Recording Quality And Hard Disk Drive Storage Space; Watching Tv Programs Stored On The Hp Media Drive - HP IQ506 - TouchSmart - 4 GB RAM Manual

Recording quality and hard disk drive storage
space
The space that is available for recording TV programs depends on the size of the hard disk
drive, the percentage of hard disk drive space that is allocated to recorded TV, and the
recording quality setting.
To get the maximum recording time, change the recording quality to Fair instead of the
default setting of Best.
To change these settings:
1 Open Windows Media Center.
2 In the Tasks menu, click settings, TV, Recorder, and then Recorder Storage.
3 Under Recording quality and Maximum TV limit (storage for TV recordings), select the
settings by clicking the (+) or (–) next to the item that you want to change.
4 Click Save.
5 In the Tasks menu, click settings, TV, Recorder, and then Recording Defaults.
6 Select the settings by clicking the (+) or (–) next to the item that you want to change.
7 Click Save.
Quality of recording
Best
Better
Good
Fair
*This table shows approximate sizes of recorded TV program files. Some files might be smaller or larger.
1 GB = 1 billion bytes when referring to hard disk drive capacity. Actual formatted capacity is smaller.
Watching TV programs stored on the HP Media
Drive
An HP Media Drive can be purchased separately.
To play recorded TV files that are stored on the HP Media Drive, you must:
1 Connect the HP Media Drive to the computer with the power turned off.
2 Turn on the computer, and then open Windows Media Center.
3 In the Tasks menu, click settings, TV, Recorder, and then Recorder Storage.
Approximate hard disk drive space used*
2.7 GB/hour
2.1 GB/hour
1.4 GB/hour
1.2 GB/hour
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