[mythtv-users] Dec 2008 - State of the Art - Hard Drive Recommendations?

[David Brodbeck]

f-myth-users at media.mit.edu wrote:
> (e) There are also a TON of people complaining about Newegg's packing
>     (basically letting the drive rattle around with some paper around
>     it but not even bubblewrap in some cases).  OTOH, I checked the
>     reviews at Amazon (there used to be 4 a month ago, now, suddenly,
>     there are 30-odd) and several people are complaining about similar
>     shoddy packing from both Amazon and (in Amazon's reviews, yet) from
>     Tiger as well.

The days of hard disks being packed in two inches of foam are mostly
over, I think.  The Western Digital drives I've gotten direct from the
factory, as warranty replacements, were just suspended inside a small
cardboard box by two plastic end shells.

I think shipping damage is also most likely to result in immediate
failure, which is easier to deal with than a failure that occurs after
the drive is in use.  (Although still annoying, since NewEgg makes you
pay shipping to return the defective item.  They'll sometimes make
exceptions in really egregious cases, if you email them, though.)