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Western Digital unveils 1TB TiVo external drive

By Lucas Mearian, Computerworld | Storage, dvr, tivo Add a new comment

April 22, 2009, 1:20 PM — Western Digital Corp. Wednesday said that its TiVo-enabled My DVR Expander external hard drive is now available with a capacity of 1TB capacity. The external drive can store up to 600 hours of standard definition television or 140 hours of high-definition programs, the company said.

"Consumers can instantly and seamlessly expand their TiVo DVR recording capacity by simply attaching the My DVR Expander to their TiVo DVR," Western Digital stated in its announcement.

The new TiVo-enabled external drive, which uses eSATA connectivity, is also available with a capacity of 500GB, the company said. The 1TB version is priced at $199, and the 500GB version at $129.99.

Along with TiVo's Series3 and HD DVRs, the Western Digital My DVR Expander is compatible with Explorer 8300 Series DVRs 8300, 8300 HD, 8300 MR, and 8300 HD-MR DVRs.

Lucas Mearian covers storage, disaster recovery and business continuity, financial services infrastructure and health care IT for Computerworld. Follow Lucas on Twitter at @lucasmearian.

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