19-06-2011, 22:49
If you hit Services on your Sky+ remote and then 5, it takes you to the disc managment menu. One of the options here concerns 'instant rewind' (how far back you can instantly rewind the channel you're watching). The option are 15min, 30min, 60min and Off. The way Sky+ works is a mystery to me, but can anyone tell me if turning 'instant rewind' to off will mean recordings take up less space on the hard drive?
I only ask because whenever I'm going away on holiday and my free space is running low, I never know if I'm going to have enough room to record the things I want. Logic tells me that if you have the 'instant rewind' enabled then it must be occupying space on the hard drive, and the longer you choose to be able to rewind the more space it takes.
I haven't confirmed this yet, but my theory is that if you have your Instant Rewind set to 30mins, and a two-hour film uses 4%, then the same film would use maybe 8% if you had your Instant Rewind set to 60mins. Conversely if you turned off your Instant Rewind, the film would only take 2%
Does any of that sound in the slightest bit logical?
I only ask because whenever I'm going away on holiday and my free space is running low, I never know if I'm going to have enough room to record the things I want. Logic tells me that if you have the 'instant rewind' enabled then it must be occupying space on the hard drive, and the longer you choose to be able to rewind the more space it takes.
I haven't confirmed this yet, but my theory is that if you have your Instant Rewind set to 30mins, and a two-hour film uses 4%, then the same film would use maybe 8% if you had your Instant Rewind set to 60mins. Conversely if you turned off your Instant Rewind, the film would only take 2%
Does any of that sound in the slightest bit logical?