Hard Drive Bargain Watch
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Yes, I wanted KAB input. More of what he likes vs dislikes. This is a good thread, I suspect we will all be buying within a month. Let's look at many options.
Odd, that WD lists capacity up to 30 hrs of HD video. Earlier it was posted that OTA HD 1080i would approximate 10GB per hour. Pretty big difference. Wouldn't you expect that this thing could hold at least 60 hours of Dish HD?
If you look at the WD page again, they contradict themselves. At the top it says, 60, at the bottom, 30. My guess is the bottom is an error and probably refers to their 320GB drive. All in all, a pretty poor website.
Due to lack of availability, I'm steering away from the "AV" drives. I'm leaning toward this drive after checking the Scientific Atlantic study. If it does not perform as expected, I can always find other uses for it.
Western Digital Caviar SE 16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s at ZipZoomfly
Best price I've found so far.
Hopefully, the larger cache will help make up for the delays caused by the error correction used that is tuned for data accuracy versus video streaming. If you plan on moving the recordings back and forth, the error correction methods won't be a problem but streaming off the drive you might get an ocassional stutter.
Wow! I just checked it again and the 99.00 with free ground is gone! Put up a notice and those drives sell out!
There is another that says 98 something and free UPS.
My point, check all search engines because drives and ram are very volatile.
There is another that says 98 something and free UPS.
My point, check all search engines because drives and ram are very volatile.
Dish MPEG
John:
I've seen that 10GB/hr kicked around before, but if the 622 ship with a 320GB HDD, and 1/2 of that is reserved for Dish on Demand (or whatever it's called), that leave 160GB (i.e. 16 hrs) for recordings...yet it holds 30+ hours?!?
Am I misquoting the size of the HDD in the 622? Or does Dish programming only take appx 5GB/hr for MPEG-2, and less for MPEG-4, -vs- 10GB/hr for OTA?
Thanks!
John:
I've seen that 10GB/hr kicked around before, but if the 622 ship with a 320GB HDD, and 1/2 of that is reserved for Dish on Demand (or whatever it's called), that leave 160GB (i.e. 16 hrs) for recordings...yet it holds 30+ hours?!?
Am I misquoting the size of the HDD in the 622? Or does Dish programming only take appx 5GB/hr for MPEG-2, and less for MPEG-4, -vs- 10GB/hr for OTA?
Thanks!
You would think that the guys who have the hobby of removing their Dish receivers hard drives, would know precisely...
For those watching this thread for bargains, check out this WD 500GB 7200rpm 16MB cache external drive already in a nice external case for $129 and free fedex ground:
EagleBit.com - Eagle Consus T-Series 500GB 7200rpm 16MB USB 2.0 Aluminum External Hard Drive powered by Western Digital 500GB Hard Drive -Brand New
EagleBit.com - Eagle Consus T-Series 500GB 7200rpm 16MB USB 2.0 Aluminum External Hard Drive powered by Western Digital 500GB Hard Drive -Brand New
There really is no need to keep your eye on a thread. Go to dealmac.com - Find the lowest prices on iPod, iBook, PowerBook, Mac, eMac, PowerMac G5, iMac, News on Apple Mac prices. and you can register and tell it what you are looking for and they will search the web day in, day out and everytime the search engine finds a deal, it e-mails you and lets you know the details.
As I have mentioned in another thread, it's a more expensive way of doing it, because you are paying 3 profit margins, instead of one. The manufacturers pay large volume discount wholesale prices for the drive, the enclosure, and the cables.
If you find a quality external HD that has good reviews, it is almost always cheaper than the individual components.
