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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #347 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Western Digital
• Model: WDG1S5000VN
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 6.00 pounds
• Hard Disk: 500GB

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

Customer Reviews

Good product, could be better
This is a very convenient way to expand the recording capacity of your TiVo DVR. It is easy to connect the average user should have no problems. The only caveat is that there is no active cooling so make certain it's in a location where air can circulate. Heat is the enemy of hard drives. I would prefer to see a low speed fan employed to enhance reliability or an alumium case used for better heat dissipation.

While I understand that copy protection issue force sharing recordings across the primary drive and this expander, as others have noted if either drive dies you lose most/all you recorded material.

For those TiVo Series 3 owners out there, your options are not limited to this expander. Any eSATA external hard drive will work. For everyone else, thank TiVo for making this your only convenient option.

works seamlessly
instantly adds a ton of Tivo recording space. well worth it. hook up was a no-brainer.

Used for Tivo expansion
I purchased this to expand my Tivo storage. Connection was easy and I have had no problems so far.

On the negative side:
This is the ONLY expansion drive approved by Tivo and for which they offer technical support. This is too bad because I would rather have had a 1TG, or larger, drive. This one is already almost full.

Tivo - get on the ball and verify / approve other larger drives for use with HD shows.