Well, green is general product line there are 2 or 3 product codes 1 of which is for av usage. EARX maybe?
As far as crappy or not I think you will find that many premade dvr's come with wd green or equivalent brands models not 7200 rpm black models. On Nov 7, 2011 1:01 PM, "Eli Allen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't think its the drive. I have two 2TB green drives using NTFS > spanning to make a single large drive in my media center computer. I > use the Centon cable card tuner to record 4 shows at once and all > shows record fine. Back when I was just using two ATI cable card > tuners I had a drive made from two 1TB green drives and that worked > fine too. > > Eli > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Bino Gopal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 > >> > > >>>> > >> > > >> > > >
