This is what we should have from our TV providers to begin with, but, for now, we have to pay extra for.
So, what do you pay for this convenience? It retails for $149.99, but Amazon already has it for $119.00. And, since most cable DVR’s have ridiculously small drives, this is a no-brainer of an upgrade. It would be nice if it added to, instead of replacing, but beggars can’t be choosers. Item WDBABT0010HBK Western Digital 1TB My Book AV USB 2.0/eSATA DVR expander Item WDBABT0010HBK (Part WDBABT0010HBK-NESN) Discontinued Brand new, USA Warranty Item Description: Make room for more TV shows on your DVR, A storage companion for your camcorder, Store media for playback on your TV. In other words unplug this drive and reboot to the original internal drive and all of your previous recordings are still there. The good news is that it replaces, but doesn’t overwrite. For items that are sold as-is, parts, repair, or not working: state working, fully tested as is and cannot be returned refunded. One thing to watch out for, at least for DirecTV users (and I have no idea if this applies to other DVR’s) is that this drive replaces the internal drive. Super fast delivery 24 7 email support satisfaction guaranteed WESTERN DIGITAL 500gb MY BOOK av esata dvr expander WDBACS5000EBK new open box this unit is in an with all accessories included original packaging. I never came close to filling the 500GB drive in my DirecTV HR23. Although, 1TB is an awful lot of HDTV recording. The capacity has not changed – it’s still 1TB, but I think we can expect that to be expanded on in the near future. This is TiVo’s one and only “official” method of hard drive expansion.
That means the drives are now compatible with the Sony PS3 and other media devices such as camcorders. Check price on Amazon 3 WD 4TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive - USB 3.0. Check price on Amazon 2 WD 4TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive, USB 3.0, External HDD. Among other things, is the addition of a USB port, to the already existing eSATA port. Western Digital My Book Av Preview Product 1 WD 1TB My Book AV DVR Expander External Hard Drive - USB 2.0. If it works, then my Expander is still good, but not works with my TiVo box.For those of you with a cable or satellite DVR or TiVo, Western Digital has updated their My Book AV DVR Expander hard drives.
If I can use an USB cable to connect My Book AV to my windows 7 computer as a external storage ? Therefore I still cannot confirm that my My Book AV is dead or not. So they might not work well when the Tivo is full. Since the TiVo has 320GB storage and the Expander has 1 TB storage. They worked well for a few months then stops output any TV signal.īut when I disconnected the expander and restart the TiVo, it works well.
Theĭrive cannot be used as an expander for multipleĭVRs or as storage for other AV devices.” Connect the drive to a game console, Blu-ray Disc player or media player, like one from the WD TV family, to smoothly stream video to your.
Or, transfer and store videos from your compatible camcorder to free up space for more recording. “When used with a DVR, the My Book AV driveĮxpands the recording capacity of a single DVR. Expand your DVR storage so you can record more of your favorite TV shows. Can the My Book AV DVR Expander can be used as a computer’s external storage like my other WD Pass Port devises, they are connected through an USB cable? Western Digital My Book AV DVR Expander 1TB, eSATA, USB 2.0 Drive (WDBABT0010HBK-SESN) Brands In Category Samsung 1 Seagate 7 Toshiba 2 Western Digital 4.