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HD capacity for a digital cable box - how much?

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Eyeball Kid

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I just got a digital cable box which can record to an internal HD, but I have no idea of what capacity drive I should get. How much recording could I fit on an 80gb drive?
 
Eyeball Kid said:
I just got a digital cable box which can record to an internal HD, but I have no idea of what capacity drive I should get. How much recording could I fit on an 80gb drive?
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I have a Comcast HD DVR box with a 120 gig drive, it manages about 15 hours of HD programming, or 60 for SD. For an 80 gig drive, you are likely looking at around 10 hours of HD content.

EDIT: As cheap as hard drives are now, just buy a 250 or 300 gig drive.
 
No HD available down here, so I think 80gb will be fine. I live in Barbados, there's no such thing as a cheap hardrive - on the other hand, beer and rum are very cheap :)
 
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