Your DVR must be able to accept something like this. When I first bought the DVR almost three years ago, the manual made reference to the USB port, the SATA port and the Ethernet port as - "for future use." The future has arrived!
My HD DVR is a DirecTV (originally purchased at Circuit City) HR20.
I found out on the DirecTV website (tips and tricks) about adding the external drive.
If you're only looking for a drive for backup/storage, I found a number of even cheaper drives, butr I specifically needed one with the SATA capability.
It's also possible I could have disassembled the DVR and replaced the existing hard drive. I was reluctant to do that.
Art - N4PJ
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--- In dxlab@..., "Chuck Goelz" <c.goelz@...> wrote:
Art,
It is indeed amazing how cheap mass storage has become!! But (this question is a tiny bit off-topic), what I really want to know is: What kind of DVR did you try this on?? I'd LOVE to be able to add a TB to my DVR (Verizon FiOS, a Motorola QIP 7216). Do you (or anyone else) know if a SATA drive will plug-n-play in this DVR with the Verizon software??
Cheers & 73,
Chuck WA3CEJ
----- Original Message -----
From: aburkefl
To: dxlab@...
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 9:23 AM
Subject: [dxlab] Cheap Disk Drives
Yesterday, Rich and I exchanged notes about the cost and size of disk drives over the years. Yesterday, in pursuit of an addition to my HD DVR, I was able to purchase an external WD hard drive - 1 TB, that's 1 terrabyte or 1,000 gigs! - for $140 including the case.
The interfaces available are USB 2.0 and SATA. My HD DVR has a port for the SATA interface. Just plugged it in and the "system" formatted it and used it right away.
Just can't believe how big - and inexpensive - drives have become.
Art - N4PJ
