DiapasonDabbler – 1 hour ago  » 

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“You can use a Foxsat-hdr using only a single cable. Because both tuners are in use it will be a lot more versatile than the single tuner model.”

Thanks for the advice on this alternative – but I ordered the HB1000s yesterday! As said, I have ample flexibility for other recording, but this just completes the set.

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“You also have to factor in the cost of a suitable HDD. To get a decent size you will likely need to seperarately power the drive.

I use a 1TB drive with a HD FOX T2 but have a computer USB power saving strip arranged to control the HDD power so the drive boots up with the box and powers down again.”

So does a larger hard drive actually draw more power? I had never considered this possibility. The HD-FoxT2 currently runs a 160Gb disc directly from the USB socket with no external power (no need to turn on/off at any adapters etc.) & I was hoping that the HB1000s would do the same with the new drive I was looking at. Just to reiterate, it is a standard USB2 drive.

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“The new box has the advantage of being smaller than a Foxsat and provides better on demand capability. If neither is an issue then I would seriously consider a Foxsat.”

I have the original Foxsat (non-recording), so this purchase is an upgrade to that – and, yes, the catch-up is going to be useful. (Currently only have iPlayer & ITV beta)

Yes larger drives usually draw more power, additionally usb3.0 uses more current than usb 2.0.

It’s getting hard to find usb2 drives. I have two 500GB portable drives one is usb 2 and works with a nexus 7 tablet. The other has to powered externally.

Thanks for the update Barry. So are you running it with the USB 3.0 cable straight into the Hummy, or a version 2.0? If the former, how does the power issue work out? (Could you get a screenshot of the power use in <devicemanager/USBcontrollers/device/properties/power>). Incidentally, I managed to find a 750Gb USB2.0 disk which I have ordered, but could well do some juggling – take the hummy 160G drive & reformat as a PC backup disk, put the 750 on the HDFoxT2 & get a 1 or 2 Tb for the HB1000s. Thanks again.

Oh brilliant! I presume then that the output from the USB socket is 800ma like on the HDFoxT2, in which case, that is ample to run newer USB 3.0 disks. Thanks again.