On 14/04/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ben Lancaster</b> <<a href="mailto:lists@benlancaster.co.uk">lists@benlancaster.co.uk</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Just spotted this on the reg:<br><br><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/13/wd_av_hd/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/13/wd_av_hd/</a><br><br>Doesn't make much sense to me, do you think they'll be worth the money?
<br><br>Ben<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br><a href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">
http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br>Seagate have a DVR optimised hard drives as well, see: <a href="http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/consumer_electronics/db35_series/">
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/consumer_electronics/db35_series/</a><br><br>I remember someone saying that the DVR/PVR drives are optimised for simultaneous reading and writing of a video stream that can cause problems for normal drives.
<br><br>I am after a new drive so it may be time to look into the PVR optimised drives, don't know if anyone is selling them in Australia.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Roo.<br>