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: #414 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

Great Deal
I had held off buying one of these because I felt the price was way too high. It was very easy to install and now I have all the storage I will ever need.

Peacekeeper
It does just exactly what it says it does. My family was in a constant battle over whose shows got recorded and whose didn't. Basic DVR would record about 10 hour long HD episodes and we were lost. Installed extender. Went from 90% full to <20%. Problem solved, for now anyway.

Easy install, but limited life expectancy
Like the other 40+ reviewers, this was a breeze to install with my TiVo Series III HD. That was 18 months ago, and it's worked perfectly until today. I ran the Kickstart 54 SMART diagnostics, and the external drive has failed. A ton of stored stuff is gone forever (although I may try the trick of freezing the drive and transferring to my PC). 18 months is way too short for the life of an HD drive.