[hounddog]

I love the functionality of my 510. I have movies and specials going back almost 2 years but am running out of room. I have transferred a lot to DVD using my desktop Pansonic DVD recorder, but I would like to keep everything on the 510. Is there a way to either place a larger hard drive in the 510 or transfer everything to a computer hard drive? With the prices of very large hard drive and RAID arrays going down, I would like to ditch my DVD recorder and have everything on a hard drive. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Frostwolf]

I love the functionality of my 510. I have movies and specials going back almost 2 years but am running out of room. I have transferred a lot to DVD using my desktop Pansonic DVD recorder, but I would like to keep everything on the 510. Is there a way to either place a larger hard drive in the 510 or transfer everything to a computer hard drive? With the prices of very large hard drive and RAID arrays going down, I would like to ditch my DVD recorder and have everything on a hard drive. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE

The hard drive in the 510 is as large as it can get. Replacing a hard drive in these is not like a computer. It has to be a specific kind of hard drive and then mated to the machine.

 

[hounddog]

I love the functionality of my 510. I have movies and specials going back almost 2 years but am running out of room. I have transferred a lot to DVD using my desktop Pansonic DVD recorder, but I would like to keep everything on the 510. Is there a way to either place a larger hard drive in the 510 or transfer everything to a computer hard drive? With the prices of very large hard drive and RAID arrays going down, I would like to ditch my DVD recorder and have everything on a hard drive. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE

The hard drive in the 510 is as large as it can get. Replacing a hard drive in these is not like a computer. It has to be a specific kind of hard drive and then mated to the machine.

So, in that case, would I be able to connect a computer to the 510 and download all of my saved programs to that I can record more?

 

[scooper]

No - you can't do that either. About all you can "legally" do is record them much like you've done with your DVD recorder, and this would require some sort of capture card in your PC.

 

[robert koerner]

Openning up the 510 is considered "hacking" on this site.

Site rules, rule out hacking topics.

Try a scan with "510 hacking" to get relevant info.

Bob

 

[Richard King]

Actually, you can simply dump them to your hard drive in your computer and store them there if you like. Just take the Video/audio outs from the 510 to a tuner card (I use this: http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr150.html) and record off the line inputs of the card. When the drive(s) in the computer get full dump programs you want to save to a dvd. If you have an off air antenna or cable line coming into the house you can also hook that up and record from those sources. Enjoy.

 

[scooper]

Yeah Richard that's what I was alluding to since I have a Hauppage WinPVR250 myself...