models. Sometimes a refurbed one thats supposed to get a 300/320GB drive gets a 500. Probably because the refurbishing people ran out of 300/320's and the price difference is about $3.

Those will record a bunch of SD content, and most of the VOD stuff unless specifically marked is SD/480p. In fact, what I've seen of the garden variety free VOD stuff is that I think they lower the bitrate on the encoding quite a bit, which means even lower disk space utilization.

For most mpeg2/vod content, you should see roughly an hour of recordings per GB, with directv taking ~100GB for their own nefarious purposes. That means you should get ~200 hours of SD storage on your drive.