[mythtv-users] How is this pricing possible?

[Alex Butcher]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, Raymond Wagner wrote:

> On 2/23/2011 01:18, Raalph A wrote:
>> I see WD offers a line of AV drives (AV-GP) that are comparable in
>> price with similar non-AV drives.  They say they are designed for
>> "always-on 24/7 applications such as media centers".  I wonder if they
>> truly are more suitable for a Myth implementation.
>
> Physically, they are no different from a standard WD Green.  They just
> have a different firmware with tweaked timeouts.

As I understand it, those AV drives are designed for use in AV /appliances/
whose software/firmware is designed with those exact timeouts and
buffer-filling strategies in mind.  Without doing something equivalent to
configure a general purpose OS and MythTV, they would be *less* suitable
than a regular desktop drive.

Note that WD Caviar Black models (AALS, FALS, FAEX, FASS, AAEX) have a 5
year warranty whilst Green (EACS, EADS, AACS, AADS, EARS) and AV (AVBS,
AVJS, AVBB, AVJB, EVCS, EURS, AVCS, AVVS, BUDT) only have a 3 year
warranty, in addition to better performance.

Best Regards,
Alex