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| + | Unexpectedly stops recording if the satellite signal is lost even if only momentarily or as the result of a reception related glitch. | ||
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| + | User must hold down the power button on the remote for 3 second or more just to make the device turn on. | ||
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Revision as of 21:17, 29 October 2007
The CaptiveWorks CW-100R is a digital video recorder for satellite television systems.
SD Card recording capacity
Capacity: 1.90 GB
2,004,821,504 bytes
Eight Minutes: 145 MB
152,207,360 bytes
19,025,920 bytes per minute recording XviD
2,004,821,504 / 19,025,920 = 105.37
105 minutes or 1 hr and 45 minutes fits on a 2GB SD card.
Problems and Design Flaws
The CW-100R always defaults to the USB device when activated. The format menu has to be used to switch it to card mode every time.
It suffers from the 2GB file limitation, causing a recorded movie to be split into multiple files, and losing frames in the process.
Unexpectedly stops recording if the satellite signal is lost even if only momentarily or as the result of a reception related glitch.
User must hold down the power button on the remote for 3 second or more just to make the device turn on.
