> Hard drives are cheap these days, you can get a 160g drive for about a > hundred bucks or less
Why go so small? I just picked up a 750GB drive for my TivoHD for the bargain price of $149 (on sale at Microcenter). I've seen 500GB drives at the box stores for around $119. The only question would be whether the Tivo would recognize the larger drive or not. I don't recall which models can (and can't) deal with +137gb drives. Is it more the OS version, or the hardware? > though you should get the one set up for tivo type units (lower rpms, and > that know > not to spend 15 seconds trying to get one bad bit). Yes, the 5400 rpm drives are fine for Tivo. That and you want to be able to set the AAM (acoustic something or other) values to keep the drive quiet. This makes the drive slower but the Tivo really does not need (nor benefit from) a faster drive. You'd just waste money getting a 7,200 or 10k rpm drive. It's a toss-up. Having two tuners is VERY nice. S2DT units can be had pretty cheap these days. -Bill
