topic Storage capacity DRX890W in Sky+

Storage capacity DRX890W

Wolfie1 — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 19:04:50 GMT

Does anyone know what capacity this box is? It's a Sky+ HD WIRELESS, model DRX890W. Is it 500GB or 1TB?

Re: Storage capacity DRX890W

Annie+UK — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 19:08:26 GMT

DRX890 has 500GB but only 250GB is for the user the other half is reserved for Skys use

Re: Storage capacity DRX890W

TimmyBGood — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 19:38:26 GMT

@Wolfie1

The DRX895W would be a 2TB (1700MB user space, 300MB reserved)

Re: Storage capacity DRX890W

Mark39 — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 19:41:18 GMT

@TimmyBGood wrote:

@Wolfie1

The DRX895W would be a 2TB (1700MB user space, 300MB reserved)

Sky didn't make 1TB Sky+ HD boxes: those became a thing with Sky Q

Actually, they did, though not for very long. I've still got one.

Re: Storage capacity DRX890W

Annie+UK — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 19:43:32 GMT

@Mark39 wrote:

@TimmyBGood wrote:

@Wolfie1

The DRX895W would be a 2TB (1700MB user space, 300MB reserved)

Sky didn't make 1TB Sky+ HD boxes: those became a thing with Sky Q

Actually, they did, though not for very long. I've still got one.

Me roo 🙂

Re: Storage capacity DRX890W

TimmyBGood — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 19:45:54 GMT

@Mark39 @Annie+UK

Yes, I just looked them up: same model number but without the W suffix for on-board WiFi, in about 2010.

Re: Storage capacity DRX890W

Wolfie1 — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 19:47:32 GMT

Thanks all for speedy responses.

So... It could be 500, 1 or 2 😄

I'm replacing it with a nonSky pvr so will go for 2TB, just because it allows some wiggle room for storing more HD programmes.

Re: Storage capacity DRX890W

Annie+UK — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 19:50:04 GMT

@Wolfie1 wrote:

Thanks all for speedy responses.

So... It could be 500, 1 or 2 😄

I'm replacing it with a nonSky pvr so will go for 2TB, just because it allows some wiggle room for storing more HD programmes.

ALL DRX890 boxes are 500GB it's DRX895 that have bigger HDDs

Re: Storage capacity DRX890W

Exiled-in-HH — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 07:53:37 GMT

Although secondhand DRX890s of any type could have a 1 TB or 2 TB inside if the previous owner changed it😊