cdanteek Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Press Release DVR Expander WD INTRODUCES DVR EXPANDER TO ALLOW CONSUMERS TO SAVE MORE, DELETE LESS ON THEIR DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WD's My Library™ Video Edition™ Easily Adds Up to 60 Hours of High-definition Television Entertainment1 LAKE FOREST, Calif. - June 28, 2007 - Expanding consumers' TV recording capabilities by up to hundreds of hours, Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today introduced its My Library™ Video Edition™ DVR Expander. Capable of storing up to 300 hours of digital standard-definition (SD) or 60 hours of high-definition (HD) television programming based on 500 GB of hard drive storage, consumers can instantly expand their recording capacity by simply attaching the DVR Expander to one of the millions of Scientific Atlanta 8300 DVR Series set-tops currently deployed in the U.S. The My Library Video Edition is perfect for consumers who need more room to store the ever-expanding HD entertainment options offered by their service providers. "As the adoption of storage-hungry HDTV continues to grow, the demand for additional storage becomes increasingly important to consumers," said Jim Welsh, vice president and general manager of WD's branded products and consumer electronics businesses. "When it comes to entertainment, adding WD's DVR Expander to their DVR lets consumers save more of their TV shows giving them greater control and convenience." Compatibility My Library DVR Expander has been tested for compatibility with Scientific Atlanta 8300 Series digital video recorders (including models 8300 HD, 8300 MR and 8300 HD MR). Further compatibility of the My Library Video Edition DVR Expander is planned as other cable and satellite DVR manufacturers enable the eSATA (external SATA) ports on their currently-deployed DVRs. Availability and Pricing The My Library Video Edition DVR Expander is available now in the United States by ordering directly from WD at www.shopwd.com. Pricing for My Library Video Edition DVR Expander with 500 GB is $199.99 USD. A 3-D view, downloadable product images and more information on the My Library Video Edition storage products may be found at http://www.wdc.com/en/flash/index.asp?fami...dfMyLibrary_G1S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Watch this (dbl or drv)space folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdanteek Posted June 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Gibberish or Gobbledygook.... cd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Nahh - just a memory leecher (thought you were around long enough to recall drvspace/dblspace) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_deweywright Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Nahh - just a memory leecher (thought you were around long enough to recall drvspace/dblspace) I recall those compression schemes/drivers, but I never used them. Just too leery of losing data, or access to it. Now, if they can add one of these units, what about a second? And then who is going to take the time to keep all that extra storage organized? (Which is the key with all the data we all collect anyway, eh?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich86 Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 I recall those compression schemes/drivers, but I never used them. Just too leery of losing data, or access to it. Now, if they can add one of these units, what about a second? And then who is going to take the time to keep all that extra storage organized? (Which is the key with all the data we all collect anyway, eh?) I am a fairly new convert to High Def TV with a dvr. And I am hooked! I avoid standard broadcast TV stations now if at all possible. The 8300 dvr supplied by my cable company has a 160gb drive in it. I don't use it for permanent storage - and don't plan to. But I do sometimes accumulate a fair number of shows on it to be watched at a later time - especially when I am traveling. So far, space has not been an issue. But recording high def programs in the best quality chews up space pretty fast, so we could run into space issues this fall. For these reasons, I have been reading/watching/learning about add-on drives. My 8300 has a usb, firewire and e-sata port on the device. Supposedly none of them are activated - but I've learned that cable companies frequently have no clue what is, or is not, activated in the firmware. Supposedly the optical digital audio output port wasn't activated either - but it works just fine. They've told me they intend to activate the firewire port, but not the e-sata port. Why they want to avoid the e-sata port is beyond me, but I may try an e-sata device on this 8300 just to see if it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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