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Originally posted by windog
First thanks for all the comments on my oroposed spec - lots of food for thought.
Can somebody give me a numpties guide to hard drives, what is the benefit of SATA and RAID
One thing I want to do with my computer is use it to recieve digital TV, play it on the monitor and or tv screen and obviuosly use it as a recorder. I believe this may use up to 2 gig p/h and so even a 120 gig hard drive may fill up quite quickly.
Would I benefit from 2 hdd in the fullness of time and can I dedicate one of these to recording
Windog
My personal experience of recording TV to computer is not particularly successful, i wasn't happy with the quality of recording, and i would have to suggest a specialist hardware box as the best way forward, something like the Sky plus box or TIVO is a good idea, Much more hardware support for the sort of things you are likely wanting to do.