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At 03:30 PM 8/10/2009, you wrote:
I use a PopCorn Hour A-100, I use it to watch my DVD and BluRay movie collection. While I don't move my TV listings to this guy as it is too time consuming with my DVR/DVD burner, I do use it for all my other media watching needs, I like how easy it is to use, the only plus on a MediaPC is the TV tunner card imho. -Francisco http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More... On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Bino Gopal <binogo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hey guys, so I'm sure there *must* be folks on this list who've done > this.so > what's the best HD to upgrade your DVR with, specifically a TivoHD? > > > > I read the FAQ at Tivo Community and did a bunch of researching and > googling, and it came down to the WD10EADS and the WD10EVCS. Both are 1TB > and the WD10EADS is the new version of the consumer Green Power drives they > introduced last year; the main diff with the EADS vs last year's EACS is > that it has 32 MB cache vs 16MB and uses 3 platters instead of 4 for > greater > areal density-all of these add up to better perf, at least according to > Tom's HW: > http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/green-terabyte-1tb,2078-9.html > > > > The WD010EVCS is the newer version of the WD10EVVS, which is the actual > drive they use in the TivoHD XL: > > http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=5616160#post5616160 > > > > The EVCS has 16MB of cache, while the EVVS has 8MB. These are actually > drives that they market for A/V purposes, like DVRs etc. But I can't find > many reviews or details about that; and WDs website is pretty useless. > > > > So anyone got any experience with either and thoughts on which to use? The > Tivo FAQ says you won't get much benefit from the EADS even though it's > newer and has better features since the Tivo itself won't really need it, > but part of me wants to get it b/c the spec are better (and both can be had > for the same price ~$100 w/ free shipping from Amazon). So looking for > first-hand experience/thoughts from anyone who might've done a similar > upgrade with their TivoHD or another DVR.thanks! > > > > > BINO > > > > P.S. Anyone here have a Popcorn Hour A-110 and if so what do you use it for > and do you think it can completely substitute for a MediaPC? > >
