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Re: Western Digital 1TB DVR Expander How are you able to access both drives? I have the Cisco box and as soon as I plugged in the expander I could no longer access the internal HDD on the Cisco box. I had to replace the Cisco box a few months ago and when I hooked up the SATA drive I had the same results: internal drive on the DVR was not available.
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kes601
join:2007-04-14
Virginia Beach, VA
kudos:2 | Once external is full then it will begin recording to internal. |
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| Awesome! I did not know that. Thanks!
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said by rlstjohn:How are you able to access both drives?
Robert
I can't comment on the Cisco box, but on the Motorola (I wonder when it will be re-branded as Arris, the new owners of this division formally Motorola's) when you see the list of recorded shows, the only way to even know if it was recorded to the internal or the external is that if it was recorded to the external, there is a little icon that is supposed to represent an external HD next to the title of the recording. |
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said by kes601:Once external is full then it will begin recording to internal.
Not necessarily full, at least not with the Motorola boxes.
I see recordings on the internal even if the external is at low to mid 90% full. |
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navyson
join:2011-07-15
Upper Marlboro, MD | reply to nascar
I have never seen a 2TB WD external DVR drive.
said by nascar:I do not know why they are slow. I do know that I tried a bunch of 2TB drives. Only a DVR rated drive gave me the performance needed to sustain the HD streams.
I'd go with any DVR rated drive up to 2TB. AFAIK, only Seagate and WD make them so you can go with their pre packaged product or build your own.
said by navyson:said by nascar:It can support 2TB. I'd try that Seagate since it is intended for a DVR.
Otherwise, I'd only go with a DVR rated drive. I have 2 of the WD 1TB DVR (FiOS approved) extenders.
Do you know what Verizon is so slow in qualifying more units? I took at look at Directv, Dish and Tivo website and they all have alot more units qualified to work with their DVR's. |
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navyson
join:2011-07-15
Upper Marlboro, MD | reply to navyson
BTW, I ended up buying the 1TB WD drive. It should be here Saturday. I also ended up buying a separate Esata cable since I am told the cable that comes with the WD is very problematic. |
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navyson
join:2011-07-15
Upper Marlboro, MD | said by navyson:BTW, I ended up buying the 1TB WD drive. It should be here Saturday. I also ended up buying a separate Esata cable since I am told the cable that comes with the WD is very problematic.
Installed it a few days ago.Everything seems perfect. I record everything in HD now. |
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