• Reviews around installation (4.33 of 5)

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

    • Excellent , simple installation & works as expected
    • Excellent , simple installation & works as expected
    • It's probably the easiest installation of a new electronic device I've ever experienced
    • Installation was a snap and I am enjoying not having to worry about constantly deleting items to conserve space on my TIVO.
    • Installation is a bit annoying because it required multiple reboots of my TiVo, which is really damn slow to reboot.
    • Easy installation, nice price for added storage on your Tivo
    • Installation was easy
    • Installation is a breeze - just follow the directions and the rest is automatic.
    • The installation went smooth with no issues whatsoever.
    • Installation with my Tivo Premiere was very easy and took all of about 5-10 minutes with very little "configuring" by me.
    • Installation was straightforward and all appeared to work well
    • Installation is super easy, just one cable into the Tivo and one plug into the wall
    • Installation was easy as I was used to hooking one of these external HDs up to the cable DVRs (we still haven't gotten rid of them all yet-still waiting for the "tuning adapter" just for this TiVo).
    • The installation is quick & easy.
    • Installation was fairly easy.
    • This was a fairly easy installation.
    • Easy installation and no problem, have to remember to use the special "e" cable.
    • Installation was very easy and quick, and I am in no way a techie or mechanically or electronically inclined.
    • Easy installation....exactly as advertised.
    • Very easy installation...just power down the DTV receiver and plug in the drive and re-power the receiver.
    • Installation could not have been easier
    • My 1TB WD My Book AV Expander arrived last week, installation was a breeze on my TiVo Premiere using the supplied eSATA cable
    • The installation was effortless
    • Easy installation.
    • Installation was easy; no shows were lost.
    • Straightforward installation on one TiVo Premium.
    • I followed the instructions on Dish's website to activate the drive and the installation went fine.
    • Installation was painless for me.
    • Installation and configuration is easy if you follow the instructions on Tivo's website.
    • Following the on-screen directions for expanding DVR memory I initially found the DVR was not recognizing the unit after it had indicated that the installation was successful
    • Installation was a breeze by plugging it into the satelite receiver USB port in the back
    • Verizon on the other hand could have provided better installation instructions.
    • Installation was very easy, using instructions found on Charter's website:
    • Installation was not too difficult and the tech support at Dish was very helpful showing us how to access the menus to use it.
    • I use charter and their dvra have sata 6, so hell yea i can use this and its amazing i no longer have to constantly watch shows just to make room for upcoming recordings
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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)
    • I use charter and their dvra have sata 6, so hell yea i can use this and its amazing i no longer have to constantly watch shows just to make room for upcoming recordings
    • OK so esata cable comes in mail and O' Happy Day for me, right?