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Recording to a USB stick?

muffler · 2020-09-20 19:16:46

Thinking of buying a combo Sat/Freeview box and having had a look around the best value appears to be had from buying one without a built in hard drive. The 2 issues I have a bit of concern with. Is there any real difference between recording on to a USB stick as opposed to an internal hard drive? Secondly would series…

20-09-2020 08:16PM

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muffler

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Thinking of buying a combo Sat/Freeview box and having had a look around the best value appears to be had from buying one without a built in hard drive. The 2 issues I have a bit of concern with.

Is there any real difference between recording on to a USB stick as opposed to an internal hard drive?

Secondly would series link work OK when recording to stick?

All comments and advice welcome

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#2 20-09-2020 08:27PM

Gerry Wicklow

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USB sticks aren't designed for repeated long term writing/rewriting. You may also run into speed problems. An internal HDD or SSD is definitely preferable or even a portable (USB drive) if the box does not support internal.
Series linking should not be affected either way.

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#3 20-09-2020 08:47PM

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Thanks Gerry. Yeah, good point about writing/rewriting on the USB sticks.

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