Samsung HDD warranties - was Re: [mythtv-users] HD buffer size important?

[bishop]

Patrick Reynolds wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Brian Stults wrote:
> 
> 
>>Newegg.com currently has a sale on the version with a 2 GB buffer for
>>$93.  The one with an 8 GB buffer is $123.
> 
> 
> Go cheap.  I have exactly that $93 drive (the Samsung SP1604N, from
> newegg), and it works fine.  It's fast enough to record, playback, flag
> commercials, and transcode all at once.  And it really is quiet.  As a
> bonus, it has a 3-year warranty, where many drives now only have 1.

Careful on that statement, Patrick.  Rumours - from my HW pusher - 
suggest that Samsung is ditching the 3yr warranty really soon.

So, kids, read them labels.

  - bish