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Just wondered what speeds everyone seems to get showing on the test screen.
High bitrate premium HD channels stutter when recording, such as Sly Sports HD. I have bought 2 HDDs specifically for the unit, as the first one I thought was too slow, so I bought another, and both have the same issue. I then connected a powered 3.5" HDD, and that also has the same problem. I can't get a faster drive on the USB 2.0 platform, which is what the socket is, so going to USB 3.0 is pointless. Also, the speeds those drives can do should easily cope with 25mbit bandwidth from channels. My old Spiderbox 9000 worked no problem at all on premium HD sky channels, and so does my new Alien 2. This is all using an official subscription card, not via ethernet share providers. I also bought 3 different sized USB cables to see if that helped, and a power splitter.
The other lower bitrate HD channels seem fine when recording, so I can only presume it is due to the higher bitrate from sports channels. It doesn't stutter every second, just every few minutes or so, but still annoying enough. This only seems to happen when recording. By stutter I mean a brief couple of picture freezes, then it carries on normally for a short while, then back again to the problem.
What speed does your drive say, if you own a 5402, or any Technomate, in the Drive Speed option ? Mine shows as My R/W speed shows up as 20Mbit, my Wite speed is 39Mbit, and Read speed of 37Mbit. So when recording I am only writing, not reading and writing, so 39Mbit should easily be fast enough. The same drives shows up loads faster on the Alien 2 speed test screen (which is almost identical in design for the speed test).
High bitrate premium HD channels stutter when recording, such as Sly Sports HD. I have bought 2 HDDs specifically for the unit, as the first one I thought was too slow, so I bought another, and both have the same issue. I then connected a powered 3.5" HDD, and that also has the same problem. I can't get a faster drive on the USB 2.0 platform, which is what the socket is, so going to USB 3.0 is pointless. Also, the speeds those drives can do should easily cope with 25mbit bandwidth from channels. My old Spiderbox 9000 worked no problem at all on premium HD sky channels, and so does my new Alien 2. This is all using an official subscription card, not via ethernet share providers. I also bought 3 different sized USB cables to see if that helped, and a power splitter.
The other lower bitrate HD channels seem fine when recording, so I can only presume it is due to the higher bitrate from sports channels. It doesn't stutter every second, just every few minutes or so, but still annoying enough. This only seems to happen when recording. By stutter I mean a brief couple of picture freezes, then it carries on normally for a short while, then back again to the problem.
What speed does your drive say, if you own a 5402, or any Technomate, in the Drive Speed option ? Mine shows as My R/W speed shows up as 20Mbit, my Wite speed is 39Mbit, and Read speed of 37Mbit. So when recording I am only writing, not reading and writing, so 39Mbit should easily be fast enough. The same drives shows up loads faster on the Alien 2 speed test screen (which is almost identical in design for the speed test).
