Ahh, but I record the same show on a cable DVR (nothing fancy there right?) and when I check the show recorded on the cable box-no problems! Sooo...not the signal...and I've had them come out and check my signal and it's actually high-and I never see problems on the live TV like that, just the recorded...so...think I just talked myself into replacing my Green with a Black lol! :P
BINO > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 12:36:53 -0800 > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Wow hdds > > At 12:17 PM 11/7/2011, you wrote: > > >Well, I have to say I have my suspicions on my Green 1TB which I put > >in my TivoHD b/c everyone said a green would be cooler/better for > >DVRs...thing has been choppy at times and missing bits of shows, > > I have this problem when I record from my Hauppauge HD DVR but I have > never thought it was my equipment because this happens on some > channels when I am just watching...it happens a lot on PBS SOCAL. I > think it is either the broadcaster or the cable company. > > > > > >and pretty slow to respond...and pretty sure the cable signal was > >fine, so it seems to be the HD-I think if I upgrade again or decide > >to replace this drive, I'd do it with a Black, heat-be-damned! :P > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 10:56:25 -0500 > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [H] Wow hdds > > > > > > Well, these do come with a 3 year warranty. In my case, non-critical > > > stuff will be on these. > > > > > > How many greens have you seen, btw? > > > > > > On 11/7/2011 10:43 AM, Bryan Seitz wrote: > > > > I've seen lots of greens die young. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 10:41:41AM -0500, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: > > > >> 2TB WD green at best buy for $80 w/ free shipping. > > > >> > > > >> > > http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Western+Digital+-+Caviar+Green+2TB+Internal+Serial+ATA+Hard+Drive/9234465.p?id=1218064150518&skuId=9234465&slref=10&slloc=01 > > > >> > > > >> On 11/6/2011 8:39 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: > > > >>> Well, puttin 10+ WD blacks in a movie box would be > > pricey....I like them for boot unless I'm boot& data drives in a > > production system. > > > >>> > > > >>> Sent from my iPad > > > >>> > > > >>> On Nov 6, 2011, at 8:29 PM, Thane > > Sherrington<[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> At 09:59 AM 06/11/2011, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: > > > >>>>> It is a green drive...but I don't know what you mean by > > "crappy". They work fine for streaming blu-ray over a network. I > > could not use it for a boot drive, though. > > > >>>> I probably shouldn't say crappy, I just prefer the black > > drives for durability. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> T > > > >>>> > > >
