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Hard drive for recording, will external work or internal is best

  • 02-12-2019 06:46PM
    #1
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,256 ✭✭✭✭


    Last one re the zgemma H7, will a HDD via an external caddy suffice for time shift and recording or should i open it up and install a HDD?


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  • #2
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,576 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    Many people use external HDDs via USB on various boxes. In fact some makes don't take internal HDDs anyway. The main advantage is that internal a bit tidier, less cables. Less likely for things to accidentally unplugged and so on.


  • #3
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,256 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    Gerry Wicklow wrote: »
    Many people use external HDDs via USB on various boxes. In fact some makes don't take internal HDDs anyway. The main advantage is that internal a bit tidier, less cables. Less likely for things to accidentally unplugged and so on.

    Mine is in a media cabinet so should be safe


  • #4
    emclau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 168 ✭✭emclau


    Cyrus wrote: »
    Last one re the zgemma H7, will a HDD via an external caddy suffice for time shift and recording or should i open it up and install a HDD?

    I installed a 2.5 internal drive on my zgemma 7... simple and straight forward to do - check out the YouTube videos.. Definitely handy not having extra cables...


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