My Telewest TVDrive PVR has an eSATA socket on the back of the set top box and the engineers tell me that it is to plug in an external hard disk to gain extra storage space when the internal 160GB HD is full - the service is brand new so this hasn't been confirmed yet but the majority are sure that the feature has been provided for that purpose. I also am considering building a new PC for the lounge (the one my dad uses the most) with a motherboard that has an eSATA socket on the rear plate so I can fill up eSATA drive using the PVR and then simply yank it out and shove it into the PC, and download the recordings to the PC's Hard disk to edit out the commercials and stuff and then rip them to DVD or HD-DVD/Blu Ray if the media is HDTV depending on which format wins.
My only question is - how the hell do I utlilize the eSATA feature - what kind of hard drives will I need and can these be used like an external drive where I simply plug and play.
Thanks for your help
My only question is - how the hell do I utlilize the eSATA feature - what kind of hard drives will I need and can these be used like an external drive where I simply plug and play.
Thanks for your help