I'm thinking about getting one of these for extra storage space mostly for recorded TV (so it doesn't really have to be fast). Basically: 1 TB, USB 2.0 + Gigabit Ethernet interface. Yea or nay? My computer does not have any more physical space inside for another hard drive. It's got 3 internal drives (80 GB SATA, 200 GB ATA 133, 250 GB ATA 133). I was thinking about replacing the SATA drive with a bigger one, but why do that when I can get a terrabyte for $320?


http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10882

4/12/2007 8:57:32 PM

Just get a fucking DVR man.

4/12/2007 9:19:05 PM

my computer has 4 tuners and records probably 20 hours of TV a day. It comes and goes faster than I have time to go through it all. I can't stand when it deletes stuff I was gonna watch later.

4/12/2007 9:25:26 PM

there is not 20 hours of television a day that deserves to be watched, what the hell are you recording?

4/12/2007 9:48:34 PM

^^ here's a suggestions...don't record so much

4/12/2007 10:02:56 PM

You can only record the same Girls Gone Wild informercial so many times.

4/12/2007 11:24:19 PM

20 hours a day? youve got to be kidding.

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"here's a suggestions...don't record so much "

[Edited on April 12, 2007 at 11:36 PM. Reason : ]

4/12/2007 11:34:59 PM

It's basically Discovery and History channel for most of the day. Yeah most of it isn't worth watching but some of it is. It's better to go through the recorded TV and pickk what you want to watch right then instead of going in the guide and picking what you might want to watch in hours, days, or weeks.

I've already seen every episode of most of the series I watch. And who gives a fuck what my TV watching/recording habits are? I just wanted to know if that's a good price for a hard drive.

4/12/2007 11:41:58 PM

yeah it is decent
i would personally buy two SATA2 500gb internal drives for $130 each if i wanted another TB of storage but if that's not an option, this isn't that bad.

4/13/2007 12:05:27 AM

^i agree, esp. because if your 1 tera HD kicks the bucket, you're really up the creek

4/13/2007 2:47:04 AM

did you get one of these? i was thinking about picking one up today when i woke up to a crashed HD

nevermind, just ordered an internal 500gb, will get a good case for it to make it external

[Edited on April 26, 2007 at 4:45 PM. Reason : .]

4/26/2007 4:28:20 PM

Quote :

"Just get a fucking DVR man."

i'm actually thinking about going the other direction.

my dvr didn't hold jack either now it has a 500gig e-sata drive its pretty good
limpy... i might need to talk to you about your setup sometime though

btw if you record hd content you'll need the gigabit cause usb 2 can't handle it
hell my e-sata gets a lil overwhelmed sometimes.


[Edited on April 26, 2007 at 4:40 PM. Reason : .]

4/26/2007 4:38:50 PM

http://www.outpost.com/product/4924331?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

4/28/2007 7:56:16 PM

if i took 15 minutes to look at a tv guide i bet i could find 20 hours a day of shit to record

[Edited on April 28, 2007 at 8:46 PM. Reason : cnn, fox news, msnbc, com central, espn, discovery, cops, random movies, sitcoms, etc]

4/28/2007 8:45:27 PM

thanks for the link waffleninja, I think I'll go with that and replace the 80 gb.

4/28/2007 11:58:50 PM

you watch way too much tv

4/29/2007 12:27:47 AM

i let other ppl rip shows, then i download them

4/29/2007 11:46:27 AM

^wtb bnc in .nl

4/29/2007 12:06:29 PM

you could get 2 500s cheaper i think
i only paid 125 for mine

4/30/2007 8:34:02 AM

I don't have room for any more than 3 HDDs

4/30/2007 9:35:53 AM