Western Digital WDG1S5000VN 500GB My DVR Expander eSATA
Instantly add up to 60 hours of high-definition TV or up to 300 hours of standard-definition TV to your Scientific Atlanta 8300 or 8300HD DVR. You'll have plenty of room to save your programs longer and never miss your favorite shows.Just plug My DVR Expander into the external SATA (eSATA) port on your Scientific Atlanta 8300 series DVR and start recording even more TV shows, sporting events and movies. My DVR Expander has been tested for compatibility with Scientific Atlanta 8300 series DVRs. The unique no-fan passive cooling system and special hard drive design make it quiet for the living room or bedroom. Designed with a soft amber LED indicator, My DVR Expander is ideal for the living room or bedrooms.
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Western Digital WDG1S5000VN 500GB My DVR Expander eSATA Reviews
I have always been a fan of Tivo, and when the right deal came my way I got the new Dual tuner HD Tivo that only recorded 20 hrs in HD. Setup to the device is as easy as plugging it in. My plan was to eventually get this expander all along. Then setting up the Tivo to work with it was quite simple as well. 20 Hours is definitely not enough in my house, and if you are considering this, it's probably not enough in your house either. 86 full HD hours is huge and in just standard digital I think it's in the 500+ hour range. Now I can record 86 hours in HD which for us is way more than enough. At the moment they are selling a beast with 150 hrs in HD recording for $600.
We went on a 2 week vacation and still had room to spare when we got back. Bottom line is that this expander worked perfectly right away. Tivo at the time was selling a larger Tivo with I believe 40 hrs recording in HD for $400-$500.
But if you are like me, if it's not in HD now, I don't watch it. Definitely worth buying. In my opinion it is much more economical to buy the standard 20hour HD Tivo and just get this expander to go with it.
Worked great with Cox Cable's Scientific Atlanta 8300HD box for about a year. It got progressively worse. Turns out the problem was not the Scientific Atlanta box but rather the Western Digital expander, which was corrupting the live TV signal, even when it wasn't recording anything and I wasn't using the DVR. Then I started noticing tiling in some channels (on live TV, not recorded DVR programs). Bought my 500GB expander in October 2007. Three techs came out and gave me two new SA cable boxes.
It provides SIGNIFICANTLY more storage and as a result, I haven't missed any of my favorite shows for quite a while. The TiVo had a couple of issues connecting to this initially, but since then it's worked without a hitch.
It was very easy to install and works seamlessly. A better price than direct from TiVo. If you have the TiVo HD this is a must have to give you needed storage space.
After going through the TiVo menu to activate it, TiVo rebooted itself again and everything is working exactly as expected. I simply unplugged my TiVo HD, connected this thing, then plugged the TiVo back in. I just wish TiVo didn't take so long to reboot.waiting through two reboots was the only thing that was less than ideal.
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