Has anyone used this drive with their Bell Satellite PVR? We're looking for a USB 2.0, 7200 RPM. Do you think this will work?
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I don't own a Bell Satellite PVR but I don't see why it would not work. My Roku is a bit picky with external drives and this works great. You don't have much to lose when dealing with Amazon. Just return if it does not work. I'm going to buy another. I wish they would not have increased the price though. I bought it for $40.00.
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The only information I have I found on the Bell Website - External hard drives can only be added the following Bell TV model receivers: 9241, 9242, 9400, 6131, 6141, 6400. It cannot be added to any other models including the 9200 (which is no longer active on BTV anyway).
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I used mine as an alternate to the built in disk drive in my DirecTV satellite receiver DVR. The receiver would recognize only the external drive if it was connected. If the external drive is disconnected or fails, the receiver will revert to the internal drive. I know of no way to transfer the contents of an external DVR drive to another drive, although it may exist somewhere. My solution was to upgrade my satellite receiver to one with a bigger drive for the DVR.
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Sorry, but the one I purchased just want out of its warranty and it died on me 1 week later. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS DRIVE FOR IMPORTANT DATA.When I now plug it in, all I hear is a click, click, click, so it is dead. I will never purchase another one of these!
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Absolutely. Works great here on Mt Lion. Note: I replaced the drive with a 1TB OCZ Solid State drive, which only works in USB 3 mode, not Thunderbolt. THe original configuration works fine both ways though so if you use it as is, it will work perfectly in both USB3 and Thunderbolt modes.
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This drive is very slow. I'd look elsewhere. possibly one with a usb port as well to pull data off if you forget the network admin password. I wouldnt bother with this.
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I wrote a non-techie review of my 64g and 128g. I compared writing 37.3 gig of data - the San Disk disk took 5:55 minutes for the 64g and 5:50 for the 128g. The other 2 (not cheapies) took between 25 and 36 minites. All were done with the same source data on the same computer using the same USB3 port. They were all USB 3 drives. Not sure what the specs are, SanDisk has them on their website, but I can tell you it is faster than any of the others out there except maybe the Lexar and the price on those is much higher.
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I have 5 of these drives in a Sans Digital RAID box configured as two 2TB RAID 1 drives with a hot standby replacement drive. I've been running almost two years with no problems. I chose the lower spin rate (5400RPM) to be more reliable. I use the RAID 1 drives for backup/archive of other computers.
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I read somewhere that a Gear Head 20XDVDTFEXT triple-format DVD USB drive would do the trick. You might want to check this out before buying one (I am!) so you don't get caught in the "...he said that she said that..." trap.Good luck, and please report back with info you uncover.Update:Here's an external optical drive which SHOULD work, and one which I'm going to try:"ASUS SDRW 0804P-D - Disk drive - DVD?RW (+R DL) - 8x/8x - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - external".The quote marks are because this is from Amazon's description; it's available here on Amazon.Disclaimer: I have no first-hand knowledge that this combo will work. Someone please respond if you do. I read somewhere that a Gear Head 20XDVDTFEXT triple-format DVD USB drive would do the trick. You might want to check this out before buying one (I am!) so you don't get caught in the "...he said that she said that..." trap.Good luck, and please report back with info you uncover.Update:Here's an external optical drive which SHOULD work, and one which I'm going to try:"ASUS SDRW 0804P-D - Disk drive - DVD?RW (+R DL) - 8x/8x - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - external".The quote marks are because this is from Amazon's description;... » Read More I read somewhere that a Gear Head 20XDVDTFEXT triple-format DVD USB drive would do the trick. You might want to check this out before buying one (I am!) so you don't get caught in the "...he said that she said that..." trap.Good luck, and please report back with info you uncover.Update:Here's an external optical drive which SHOULD work, and one which I'm going to try:"ASUS SDRW 0804P-D - Disk drive - DVD?RW (+R DL) - 8x/8x - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - external".The quote marks are because this is from Amazon's description; it's available here on Amazon.Disclaimer: I have no first-hand knowledge that this combo will work. Someone please respond if you do. « Show Less
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I'm not sure. I didn't work for my PVR. I needed eagle aspen 5x8 multi switch. Had to put all 4 lines from my dish into the multi switch. Now i have a 8 line output. It works great. I have shaw direct satellite. I think if you use the splitter. U will have to watch the same channels on both. The company has a number you can call to find out for sure. Sorry, I couldn't help more.
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William...... My son and I recently purchased one of these drives for our MacMini. We have a small photography business (Armillaryinc.com) and are now using the drive as part of our normal processing and as an integral part of our backup strategy. We are very pleased with the device. Hope this helps! Best of luck.
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It should work fine with your seagate drive. NextStar is just a metal case with a standard plugin for SATA drives. Caveat: I have no direct experience with your particular drive, but from looking at my case, it should be ok.
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The drive is very quite for a large storage device. I have 2 hooked up and it's still quite. They only spin up when you need them.
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Yes, it will also work with USB 2, but there are probably cheaper options for that. By default it is set to JBOD mode, there is a jumper that you switch one way or the other for RAID 0 or RAID 1. It is very easy to do and there are clear instructions in the included set up manual.
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Dear Patryk: Yes it does pick it up as an external drive which you can easily find. Patriot is a terrible company with poor customer service. I have one of their other drives that has already been replaced. The better option is to go with the Corsair 256G USB drive (which I purchased after returning the Patriot), which looks almost identical and is faster. Hope this answers your question and good luck.
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No because of copyright laws and industry restrictions - this will not happen on a device that writes to portable recording media (DVD, Blu-ray, etc). The idea being - as I understand it - to restrict/reduce/eliminate anything but streaming media to consumers. Your satellite, cable, etc PVR/DVR's that have hard drives only - encrypt that data at rest on the hard drive. Your DVR/PVR HDMI output signal checks to see if the receiving device is DMCP - digital media copyright protection compliant - and these devices will not be compliant as the industry and law are currently. I would recommend AVS forums for any indepth discussion of this subject. This is very high level - and I'm not an expert.
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This drive was designed to be used in a desktop or tower. Don't buy this one. Look for an external drive that terminates with a USB plug. It doesn't have to be USB 3.0, 2.0 will support all the speed a CD or DVD can handle.
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Could someone who has one of these drives post the size of the power port on the back? I am interested in getting one of these with an external power adapter, and would like to be able to order simultaneously.