Comments on: Mini-Review: Expressvu External Hard Drive 9242 HD PVR

By: Brock Macpherson

Brock Macpherson — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:41:12 +0000

Just purchased a new 9241. Front USB jack will power my EHD but the rear USB will not. Any thoughts why the output voltage would be different?

By: Steve McGrath

Steve McGrath — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:50:53 +0000

Why many formats? Because new optimization allow them to squeeze more in a smaller file for example while keeping a similar quality.

For example with video(DVD vs DivX), a mpg2 file is 6 times bigger than a mpg4 file for a similar quality. If you add 5.1 audio, it could be 3 times bigger. For us, this will allow BellTV to send more channels on a single transponder. It may be 2-4 HD channels instead of 1.

For the EHD, some mentioned it was a Linux partition. The file is however encrypted so we can’t play it from our computer.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:36:30 +0000

I am always curious on why we have so many formats on the pc for photos and movie files, eg jpeg – png, mpg – mpeg – avi etc. You mentioned that you can’t view the content on your computer. Do you know what format the content is on the EHD?