[mythtv-users] HD buffer size important?

Patrick Reynolds reynolds at cs.duke.edu
Fri Apr 2 02:10:09 EST 2004


On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Brian Stults wrote:

> Newegg.com currently has a sale on the version with a 2 GB buffer for
> $93.  The one with an 8 GB buffer is $123.

Go cheap.  I have exactly that $93 drive (the Samsung SP1604N, from
newegg), and it works fine.  It's fast enough to record, playback, flag
commercials, and transcode all at once.  And it really is quiet.  As a
bonus, it has a 3-year warranty, where many drives now only have 1.

--Patrick


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