Yeah, you will see how much space you have in the dish UI. Its cool too because you see how much space each show takes up as well.
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Yeah, you will see how much space you have in the dish UI. Its cool too because you see how much space each show takes up as well.
I ordered the WD Essential and it should arrive tomorrow. No real benefit going w/ the Elite when used as a DISH EHD, besides the 3 yr warranty.
Typically, how many hours of HD content will 1 TB hold? I realize it depends on the compression used, but just a ballpark. What size HD is in the 612?
Does all the space show up at the same time or do you only turn one on at a time?
Thank you everyone for all your help. DISH came through and honored their promise for the free EHD activation. I installed the firmware update for the 1 TB WD Essentials which hides their software everyone complains about. 930GB at the start.
I've been transferring over movies/shows most of the night, doing it in batches. The present batch I'm transferring is around 15 GB (roughly 9 hrs of HD movies) and estimated time says 2.5 hrs. Seems to vary though from batch to batch. The DVR hasn't rebooted once, so that's good. I aimed a fan to blow over the DVR while transferring thinking heat may(?) have caused my reboots, helped or coincidence, not sure.
My WD Essentials has vents on 3 sides (bottom, top, back), so laying it down on it's side shouldn't be a problem. Lots yet left to transfer. Need to get this done so I can install the new 612. I think I'm going to really enjoy having the EHD. Will update when done. Thanks again!
I've been transferring over movies/shows most of the night, doing it in batches. The present batch I'm transferring is around 15 GB (roughly 9 hrs of HD movies) and estimated time says 2.5 hrs. Seems to vary though from batch to batch. The DVR hasn't rebooted once, so that's good. I aimed a fan to blow over the DVR while transferring thinking heat may(?) have caused my reboots, helped or coincidence, not sure.
My WD Essentials has vents on 3 sides (bottom, top, back), so laying it down on it's side shouldn't be a problem. Lots yet left to transfer. Need to get this done so I can install the new 612. I think I'm going to really enjoy having the EHD. Will update when done. Thanks again!
As noted in the "External Hard Drive Archive Bug Thread" but for completeness here, 930GB (GB=1024^3, in common usage) is the same as the maker's 1TB=10^12 bytes. There is no lost space nor reserve for software or formatting.
1 hour of HD recording is based on MPEG-2 encoding of OTA signals, approximately, as is the SD size.
I find 800-900 MB/hr used for Dish SD MPEG-2, 1800-2500 for Dish HD MPEG-4, 3000-4500 for Dish HD MPEG-2, 4000-6500 for OTA MPEG-2. Thus HD MPEG-4 takes 2 to 3 times SD MPEG-2 and OTA takes much more. I base this on more than 1000 recordings. Some airings seem to have not been re-encoded for "tight" MPEG-4 and are bigger--maybe MPEG-4 header on MPEG-2.
-Ken
1 hour of HD recording is based on MPEG-2 encoding of OTA signals, approximately, as is the SD size.
I find 800-900 MB/hr used for Dish SD MPEG-2, 1800-2500 for Dish HD MPEG-4, 3000-4500 for Dish HD MPEG-2, 4000-6500 for OTA MPEG-2. Thus HD MPEG-4 takes 2 to 3 times SD MPEG-2 and OTA takes much more. I base this on more than 1000 recordings. Some airings seem to have not been re-encoded for "tight" MPEG-4 and are bigger--maybe MPEG-4 header on MPEG-2.
-Ken
Sure you can
Any VIP (W/ 3 exceptions of 211 & 211k you can only use the EHDD on those models 222k can't use a EHDD yet.) can have the EHDD moved to it as long as all are on the same account.
Any VIP (W/ 3 exceptions of 211 & 211k you can only use the EHDD on those models 222k can't use a EHDD yet.) can have the EHDD moved to it as long as all are on the same account.
All programs transferred over to the EHD no problem with no DVR reboots. I believe the fan helped with that. My last transfer - 3 HD movies which were 15.6GB, took 2 hrs 20 min which equals 6.85GB/hr transfer rate. Will do a speed test to compare the 612/722 later.
Replaced the defective 612 w/the new one. Works like it should.
Amazing how much the 1TB EHD will hold....gotta love it! Only problem I have is the power switch on the Essential EHD doesn't seem to work. That is a power switch, correct? No reference to a power switch w/paperwork it came with. For people w/o a power switch, to turn off the EHD, are you just unplugging the USB cable or both USB/power cable? Does it really decrease the life of the HDD to leave it powered on?
Replaced the defective 612 w/the new one. Works like it should.
Amazing how much the 1TB EHD will hold....gotta love it! Only problem I have is the power switch on the Essential EHD doesn't seem to work. That is a power switch, correct? No reference to a power switch w/paperwork it came with. For people w/o a power switch, to turn off the EHD, are you just unplugging the USB cable or both USB/power cable? Does it really decrease the life of the HDD to leave it powered on?
I bought a WD My Book Essentials 1TB EHD back in December and it must be the previous model to the one you bought, it doesn't have the power switch.
I have been told by people on this board to leave the EHD on at all times, I also am concerned at just how much this will decrease the life of the drive?
I leave most of the HDD on, limited by plug space but, of course, I can only have one USB plugged in at a time. If you use a USB switch, then you must remove power, switch or cord, from the others. My 2 722s and the 8 HDD's USB cables looks rather like an old telephone switchboard/rat's nest. Actually one USB is a open stand for 2 large bare internal HDDs with one or both either on the carpet or the top of one 722. I would have gone that way for all had the stands been available when I started and I would have more of the stands.
-Ken
-Ken
bear, the receiver can only send/receive to one hd at a time. These guys with multiple hd's and hubs are trying to figure out ways to switch between different external hd's without getting off their duff. It's a mental challenge you can appreciate if you grew up in the 70s or before. Why ?? Because as child, you were the remote......switching between 4 OTA's, or after 78 or so, 12 or 13 cable channels. Fortunately, I had a little brother who camped out on the floor in front of the TV.
