Standby mode and scheduled recordings
You should always close Media Center before you manually place the HP Digital Entertainment Center in standby mode, to avoid file corruption and other recording problems.
Recording quality and hard disk drive storage space
The space available for recording TV programs depends on your hard disk drive size, the percentage of hard disk drive space 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.
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Refer to Media Center Help for more information about recording errors, advanced recording features, and My TV settings.
Quality of | Hard disk drive space used |
recording | |
Best | *2.7 GB/hour |
Better | *2.4 GB/hour |
Good | *1.4 GB/hour |
Fair | *1.2 GB/hour |
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*This table shows approximate sizes of recorded TV program files. Some files may be smaller or larger.
1 GB = 1 billion bytes when referring to hard disk drive capacity. Actual formatted capacity is less.
48Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide