Western Digital 500 GB AV-GP SATA Intellipower 8 MB Cache Bulk/OEM AV Hard Drive WD5000AVVS [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]
Product Description
Power-conserving WD AV-GP SATA hard drives take advantage of WD’s GreenPower technology to meet the extreme requirements of demanding audio and video environments. With power reduction of up to 40%, they deliver cool and quiet operation and reliability perfect for audio video applications such as PVRs, DVRs, Set-Top Boxes (STBs) as well as surveillance video recording.
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CustomerReviews
Worked for a while, less than a year though
I guess for 65 bucks, getting almost a year (11 months 10 days) out of the drive isn’t too bad. I upgraded my TivoHD when its hard drive went out after 2 years of operation. Considering that this drive was developed to operate continuously for media operations, I consider it failed for only lasting 1 year.
Excellent upgrade for my TivoHD
This is a SATA II drive and works very nicely with my TivoHD. After replacing the original drive with this one, my tivo now draws 2-3 watts less and runs a degree or two cooler (that’s tougher to get good data on though).
Prior to installing in my tivo I ran some performance tests and almost kept it for my PC since it was sustaining better throughput than my 160 gig maxtor. Sitting at my desk while running the tests I had to pick the drive up to hear it.
Between the efficient power, excellent sustained throughput, nearly silent seek/writes and ~60 dollar price tag (with free shipping!) who wouldn’t want one?
Nice drive, quiet drive
Arrived quick, too! I bought this as a replacement for my dead Tivo drive. Now I can no longer hear my Tivo in the living room (OK, maybe the fan if I concentrate, but the ticky-ticky of drive access is gone. Going from 80GB to 500GB for $60 is incredible (and for $100 at the time I got this, a 1TB drive was almost irresistible–but I had to admit I would probably never use that much extra storage and I really wanted to revive the Tivo for as little $ as possible.)
I did not pay attention to the fact this is a PATA drive, and my Tivo only has a SATA cable. A Tivo community forum recommended this exact drive and I just went with it. You might have same issue if your PC only has traditional SATA cables and interfaces. I found a SATA-PATA adapter for $6 on Ebay and it worked great.