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Finally! We've been waiting for Western Digital to put out the 1TB My DVR Expander for so long we almost thought that Amazon listing a couple weeks ago was a mistake. The external eSATA drive allows any number of HD DVRs to record an extra 120 hours of HD content, but the real noise is that it's certified to work with the TiVo HD and TiVo XL, which have locked-down eSATA ports that prevent you from using just any drive. (The original Series3 doesn't have this restriction.) Stupid, we know, but at $199 list and $167 at Amazon, the markup on this thing doesn't seem overly ridiculous, so we won't complain too loudly. Just ship 'em already, okay?

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]]> esataexternal hard driveExternalHardDrivehard driveHardDrivemy dvrmy dvr expanderMyDvrMyDvrExpandertivotivo hdtivo xlTivoHdTivoXlwdwestern digitalWesternDigital Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:55:00 -0400 21|1524753 <![CDATA[Western Digital finally releases the 1TB My DVR Expander, TiVo owners rejoice]]> http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/western-digital-finally-releases-the-1tb-my-dvr-expander-tivo-o/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/western-digital-finally-releases-the-1tb-my-dvr-expander-tivo-o/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/22/western-digital-finally-releases-the-1tb-my-dvr-expander-tivo-o/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments
Finally! We've been waiting for Western Digital to put out the 1TB My DVR Expander for so long we almost thought that Amazon listing a couple weeks ago was a mistake. The external eSATA drive allows any number of HD DVRs to record an extra 120 hours of HD content, but the real noise is that it's certified to work with the TiVo HD and TiVo XL, which have locked-down eSATA ports that prevent you from using just any drive. (The original Series3 doesn't have this restriction.) Stupid, we know, but at $199 list and $167 at Amazon, the markup on this thing doesn't seem overly ridiculous, so we won't complain too loudly. Just ship 'em already, okay?

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]]> esataexternal hard driveExternalHardDrivehard driveHardDrivehdmy dvrmy dvr expanderMyDvrMyDvrExpandertivotivo hdtivo xlTivoHdTivoXlwdwestern digitalWesternDigital Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:31:00 -0400 21|1524759 <![CDATA[WD's 500GB My DVR Expander drives certified for use with DISH HD DVRs]]> http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/16/wds-500gb-my-dvr-expander-drives-certified-for-use-with-dish-hd/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/16/wds-500gb-my-dvr-expander-drives-certified-for-use-with-dish-hd/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/16/wds-500gb-my-dvr-expander-drives-certified-for-use-with-dish-hd/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments
From what we can tell, this is just marketing hoopla to get you to buy a drive "certified" for use in a particular application; in all actuality, users can connect any USB 2.0 external hard drive to their DISH Network HD DVR and expand their storage capacity for a one-time fee. Nevertheless, Western Digital has just let loose its 500GB My DVR Expander, which "more than doubles" your available recording hours by storing up to 300 hours of SD content and 60 hours of high-def goodness. As predicted, the drives work with the satcaster's ViP family of HD DVRs, and WD is apparently looking to expand the brand to other carriers as soon as they get with the program and enable USB storage. Those willing to fall for this ploy can procure the half-terabyte drive for $149.99, but considering that the port activation fee is still charged, we can't imagine looking elsewhere first.

[Via FarEastGizmos]

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]]> dishdish networkDishNetworkexternal hard driveexternal hddExternalHardDriveExternalHddhdhd dvrHdDvrMy DVR ExpanderMyDvrExpanderother hardwareotherhardwaresatellitestoragewdwestern digitalWesternDigital Fri, 16 May 2008 14:20:00 -0400 21|1197635 <![CDATA[WD's 500GB My DVR Expander drives certified for use with DISH HD DVRs]]> http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/16/wds-500gb-my-dvr-expander-drives-certified-for-use-with-dish-hd/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/16/wds-500gb-my-dvr-expander-drives-certified-for-use-with-dish-hd/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/16/wds-500gb-my-dvr-expander-drives-certified-for-use-with-dish-hd/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments
From what we can tell, this is just marketing hoopla to get you to buy a drive "certified" for use in a particular application; in all actuality, users can connect any USB 2.0 external hard drive to their DISH Network HD DVR and expand their storage capacity for a one-time fee. Nevertheless, Western Digital has just let loose its 500GB My DVR Expander, which "more than doubles" your available recording hours by storing up to 300 hours of SD content and 60 hours of high-def goodness. As predicted, the drives work with the satcaster's ViP family of HD DVRs, and WD is apparently looking to expand the brand to other carriers as soon as they get with the program and enable USB storage. Those willing to fall for this ploy can procure the half-terabyte drive for $149.99, but considering that the port activation fee is still charged, we can't imagine looking elsewhere first.

[Via FarEastGizmos]

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