And thanks everyone.

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Mon, 27 Jul 2020 01:09:33 -0400, micky
wrote:

In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sun, 26 Jul 2020 18:19:43 -0400, Paul
wrote:

micky wrote:
My DVDR, a Philips DVDR3575H, was designed around a 160GB PATA drive.

When the drive fails, what are the odds I can replace it with a larger
drive? How much larger? ;-)

What are the odds I can use a SATA drive intead of PATA? (Sillly
question, since they still sell PATA drives, but silly is my middle
name.)

Nothing I've found says whether it's a 3.5" or 2. 5" drive. It's 13
years old. What are the odds it's 2.5"? Is there any chance it's
2.5"? (It's a lot of work to get it off the shelf and open it up
to look.)

(Please don't try to sell me some other method of recording TV. This is
what I want and I'm not changing.)

It's a 3.5" drive.

(Page may auto-refresh so you'll lose your place while reading...)

https://www.avsforum.com/forum/106-d...l#post12355769

AUSKCK... 3/25/09... 3575... 500GB WD Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKB PATA.
AUSKCK... 3/27/09... 3575... 500GB Hitachi 3.5" Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360
(0A35415) SATA and 500GB
Hitachi 2.5" Travelstar 5K500.B HTS545050B9A300
(0A57915) SATA
all using a SATAIDE-2 Adapter

"However, IdleW is very important for the 3575/3576 since they're idling a lot."

The article seems to suggest a 500GB drive is about as far as
the firmware will go.

That's still 3 times as big.

Thanks.

But there's a lot to read there.

I'ldd do my best. I'm surprised I didn't find this page myself. I
read the AVS forum when I first bought the thing, and they had a sepate
section for it. I don't think this is part of that, but the same
compan y made the Magnavox.

Paul