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jbrook1980
13-11-2007, 10:39 PM
Can someone please point me towards the best hard drive for my sky+ box. It has the standard 40 gig I think. How large a drive can it handle and what preperations do the drives need.

Thanks in advance

pande_monium
20-11-2007, 11:15 AM
Can someone please point me towards the best hard drive for my sky+ box. It has the standard 40 gig I think. How large a drive can it handle and what preperations do the drives need.

Thanks in advance

Any standard 3.5" hdd can replace the original 40gb one. I think it can take upto 250gb, but am not entirely sure of the top limit.

I've seen many with 160gb... and that should give you about 60-80 hrs recording time I think.

Just open up the box, replace the hdd with the new 3.5" hdd and reconnect everything the way you found it (the ide cable & the power cable). I think you'll need to format (prep) the hdd once you start up Sky+ using the settings.

dodger241
13-04-2008, 09:55 PM
Western digital are highly recommended.

dodger241
13-04-2008, 09:56 PM
The BT vision boxes use a Western cavalier 160gb and the hold 80 hrs worth of recordings.