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Western Digital WDG1S5000VN 500GB My DVR Expander eSATA | 
 enlarge | Brand: Western Digital
Category: CE
List Price: $189.99
Buy New: $125.82
You Save: $64.17 (34%)
New (22) Used (1) from $113.99
Rating:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 380
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 98.4 x 139.2 x 55.2
nv:Capacity (GB): 500
Interface: eSATA
Data Transfer Rate on Serial ATA: Up to 3000 Mb/sec
Temperature, Operating ( C): 41 to 95
Temperature, Nonoperating ( C): -20 to 65
Type: Retail
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: WDG1S5000VN
Model: WDG1S5000VN
UPC: 718037123066
EAN: 0718037123066
ASIN: B0018O77Q2
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| | 500GB maximum storage capacity (up to 300 hours of SDTV; up to 60 hours of HDTV) | | | eSATA interface - Enjoy rapid data-transfer rates up to 3 GB per second | | | 7200 rpm for fast read/write times | | | Soft amber LED screen is easy to read and helps avoid annoyance at night | | | Cool operation |
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Product Description
Instantly add up to 60 hours of high-definition TV or up to 300 hours of standard-definition TV to your Scientific Atlanta 8300 or 8300HD DVR. You'll have plenty of room to save your programs longer and never miss your favorite shows.Just plug My DVR Expander into the external SATA (eSATA) port on your Scientific Atlanta 8300 series DVR and start recording even more TV shows, sporting events and movies. My DVR Expander has been tested for compatibility with Scientific Atlanta 8300 series DVRs. The unique no-fan passive cooling system and special hard drive design make it quiet for the living room or bedroom. Designed with a soft amber LED indicator, My DVR Expander is ideal for the living room or bedrooms.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 51 more reviews...
 Couldn't Be Easier - Works With Scientific Atlanta 8300 July 2, 2008
Space For The Poppa (ByTheShore, NJ USA)
34 out of 34 found this review helpful
What can you say - for a device like this, "scoring" is it easy. It either works as advertised, or it doesn't - this thing works as advertised. It's easy to hook-up/install, or it is not - the directions couldn't be clearer, and it was a snap to hook-up.
I have a Comcast DVR Scientific Atlanta 8300HD. I was constantly running into low space issues. No matter how hard I tried to keep up with "house keeping" it always seemed to run at or near capacity. And with the 2008 Summer Olympics coming up, I was finally motivated to find a solution.
I did few Google searches, and yielded some promising results. Other users of the SA-8300HD had the same problem and came up with varying solutions - build you own eSATA external drive, or buy an out-of-the-box device. I'm pretty tech savvy, having built a number of PCs and external USB drives. The cost of DIY-ing a similar device was about $100-110, delivered. For $40 more, I could get a pre-built and certified device. I didn't want any hassles, so I went with this.
It looks like and is the same size as any of the WD MyBook external drives. It's a little smaller than a hard covered book. It comes with an external power supply and an eSATA cable, and a Quick Install guide.
Total time to install - 15 minutes, tops. I could have done it in less than ten, if I read the install guide fully. I jumped the gun and instead of pulling the plug on the DVR, I just turned it off. YOU HAVE TO UNPLUG THE DVR BEFORE CONNECTING THE EXPANDER. Which is what the directions says, but I skipped.
So, to install, you:
1) Check Capacity of your recorder (mine was at 62%)
2) Unplug the DVR
3) Plug in the Expander
4) Connect the Expander to the DVR with the eSATA cable
5) Plug the DVR back in.
The DVR will go through its boot process. When the clock reappears, turn on your TV and then your DVR. A message will appear:
"Detected an external DVR Expander - do you want to format it for use with this DVR?"
Hit Yes and the message disappears. There is nothing to tell you it is performing the install/format. A few minutes later, a new message appears:
"The DVR Expander is ready to use"
Go to the recording section and check capacity. Mine dropped to 16%!
My recommendation - do not hesitate, buy this. Even if you are tech-savvy, is your time/effort worth $40? This is certified and guaranteed to work. WD drives are typically sturdy, and their MyBooks are highly rated.
Hurry - the Olympics start August 8!!
TiVo Approved! June 21, 2008
John Arguello (Miami, FL)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
This is the same drive that's sold on the TiVo website at a much better price! It works as easily as everyone said it would too! Right away, on the system info screen, it'll tell you about the added capacity but it takes about an hour for the To Do List to catch up so don't panic. If you've got a big home theater set up, do yourself a favor and get a longer eSATA cable, this one only comes with one that is 3 feet long. Happy HD viewing!
Installs and Works June 16, 2008
Michael T. Schroder (Garden City,, New York)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Read about it 10 days ago, sounded like the perfect product that I could not justify not having at around $200. Quick Western Digital order and delivery. Came home an hour early to install. Out of the box, a few plugs in a particular order, and turn stuff on. The Cablevision box acted funny and I thought that this would be a bust. Re-connected and connected 3 times with no apparant luck.
Went out for dinner .When I got home--2 -3 hours later, the DVR was running. The time already recorded on the Cablevision DVR had gone from 79% to 18%--Perfection.Compatible with Cablevision Scientific American hd digitial recorder. Need it when you want to record in HD.
Space...the final frontier July 2, 2008
D. White
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I connected my DVR Expander to a SA8300HD (Scientific Atlanta HD-DVR from Time Warner) and had the same positive experience (so far) as ByTheShore did.
Turn off and unplug DVR, connect and power up My DVR Expander, power up and turn on DVR, and a couple dialogs later I was up and running.
I had a Cavalry 500GB external eSata enclosure that I am returning as I had frequent playback glitches (one to serveral times an hour the video would pixelate/skip and the sound would drop for a second or so). I'm hoping the WD My DVR Expander won't have the same issue...since it is specifically designed for external HD video recording/playback, I have high hopes for it.
[Added two days later] The WD My DVR Expander is performing very well. Dropouts/glitches during playback are mostly gone, to the point that they appear to be just the "normal" occasional transmission hiccups that I get from my cable company (TWC).
[Added two weeks later] I am unfortunately returning the My DVR Expander...I started seeing more playback glitches, fewer than w/the 500 GB Cavalry drive, but still too frequent. I replaced the MY DVR Expander w/the 500 GB Apricorn DVR Xpander and am have no issues with playback with the Apricorn.
Dead simple September 7, 2008
John A. Kidd (SF Bay Area, USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Got a new HD set and Tivo HD just before the Olympics. Realized that only 20 hours of HD would not catch all the action. For just a few bucks, I was able to get up to 80+ hours of HD and more SD TV than anyone could ever watch. I hate having to manage space on the Tivo, and with this device, you don't have to.
Installation was dead simple. Follow the instructions, plug things in in the right order and is just works. Once installed, you can't remove it without losing all your recordings, but that is a fair compromise.
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