Educate me....how do you know which channels are which?Incog-Neato said:Verrrrry interesting! Read this: http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=133810
Mine is a "home brew" eSata (separate case and drive). See if you are having the same problem as me. Try it on a Ka channel and also on a Ku channel.
If it's off of 103 or 99, it's Ka. Otherwise it's Ku. Generally speaking, Ku is SD channels (not SD on HD channels), and the "legacy" HD channels that come from 110/119, which were available before the new sats launched.L2BENGTREK said:Educate me....how do you know which channels are which?
L2BENGTREK said:Educate me....how do you know which channels are which?
L2BENGTREK said:what to do, what to do...
one says cavalry drives are crap
one says its something other than the design/brand.
Well, I pretty much knew going in that returns to buy.com (coincidently where I got it!) were a pain and I'd rather not deal with it. so I guess I'm stuck with this.
Not a huge deal cuz' I guess I could use it for the computer...although I'd much rather use it for what it was intended.
Hey schneid, can you point me to a reputable link for the case that solved your problems? maybe I'll take the drive out of the cavalry and use a better enclosure and cable. Then use the old cavalry case the next time I run across a deal for an HD for storage on the computer....what do you think?
Gotcha.Incog-Neato said:But arguably the best external case is the Antec MX-1 which is what I am using on my HR20-700 but yet I'm still having the same problem as you which is why I don't think it's the case.
I got an Anterc MX-1 at Fry's for $29.99. I was lucky. The drive comes with an eSATA cable that seems adequate but I already had a SIIG.Incog-Neato said:I have the Cavalry 1 gig eSata on my computer (originally meant for my HR20 but it wound up holding movies on my PC) and I have had no problem with it for 6 months so far. But arguably the best external case is the Antec MX-1 which is what I am using on my HR20-700 but yet I'm still having the same problem as you which is why I don't think it's the case. Antec MX-1 is available from Newegg and others.
Buy it. It was$50 there when I was shopping. I might get another.L2BENGTREK said:Gotcha.
I'm not quite sure what to do though. Amazon has the MX-1 for $38 with free shipping. It'd be a relatively cheap dart to throw! :lol:
By the way, I'm pretty sure I'm experiencing it on all channels. I'll check tonight.
Problem is that mine looks brand new. box was a plain cardboard box that said "cavalry" on it...but inside the cables were in bags. Drive itself had plastic on it and I do remember seeing the "warranty void" sticker on it. The problem is that it does work...so if I try to return it what would they say? "That's not what we intended it for"schneid said:I got an Anterc MX-1 at Fry's for $29.99. I was lucky. The drive comes with an eSATA cable that seems adequate but I already had a SIIG.
As my last RMAed cavalry had the "warranty void if removed" sticker already removed, I wasn't worried about opening it. Once I saw it was a WD GP, I removed it and ran it bare for a week. it was solid so I sprang for the Antec case. It is well made, I really like the rubber bumpering that insolate the drive from case. The fan is unnoticeable.
If mpeg2 is recorded at a higher bit rate than mpeg4 and the Cavalry drive is not quite keeping up, I think that would explain your symptoms. Perhaps there are lots of bad places on the disk and the drive has to keep going back to re-read sectors.Incog-Neato said:I think the problem is something other then the Cavalry unit.
That would make sense. What would you suggest...a different drive? or do you think a different case would help? Maybe the circuitry is slowing it?GregLee said:If mpeg2 is recorded at a higher bit rate than mpeg4 and the Cavalry drive is not quite keeping up, I think that would explain your symptoms. Perhaps there are lots of bad places on the disk and the drive has to keep going back to re-read sectors.
I think I'd try to return the drive for a refund. You can buy a WD GP 1TB for $170 if you Google around and your MX-1 deal is great as it does include shipping.L2BENGTREK said:Problem is that mine looks brand new. box was a plain cardboard box that said "cavalry" on it...but inside the cables were in bags. Drive itself had plastic on it and I do remember seeing the "warranty void" sticker on it. The problem is that it does work...so if I try to return it what would they say? "That's not what we intended it for"
What's your opinion?
I was thinking the same thing...the older mpeg2 files will be quite a bit larger than the mpeg4 from the new HD sats, and any glitches in throughput or recovery would be more evident.GregLee said:If mpeg2 is recorded at a higher bit rate than mpeg4 and the Cavalry drive is not quite keeping up, I think that would explain your symptoms. Perhaps there are lots of bad places on the disk and the drive has to keep going back to re-read sectors.
Yes, I'm sure they are intended mostly as back-up drives. That being said, the WD GP drives run very cool... my fanless cavalry is barely warm to the touch. Probably much cooler than the stock drive inside the fan-cooled DVR cabinet.t_h said:I think most of these companies designing fanless case-is-a-heatsink drives arent really intending them to be used 24x7 with continuous multiple read/write streams.
I don't know enough to make a recommendation.L2BENGTREK said:That would make sense. What would you suggest...a different drive? or do you think a different case would help? Maybe the circuitry is slowing it?
