Poll: how much does your dvr hold?

friendlybutler · March 2012

I was talking to a friend last night and she mentioned that she has an entire season of 2-3 different shows on her dvr and it's only about 23% full. Ours doesn't hold nearly that much. It has about 15 hours saved and is 55% full. How much does yours hold? Do you know if that depends on the cable provider or just the specific cable box?

MrsWindyCity · March 2012

I'm not sure, but we have full seasons of 2 shows, and DH also has like 6 hours of random basketball games on there, plus a few extra shows. I would guess we currently have about 30 hours' worth of stuff on there, but it's nearly full (like 89%).

Our old box held way, way less. An hour long show used to take up 6% (takes about 2% now). It also depends if you are recording in HD, since that uses up more space.

LadyExtravaganza · March 2012

If definitely depends on your cable provider. We recently switched companies because of a move and our new box holds so much more than the old one. I was always having to watch things or delete them on the old box, and now I have movies and tons of shows saved without ever going over 30%.

Karma1969 · March 2012

I just had this talk with my sister. Both of us have DVR's through Comcast. She has 80 hours of tv recorded and she's at 27%. I have 40 hors recorded and I'm at 87%. Neither of us records in HD. I don't understand why her DVR is so magical.

friendlybutler · March 2012

Interesting. I'll try recording non-HD channels on the off chance that will make a difference. And, not that I think it will do any good, but I'll give a call to Time Warner to see if there's a chance they have different boxes that might hold more stuff. There is so much stuff on the History Channel and Discover Channel, among others, that I would love to watch, but there's no room. Thanks!

Karma1969 · March 2012

HD does take up triple the space of a non HD show.

sd2phx · March 2012

The DVR is basically a harddrive. Some have more storage capabilities than others. Recorded shows take up space just like files on your harddrive. Different providers use different sized drives.

RachaelA · March 2012

Ours holds well over 100 hours of HD programs (plus we have 2 so sometimes we have an insane amount of stuff recorded). Certain shows I like to let almost the entire season record and then I'll watch it near the end.

katarczyna · March 2012

On average, we can have 100 shows on HD saved. (That's a good balance of 30-60 minute shows with an occasional movie tossed in)

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