PiP is fine! Everything about this box is great (maybe C-Band blindscan isn't but overall...)...
SSDs are no longer that expensive, I think...
Do you have this box yourself and use the PiP function? If so, what image and version, and does it come default or you have
to install a PiP plugin?
Regarding HDD behaviour for 4K recording and playback, I've done some test witth 4K channels. On my HTPC, I've checked
the bitrate of a few channels, and it turns out that they actually have a very low bitrate - the maximum peak I got was like
22 Megabits, not MegaBytes as I thought... I was a bit surprised to see this low rates. If I get this right, 22 Megabits is only
about 2,7 MegaBytes which is a very low rate for even a very old 2.5 inch 5400 RPM disk. If in the near future, 4K channels
increase their bitrate, let's think they could reach 100 Megabits or even tops 200 Megabits, this is still a mere 20 MegaByte
bitrate... As far as I know any slow 5400 RPM disk can read fine with no problem these rather small figures, can't they?
Well, this is the theory, but real experience shouldn't differ, I presume. Also, 4K movies' bitrate seem to be rather low,
I don't think they get to 100 Megabits.
So, what do you guys think? Am I correct on these figures? I don't have any 5400 RPM drive to do some test. Is there any
other factor besides the bitrate that may contribute to slow the recording and playback of 4K channels?
Thanks.