Video: Installing Hard Drive in the Popcorn Hour

Posted by Jeremy Jones
July 6, 2008

I finally installed a hard drive inside the Popcorn Hour. It is only a 80GB hard drive but I wanted to use the device for BitTorrent. It seems like it buffers things faster now too. I don’t know if it actually does or if I just think so. Check out the video below.

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Information: July 6th, 2008; 5 Responses

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Comment Number:: 1
Written by:: How-To Video: Install a Hard Drive into Popcorn Hour | eHomeUpgrade
Posted on:: July 7, 2008 at 10:15 am

[...] at Multimedia-PCs seems to be enjoying his $179 Popcorn Hour digital media adapter. Jeremy has just published a video demonstrating how easy it is to install a hard drive into Popcorn Hour for use with its BitTorrent [...]

Comment Number:: 2
Written by:: James
Posted on:: July 7, 2008 at 3:58 pm

Maybe you should have install the power cable on the harddrive first before slide the drive onto the IDE connector.

Comment Number:: 3
Written by:: Jeremy Jones
Posted on:: July 7, 2008 at 6:09 pm

It would have made it a lot easier if I would of put the power connector in first.

Comment Number:: 4
Written by:: Sc00ter
Posted on:: July 7, 2008 at 6:31 pm

Uhh, the popcorn hour is advertised as being able to have a hard drive installed. This is part of it’s purpose. It’s not really a hack or anything secret.

Comment Number:: 5
Written by:: Jeremy Jones
Posted on:: July 7, 2008 at 6:46 pm

I don’t claim that it is a hack. The video is a how-to. There were other misinformed websites claiming that it was a hack.

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