[mchiles]

I was sent a PDF of the Best Buy Weekly Circular that starts this Sunday 9/23 and runs through 9/29.

The very new Western Digital 1TB Eco Friendly Caviar GP Hard Drive is being introduced on sale at $259.99 (After $90 Instant Savings from MSRP $349.99)

This hard drive is not even on the Best Buy website yet.

Best Buy will also have the Antec MX-1 eSATA enclosure on sale for $49.99 (after $24 Instant Savings)

I was planning to pick up a couple more Hitachi 1TB hard drives and an Antec MX-1 this weekend to put in my second Series 3 I got this week from CC. But, I think I might wait until Sunday, save a couple of hundred dollards and try out the new WD 1TB drives.

I currently have a Series 3 with internal and external Hitachi 1TB Deskstars drives and they so far have worked great having been installed for over a month.

However, I haven't seen the new TiVo upgrade yet...

 

[jlib]

Nice! Let the 1TB price wars begin...

 

[Dr_Diablo]

nice find...

 

[aaronwt]

WOW! I might need to pick the WD drive up to just try it out.

 

[MickeS]

Kinda sucks that the S3 has a 2TB limit now... I wonder if there is any way to get around that.

Note that I still only have the original HD.

 

[shady]

Be careful, the spec of the Antec MX-1 eSATA enclosure says

Support up to 750G SATA hard disk drive

 

[naclone]

is there a 750GB drive on sale in the flyer?

I'm really tempted to pick up the FAP750 that is on sale for $199 until tomorrow, but i know there have been some problems with it.

 

[SCSIRAID]

Dang... I bought an MX-1 at BB today at lunch!!!! Wonder if they will price match themselves?

 

[Martin Tupper]

Be careful, the spec of the Antec MX-1 eSATA enclosure says

That's just because there weren't any 1TB drives out when the MX-1 spec was written. I've got a 1TB Hitachi drive in an MX-1 and it is working like a champ.

 

[shady]

That's just because there weren't any 1TB drives out when the MX-1 spec was written. I've got a 1TB Hitachi drive in an MX-1 and it is working like a champ.

That's great. I've got the MX-1, but haven't bought the drive yet. I was going to buy another Seagate DB-35 750 (sounds like a cool bike!), but now I may have to reconsider.

 

[jrm01]

Dang... I bought an MX-1 at BB today at lunch!!!! Wonder if they will price match themselves?

Yes they will. Just take your sales receipt in on Sunday and you'll get the credit.

 

[drew00001]

Thank you for posting this. I look forward to getting one.

 

[Lenonn]

How are the WD 1TB drives in terms of noise? Also, in terms of their lifespan - I've had bad experiences with WD drives in the past.

Unfortunately, I have only a TiVo HD, so this doesn't do me much good yet.

 

[1283]

How are the WD 1TB drives in terms of noise? Also, in terms of their lifespan - I've had bad experiences with WD drives in the past.

Based on the spec of 25dB seek, this drive family is absolutely the quietest I have seen. I just got one from Best Buy, so I have not tried it yet. WD is the only brand I use for my TiVos.

 

[drew00001]

Unfortunately, I have only a TiVo HD, so this doesn't do me much good yet.

You can always upgrade the internal drive.

 

[net114]

I'm going to wait for the 1TB drives to come down a bit, say to $49.99. Should get there by Christmas.

 

[1283]

initial impressions comparing this drive and the WD7500AAKS: lower idle noise and substantially lower seek noise (Hitachi Feature Tool random seek test)

 

[buddhawood]

is there a 750GB drive on sale in the flyer?

I'm really tempted to pick up the FAP750 that is on sale for $199 until tomorrow, but i know there have been some problems with it.

Use this coupon to save an extra $20.00. It worked fo me!
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?p=7982911#post7982911

 

[aaronwt]

initial impressions comparing this drive and the WD7500AAKS: lower idle noise and substantially lower seek noise (Hitachi Feature Tool random seek test)

How about compared to the Hitachi 1TB drive?

 

[1283]

How about compared to the Hitachi 1TB drive?

If you buy me one, I'll compare them.