Western Digital WDG1S5000VN 500GB My DVR Expander eSATA @ richardeward.com

Western Digital WDG1S5000VN 500GB My DVR Expander eSATA
from Western Digital

Features:

• 500GB maximum storage capacity (up to 300 hours of SDTV; up to 60 hours of HDTV)
• eSATA interface - Enjoy rapid data-transfer rates up to 3 GB per second
• 7200 rpm for fast read/write times
• Soft amber LED screen is easy to read and helps avoid annoyance at night

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Piece-a cake
  Whole thing took 5 min., including unpacking from the shipping carton. Plug in AC, plugin data cable (included), plug into DVR, press A key to format, done. Went from 96% full to 22%, in a flash. Time warner cable, NYC, SciAtl. 8300HD

• Great Deal
  I had held off buying one of these because I felt the price was way too high. It was very easy to install and now I have all the storage I will ever need.

• Peacekeeper
  It does just exactly what it says it does. My family was in a constant battle over whose shows got recorded and whose didn't. Basic DVR would record about 10 hour long HD episodes and we were lost. Installed extender. Went from 90% full to <20%. Problem solved, for now anyway.

• Easy install, but limited life expectancy
  Like the other 40+ reviewers, this was a breeze to install with my TiVo Series III HD. That was 18 months ago, and it's worked perfectly until today. I ran the Kickstart 54 SMART diagnostics, and the external drive has failed. A ton of stored stuff is gone forever (although I may try the trick of freezing the drive and transferring to my PC). 18 months is way too short for the life of an HD drive.

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