I can answer a part of your question.
The Hopper's hard drive will not let you make separate areas(partitions) for your children and you. It'll be like any other DVR where all recordings are simply saved in the hard drive. Although, you can setup locks on Joey's so that you can restrict your children from watching something that shouldn't.
I hope this helps!
PS: The Hopper has a 2TB HD but only 500GB is for the user. The 1.5TB goes for the system firmware/software and the PTAT recordings. If you don't use the PTAT feature you will have more storage.
The Hopper's hard drive will not let you make separate areas(partitions) for your children and you. It'll be like any other DVR where all recordings are simply saved in the hard drive. Although, you can setup locks on Joey's so that you can restrict your children from watching something that shouldn't.
I hope this helps!
PS: The Hopper has a 2TB HD but only 500GB is for the user. The 1.5TB goes for the system firmware/software and the PTAT recordings. If you don't use the PTAT feature you will have more storage.