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Box goes bad with eSATA drive attached.............. any salvage ideas?
I was very pleased to be able to connect an external eSATA drive to my 160GB DVR so that I could record in HD without space issues. Unfortunately the cable box I've had for only about 6 months is starting to have problems and seems to need to be replaced. I now find that I will lose everything on the Motorola box (I knew that) BUT also that the new DVR will reformat the eSATA drive and I will lose everything on IT as well.
SO........... the good news is we get more recording space; the bad news is that, through no fault of our own, we lose everything we've saved due to a bad cable box. NOT NICE!!!!!
Is there any other option that is escaping me here?
Domino
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Midlife: "Is there any other option that is escaping me here?"
Nope. If you had a HTPC, this wouldn't be a problem. If you get a 500GB or 1TB HDD in your DVR, at least you could eliminate eSATA.
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midlife
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Not sure what a Home Theater PC does differently, but it sounds like a very expensive option.
So...................... with a larger DVR I get to lose most of my recorded programs from one drive rather than two? ;o]]]]]
This just seems like something that needs some more thought by all those responsible. I've had this box about 6 months and it's apparently going bad, so I'm the party that is inconvenienced. Arghhhh!!!!!!!
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Domino
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With a HTPC, recordings can be moved around. With DVRs, recordings are tied to that device. More expensive? Short term, yes. Long term, no.
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Trikein
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When using a DVR expander, your doing just that, expanding the drive, not adding to it. You are partitioning one image over 2 physical drives, so its like two parts of the same key, one does not good without the other. Also you don't own the material on the drive, it belongs to the box, so if you return the box, you are not allowed to keep any data on the eSATA, so even if you could get around the technical aspects, there are contractual reasons instead.
What I personally think they should do is get rid of DVR's and offer HD reciever and make eSATA drives standard. That way you can replace the box without touching the drive. You can still make the drive only work on the box, but this way the two failure points are separated. Make the drives a separate fee too, and they could charge more for bigger drives. It would even save on inventory because you could buy larger hard drives and not have to replace your HD receiver inventory. Just a idea.
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