glow Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 JB Hifi at Carindale (QLD) have the 500gb P2 at $500Can these take a 2Tb drive upgrade later if I'm running out of space? If you are running out of space because your Wiz is full of recordings you would be better off moving the keepers to a USB HDD or NAS or PC. If you replace it with a a 2TB drive then you won't be able to view those 500GB of recordings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prl Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 ...If you replace it with a a 2TB drive then you won't be able to view those 500GB of recordings. Yes you can. Install the 2TB HDD as the internal HDD in the Beyonwiz, format the drive and start using it. Install the removed 500GB HDD into an externally-powered USB enclosure Plug the 500GB HDD into the Beyonwiz as an external drive Watch the old recordings direct from the external drive, or copy them onto the new drive on the Beyonwiz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glow Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Fair enough Peter - I stand corrected. Personally I find it more useful to have the extra storage external to the Wiz. I've got 1.5TB USB drives connected to both my Wizzes. I use them for my home movies, edited and re-encoded Wiz recordings and backups of PC content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieBoy Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Hi Guys, I am looking at the DP P2 2TB or DP Lite 500Gig. For me the decision is around the Media Player Functionality of the DP P2. I have been told that you can copy files to it and use it as a media player of sorts. How bad is it really for that. With my WDTV I have movies in a directory structure on a network drive (only three levels deep) to sort between movies and tv shows for adultys and kids. Is this functionality available in the P2? Thanks Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david2561503560539 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Hi Guys,I am looking at the DP P2 2TB or DP Lite 500Gig. For me the decision is around the Media Player Functionality of the DP P2. I have been told that you can copy files to it and use it as a media player of sorts. How bad is it really for that. With my WDTV I have movies in a directory structure on a network drive (only three levels deep) to sort between movies and tv shows for adultys and kids. Is this functionality available in the P2? Thanks Steve I've only had a P2 for a few days and this works extremely well for .mkv playback, I think my MC PC will be hardly used from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieBoy Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Hi David, Thanks for the reply but a specifically was after info on whether or not you can set up folder structures for the files you copy to the P2. Steve I've only had a P2 for a few days and this works extremely well for .mkv playback, I think my MC PC will be hardly used from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgdownload Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Thanks for the reply but a specifically was after info on whether or not you can set up folder structures for the files you copy to the P2.Yes.Regards Peter Gillespie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieBoy Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Thanks Peter. Yes.Regards Peter Gillespie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glow Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Hi Guys,I am looking at the DP P2 2TB or DP Lite 500Gig. For me the decision is around the Media Player Functionality of the DP P2. I have been told that you can copy files to it and use it as a media player of sorts. How bad is it really for that. With my WDTV I have movies in a directory structure on a network drive (only three levels deep) to sort between movies and tv shows for adultys and kids. Is this functionality available in the P2? Thanks Steve The Media Player functionality is almost the same for the DP-P2 and DP-Lite except - DVD ISO/folders (not on Lite nor later P2s) - playback of 3D h.264 Trial broadcasts (not on 01.05.xx firmware on earlier P2) - DP-Lite doesn't have memory card slots so you couldn't directly play something from a memory card (but then large photos from recent digital cameras don't display well with Wizzes anyway) If you already have movies on a network drive both the P2 and Lite can stream them from there so you don't really need to copy them across. Comparison of the models at http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/media/downloads...ALL_Feb2011.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutty Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Just a heads up, Dealspace currently has a batch of H1's for $149 http://www.dealspace.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrasmart Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 FYI, was in Clive Peeters (Maroochydore QLD) yesterday, noticed they still had 500gb P2s for $324-. Not sure if same pricing at other CP stores, but for anyone in the market, may be worth investigating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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