The length of the recording time an IDE type HDD can record, is decided by
the following factors:
1) the space of HDD 2) the recording rate 3) the recording quality (resulution).
NTSC System (for contineous recording):
|
Recording Rate (fps)
|
25A
|
15
|
8
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
Recording
Quality |
Best
|
48 hr
|
96 hr
|
180 hr
|
360 hr
|
720 hr
|
1440 hr
|
|
High
|
60 hr
|
120 hr
|
226 hr
|
450 hr
|
900 hr
|
1800 hr
|
|
|
Normal
|
96 hr
|
192 hr
|
360 hr
|
720 hr
|
1440 hr
|
2880 hr
|
|
|
Basic
|
160 hr
|
320 hr
|
600 hr
|
1200 hr
|
2400 hr
|
4800 hr
|
|
|
HDD Space
|
240 GB
|
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PAL System (for contineous recording):
|
Recording Rate (fps)
|
18A
|
12
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
Recording
Quality |
Best
|
48 hr
|
100 hr
|
202 hr
|
406 hr
|
608 hr
|
1216 hr
|
|
High
|
60 hr
|
126 hr
|
254 hr
|
506 hr
|
760 hr
|
1520 hr
|
|
|
Normal
|
98 hr
|
202 hr
|
406 hr
|
810 hr
|
1216 hr
|
2440 hr
|
|
|
Basic
|
162 hr
|
336 hr
|
676 hr
|
1350 hr
|
2026 hr
|
4050 hr
|
|
|
HDD Space
|
240 GB
|
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(for reference only)