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RE: Streaming vs.DVD

Posted by DavidLD on October 26, 2011 at 16:25:55:
I have the Toshiba DVR 420 that is tunerless. I dont see any more new ones like that on Amazon. But they have the DVR 620 with a digital tuner for $147. Google both of these and you will see what vendors have each. A typical movie in 6 hour mode is about a gig. A 4 or 8 gig flash drive would hold several. Getting the movies to run at the right speed is going to be tricky on the little pad I have. I have not completed the experiments I want to run yet.
DVDs you make yourself from cable movies are much easier to work with in this regard. I will keep you posted on file conversion issues I have run into.

David