I went from 44% used to 12%.I saw some reviews about people with bad eSATA cables out of the box

So overall, great product with lousy SATA cable - spend the $10 or so to get another one & you'll do just fine.

the eSATA cable problem that other users have mentioned because the 211k receiver uses the USB port and a USB cable was provided with the drive

What didn't work was the eSata cable that shipped with the drive

The cable that came with it works perfectly (the other cable caused lag).-----A few years

have long enough cable to be able to be placed other than on top of DVR.

A very economical way to expand the storage of your Cable box, and have a usable disk drive if you change to another cable company who's box it won't work with.

Installation is super easy, just one cable into the Tivo and one plug into the wall

I powered down the TIVO and replaced the WD cable with the cheap $4 ESATA cable I had ordered

VIP722 DVR itself having ONLY a 'USB' output, (which is a slower 'transfer' alternative than if the DISH DVR also had an eSATA output...then these archive 'transfers' from DVR to Hard Drive would be much faster, since the Western Digital MyBook AV DVR Expander 1TB USB 2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive came equippped with both USB (slower) and eSATA (faster) ports and cables

The cable that came with it works perfectly (the other cable caused lag).-----A few years

I suspect that reviewers who say it does not work with a Tivo HD unit had a defective unit or cable, powered off and on in the wrong sequence, or were impatient and bailed out while the Tivo was still reconfiguring during the initial boot-up

came with a bad cable

Some users have solved this kind of problem by replacing he eSata cable."A quick trip to Best Buy, twenty bucks, and a new cable solved the problem

I read talked about how bad the eSATA cable was that came with the WD DVR Expander.

In the end, the larger drive makes the Tivo more useful, but the bad cable and additional expense was an annoyance.

I order a other cable and now it works great

Lame that WD supplied a poor quality cable.

On the whole, the extra storage is still worth the fuss to me, but I'm glad I arranged things so the cables are easy to reach.

However, I read in these reviews that the eSata cable that comes with the Expander is not that good

But the eSATA cable out of the box worked perfect the first time and has been doing fine for about a week now.

QIP 7232 2.This drive comes with a hefty eSATA cable (3 feet), standard mini USB to standard USB cable and an adapter for a camcorder that is equipped with "direct record", Sony (Sounds like a legacy device doesn't it)?

By reading these reviews, I learned that the ESATA cable was the problem for some--including me.

The most difficult part of the installation was trying to connect the eSATA cable without completely dismantling the entertainment center!Absolutely no problems after 1 month (and 400 GB of HD recording)

very easy to install.just make sure you have the correct cable box.

Once the defective OEM cable was replaced all was well

I purchased a cheap 1ft eSATA cable (figuring that shorter is better) and sure

If you buy this to install on a TIVO HD buy an eSATA cable because the one provided by WD does not work with the DVR

It's just that I thought it so unusual for a cable company like Verizon to stand behind a specific brand and model to the point of including it in its customer support

After reading about problems on this unit due to bad E-SATA cables being supplied by WD, I bought another brand from AMAZON, and that fixed the problem

Heeding the advice of other reviewers I expected the eSATA cable to be defective.

I saw a suggestion about switching to a better eSATA cable.

So it's not cable problem.

My one disappointment is that it has a proprietary cable for use with the TiVo and I could not use the extension cable I purchased to locate the drive farther from the TiVo.

Doing that would double my storage to about 400MB.I ignored the advice and ordered this WD unit in the hopes that will work as it did for others using the 8300HD boxes

It was simple and works as it should.

Surprisingly, everything worked as I expected it to

The output from the DVR goes to the TV as well as to the DVD burner through my audio/video receiver.

It married to my TiVo easily enough and the recordings are as close to perfect as I expected

After reading about problems on this unit due to bad E-SATA cables being supplied by WD, I bought another brand from AMAZON, and that fixed the problem

Others have had problems with e sata cable but mine worked fine.

The E-Sata cable works without issue