Heading for Direct I think

[jwfgeol]

So is this correct?

When you add an external drive onto an E* receiver, you're adding to the total drive space (i.e. if your internal drive is 300GB and you add a 500GB external, you now have 800GB storage).

When you add an external drive onto a D* receiver, you're "replacing" the internal drive (i.e. in the example above, you would have 500GB total storage).

 

[stuckingoo]

So is this correct?

When you add an external drive onto an E* receiver, you're adding to the total drive space (i.e. if your internal drive is 300GB and you add a 500GB external, you now have 800GB storage).

When you add an external drive onto a D* receiver, you're "replacing" the internal drive (i.e. in the example above, you would have 500GB total storage).

That is true. Note that you can't record directly to the external drive from the E* receiver. It must first be recorded on the internal drive and then you can move it over to the external drive.