My cable DVR just got a major upgrade, and it was ridiculously easy. The cable that I ordered last week arrived on Friday. I plugged one end into a 300GB external SATA hard drive, and plugged the other end into the SATA connector on the SA 8300 HD DVR. I powered up the DVR, and after a few seconds I saw a message that the drive was recognized and was compatible with the DVR. Woo-hoo!
For another 60 minutes or so, I saw a message telling me to wait. Eventually, I got tired of the message and just restarted the DVR, and when it restarted everything looked perfectly normal. The difference? When I checked the available recording time, it showed that I had used only 19% of the unit’s capacity. Before the upgrade, about 50% had been used.
Easy…
Ed Bott 