On 14/04/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Roo</b> <<a href="mailto:roo.watt@gmail.com">roo.watt@gmail.com</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;">
<div><span class="e" id="q_111eda9b57741a8e_0">On 14/04/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ben Lancaster</b> <<a href="mailto:lists@benlancaster.co.uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">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?
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http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br></span></div>Seagate have a DVR optimised hard drives as well, see: <a href="http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/consumer_electronics/db35_series/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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><span class="sg"><br>Roo.<br>
</span></blockquote></div><br><br>I think this is a link to the WD drives: <a href="http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=280&language=en">http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=280&language=en
</a><br><br>Interestingly enough the WD warranty is 3 years on the AVJS drives vs 5 Years with the Seagtae SV35 drives, however I think the WD power consumption figures were significantly lower.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Roo<br>