DSTV PVR Decoder Hard Drive

[ziggy8]

Hi i am curious to find out if the HD Pvr decoder hardrive can be formated for normal PC use and placed in a enclosure.

[ToxicBunny]

Yes, its a harddrive..

[ziggy8]

Thanks hope to buy some old PVR decoders from a Repo as i believe these decoders cant be used without owners consent.

[WesleyR]

@ziggy8 : If you willing to sell 1 of the HD PVR's as is, please pm me as I'm looking for me.

Thanks alot.

[Trixanno]

What's the size of the HDD btw?

[YingYang]

What's the size of the HDD btw?

80 gigs I read somewhere

eidt: OP, I'd also be interested in buying one from you

[ToxicBunny]

If its an HDPVR it will be a 500Gig drive

[atomcrusher]

If its an HDPVR it will be a 500Gig drive

^ This .. agree they are 500 GB

[Speedster]

Is the reverse possible? Can one install a larger drive in a PVR?

[chrisc4290]

It is a 500Gb hard disc. In the UK, you get 2 versions of the Sky HD box, one has a 1000Gb HDD. It is formatted differently from NTSC or Linux, although I put one in a Linux box and mounted it. Could not see any data on it, just thousands of small files 100000jxgdggg2333 etc

[isie]

Is the reverse possible? Can one install a larger drive in a PVR?

yes but AFAIK you need to have it partitioned and 2 of the partitions need to be a specific size

[chrisc4290]

Oh, is that it? The Linux screen did not show a partition size but it showed me 3 different volume names

[ToxicBunny]

With the SDPVR, yes its possible..

With the HDPVR, no its not.