[linux-dvb] Re: USB HD enough to record movies?

[frank.private@t-online.de (Frank Klingenhoefer)]

On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 11:11:54PM +0100, mocm@convergence.de wrote:
> 
> Gregoire Favre writes:
[...]
>  > I am on the point on bying another HD, does USB have enough "speed" to=
> 
>  > reccord without problem?
[...] 
> USBs maximum speed is 11MBit/s. That's not much, if you consider
> overhead and the fact that you won't write at an even pace.
> I would get a firewire card (about 50 Euro) and a firewire case (100
> Euro) for a cheap IDE Disk (80GB about 190 Euro). There you have a
> maximum of 400MBit/sec and that's more than enough. ...

You could take into consideration an USB 2.0 case, too. It is cheaper 
than a firwire case and even an USB+firewire case.
If the speed is not sufficient, you could buy an USB 2.0 card.
-- 
Frank


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