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dvr storage
we have an Xfinity X1 dvr. It doesn't seem to hold much. Our DISH dvr held hours of recordings and we never reached 75%. We only have tv shows on this one and are already at 97%. First, can you change the dvr to record in SD? and if yes, how? is there a larger memory capacity dvr available to purchase? We did find out that we can't add a hard drive to this particular dvr 😞
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CCAndrew
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2 y ago
You would need to delete the HD recording and set it up on the SD equivalent if available.
All DVRs have a 500GB hard drive, only way to increase recording space is additional dvrs.
Do you have a physical DVR or do you have Instant TV (big difference in space available)
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Rustyben
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adding... sd is recorded in mpeg2 while HD (non-local) is recorded in mpeg4. the size of an hour's file in each format will now be approximately the same. do you have a physical DVR in your home? the cloud DVR has only last 60 hours. there are two people in our home but 4 DVRs to have more space.
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Lovestofish69
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2 y ago
Why is it only 500 gig that is silly i have hard drives over 10 years old that hold that much. Why have these dvrs not caught up to the times
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Rustyben
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comcast has upgraded all equipment so that cable channels now are in mpeg4 that for HD uses 1/2 the space on the drive effectively doubling the space. the local broadcast channels are in mpg2.
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