I'm looking to upgrade my Roamio to 3TB and am having trouble finding the WD Green AV-GP drive at a reasonable price. The WD Red and the WD Purple both seem to be options and are both in the $110 range, but other threads give conflicting advice about which is preferable. Newegg actually shows the Purple as the replacement for the Green AV-GP. Other folks here seem to like the Red. I really need to pull the trigger on one and would appreciate some definitive guidance. Thanks!
Just for kicks I went to WD website and put in the serial # and it is under warranty until 11/17
I filled out a RMA gave a credit card and I am getting a replacement for no charge. Now before this HD in the romio goes completely bad how do I transfer my season passes and shows I want to keep to my PC and then onto my new HD when it arrives.tia
Use kmttg to save your 1P/SP. You can also use kmttg to transfer shows to your PC but I'd probably recommend giving pyTivo Desktop a try (Dan203's update) since it can transfer them to your PC and then you can transfer them back to your TiVo with the new HD (kmttg only lets you download them).
If the drive lasts long enough, you can use MFS Tools 3.2 to copy the old drive to the new drive.
I've had a WD 6TB purple in my Roamio OTA for 2 years. I've never seen a skip in a recording, nor have I experienced anything but perfect performance. We beat on it pretty hard too. It hovers around 80% full and we use it a few hours per day.
Not saying it didn't happen, but just wanted to share that for the class.
I don't have anything against WD reds, but I haven't personally haven't used them in a TiVo. I do have 6 of the 8TB units in my NAS doing well. I like HGST as well but usually more pricey.
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