Product Description

Iomega's DVR Expander Drive adds up to 1 TB of storage capacity to your eSATA-enabled Pace Americas Set Top Box or Scientific Atlanta Explorer digital video recorder so you can enjoy more TV and movies! Stores up to 600 hours of standard-definition or 120 hours of high-definition TV. Easy to use, the recording location is automatically managed by the DVR. This compact drive sits horizontally or vertically (in included stand) and quietly complements your home theatre experience. Check with your local cable service provider to confirm service compatibility.

Product Details

• Color: Silver
• Brand: Iomega
• Model: 34508
• Dimensions: 1.22" h x 7.82" w x 4.75" l, 1.95 pounds
• Memory: 128000MB
• Hard Disk: 1TB
• Processors: 1
• Native resolution: 640x480
• Display size: 669.2913385827

Features

• Compatible ¿ Tested to work with eSATA-enabled Pace Americas Set Box or Scientific Atlanta Explorer digital video recorder (DVR)
• High Capacity - Stores up to 600 hours of standard-definition TV 0r 120 hours of high-definition TV
• Easy to use - Recording location is automatically managed by the DVR
• Compact and Quiet - Sleek silver drive sits vertically in stand and quietly compliments your home theatre experience
• 3 year warranty with product registration

Customer Reviews

Works great with DirecTV HD DVR and the price is better than others.
I have had good luck with an Iomega MiniMax 320 GB USB 2.0/FireWire 400 Desktop External Hard Drive that I use with my Apple Mac mini MB463LL/A Desktop so I thought I would give this Iomega 34508 eSATA DVR 1TB Expander Drive a try with my DirecTV HD DVR HR-20. The HR-20 is a silver DirecTV HD DVR and not like the newer all black DirecTV HR21/HR22/HR23 which I have one as well. It works great with the extra storage. As anyone who likes to use the DVR for HD content knows, the drive on the DirectTV gets full very fast. I had to keep deleting recorded programs. This Iomega 34508 eSATA DVR 1TB Expander Drive replaces your existing DirecTV Drive so you will not be able to access your existing programs you recorded on the DirecTV HD DVR. It basically steps in "front of the line" of the DirecTV drive but does not delete those programs on DirecTV. I suggested that you watch all your programs you want before you install the Iomega drive. You will not be able to access those DirecTV recordings while the Iomega 34508 eSATA DVR 1TB Expander Drive is connected.

The good news is that an eSata cable comes with the Iomega drive and it works fine. It is not that long - maybe 3 feet but it is not a problem where I have it. I will probably return the 6.6 foot SIIG CB-SA0211-S1 6.6-Feet Serial ATA External Cable that I purchased in addition to the Iomega drive.

I just followed the instructions by unplugging my DirecTV DVR for 10-60 seconds before hooking up the Iomega 34508 eSATA DVR 1TB Expander Drive and plugging in the power for the Iomega drive and then the power for the DirecTV HD DVR. After the DirecTV came back up from searching for a satellite signal, everything was there. I believe some of the shows I wanted to record came up in the menu search after a while since it takes a little time for all the shows to get populated into the menu.

I recommend this for DirecTv HD DVR owners as a great lower cost solution to the Western Digital and Seagate versions of this item.

Fantastic!
This drive is awesome. Easy as can be to setup and use. After recording 6 pages of shows and movies in Hi Def my DirecTv DVR still has 87% of space available.

Iomega DVR Expander
This drive works as advertised. However as with the other expanders you will not be able to view content recorded to your internal drive.