danandrews80 wrote:I am looking to try and upgrade my SKY+ box and was wondering what the maximum size that will be compatible. I have looked through the forums, but I am not sure whether 1TB is just for SKY HD or whether this is the same for SKY+.
To the best of my knowledge, 1TB is good for SkyHD
and Sky+ boxes. You certainly can't go
larger than 1TB.
However note that the maximum size supported for natively formatting (full system reset) the drive in the box itself is 508GB. Above 508Gb you must use Copy+ to do the preparation of the drive.
Also note that I am unaware of any PATA drives above 750GB - All available 1TB drives are SATA only. So this is a practical upper limit is 750GB unless you want to chance using a PATA to SATA bridge board. I've used one in a Pace V1 box, and had a successful report from a Pace V2 owner also. However I regard this method of attaching drives as still highly experimental. I really wouldn't want to recommend it for guaranteed success.
Could someone please let me know what the maximum available is and what the best model to get would be thanks in advance for the help
All the information I have available on drives that have been suggested to me as working with various models is detailed
here.
Other than that you are on your own, although the Seagate DB35 ACE drives are a very popular and widely available choice at the moment.