Bravia notification USB HDD is low

[grgart]

Hello,

I got KD-49XH9505 model which uses Sandisk 64GB USB3 stick as recording storage.

Even it's sufficient for 50hours of recording space it constantly notifies that USB HDD capacity is low, even when USB is empty. TV records without any issue but every time recording is activated this notification appears.

Can that notification be disabled?

If not I suggest that this should be addressed for the next firmware update.

Also, deletion of a recorded program takes a long time (40-60sec for 50min recording) , can this also be improved in one of the next firmware updates?

Thank you.

[Peter_S.]

Hi,

This is normal behaviour since 64GB is the smallest size that can be used for USB-Recording.

Cheers

Peter

[grgart]

Hm, not sure it should be called normal since there is 50hours recordings space on 64GB.

That annoying notification should be removed, there is no need to notify me all the time.

[royabrown2]

@grgart 

Where do you get 50 hours from?

There can be no one number, as SD, HD and 4K all use different amounts of storage per hour of video. But even at SD, 2.5GB per hour is likely to be more realistic, so more like 20 hours, tops.

50 hours would require a 1GB feed of SD, and the quality would be awful.

[grgart]

I got my estimate upon my saved recordings.

Not sure is it 4K or 1080p but our TV channels switched to a new standard so I guess they emit in 1080p.

One recording of 55min is 1GB (checked file size on USB at TV and laptop)

Got 3 recordings about 50-60 min on and they all are around 1GB each.

Anyway, that kind of notification does not make sense even if you have 16GB of space, that is not a provider problem.

They should not force users to use xxTB disks if for my needs 64GB is quite enough, it's just not user friendly.

If empty space size drops to some critical level then notifications like that have sense.

[Win_88]

To be fair, what Sony lists on the website for compatible storage is none other than USB HDDs. So even high capacity flash storage isn't officially recommended

[grgart]

I know it's not recommended but it works like a charm.

It's just that annoying notification that harms a better user experience.

[EUSupport_EN]

@grgart

Thank you for your feedback. We've passed it on to the proper channels for future consideration and product development.

[grgart]

Thank you.