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Andy
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Andy asked in Consumer ElectronicsTiVO & DVRs · 1 decade ago

How many GB does a 1h show take up using a TV Tuner ?

I'm considering getting a TV tuner to ditch the Tivo and wondering how many GB's does an average 1hour show take up on a harddrive ?

TIA

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    A typical one-hour TV show will take 2 Gigabytes of hard disk space.

  • 1 decade ago

    depends on if its a HD program or not and if the audio is in dolby that will take up more room .also whats the compression ratio (mpeg?)

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