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    WD 1TB My Book AV DVR Expander External Hard Drive - USB 2.0 - WDBABT0010HBK-NESN

    • I went from 44% used to 12%.I saw some reviews about people with bad eSATA cables out of the box
    • Word is they disabled the esata and usb ports.
    • Both worked nicely, but eSATA is faster.
    • 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
    • I am using more "modern" updated equipment... namely the Anker® USB 3.0 & eSATA to SATA External Hard Drive Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD, SSD [4TB Support] , amazon asin number B005UA3I72
    • Second: When initially looking at the Western Digital My Book AV DVR Expander 1 TB USB 2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive on Amazon, it offers refurbished and smaller 500 GB (all you will ever need)unit at reduced cost
    • WD My Book AV DVR Expander 1 TB USB 2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive.
    • I powered down the TIVO and replaced the WD cable with the cheap $4 ESATA cable I had ordered
    • Unless one is willing to accept that loss, it is necessary to complete viewing of ALL programs stored on the internal drive prior to activating the Western Digital My Book AV DVR Expander 1 TB USB 2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive.
    • I found numerous references online to this box having disabled all ports (eSATA, USB, etc)
    • 1 TB USB 2.0/eSATA External Hard Drives I bought on to my Direct TV HR21/200
    • As a regular external drive it works well, even if your computer doesn't have the fast eSATA interface
    • 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
    • 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)?
    • Western Digital My Book AV DVR Expander 1 TB USB 2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive
    • The eSATA is much cheaper and easier than buying and setting up an internal drive.
    • Western Digital My Book AV DVR Expander 1 TB USB 2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive
    • Make sure you have the 7000 series of boxes so it can be compatible with eSATA hard drives.
    • I used the eSATA cable and its working fine.
    • I purchased a cheap 1ft eSATA cable (figuring that shorter is better) and sure
    • purchased Western Digital My Book AV DVR Expander 1 TB USB 2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive, and it arrived on time
    • The WD My Book AV DVR Expander 1 TB USB 2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive provides instant space for saving HD programs.
    • I purchased the Western Digital My Book AV DVR Expander 1 TB USB 2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive at the recommendation of Verizon (my FIOS TV service provider) for the distinct purpose of expanding the cable box DVR storage capacity from its internal 500GBs to a total of 1.5TB.
    • After calling DISH Network to find out which External Hard Drive would 'play nice' with their VIP722 DVR, I selected the WD MyBook AV DVR Expander 1TB USB 2.0/ eSATA External Hard Drive
    • 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
    • I then looked for the best price as well as S&H.After reading many reviews here & elsewhere regarding frequent failure of the included SATA cable, I installed the hard drive
    • 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
    • Then I saw this AV 1T external hard drive on Amazon
    • I then rechecked everything again and discovered an ID10T error (Idiot error from my time working on a help desk)
    • 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