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Scientific atlanta 1tb external hard drive expander for 8000, 8000 hd, 8010, 8010 hd 8240, 8300 hdhdc, 8300 mr, and 8300 hdmr dvrs. And the best surprise i had,was that after i transferred my movies over to that drive i. Compatible devices, tivo, dvrs, dvr, mac, pc, pc, mac. External hard drive discontinued by western digital. How do i access and play programming stored on the seagate dvr expander using a dish network 922 or hopper dvr. The dvr expander from western digital is the only tivo verified external storage device supported for use with tivo devices. Ive used these 1tb wd expanders with both a tivo series 3 and a tivo premiere 4. Write down the percentage of used and available space, then power off the dvr and disconnect its power cord. Western digitals 500 gigabyte external hard drive plugs into the esata port on scientific atlanta explorer 8300 series dvrs leased by time warner cable, cablevision, and many other cable operators, tivo hd, and tivo series 3 models. External dvr expanders dvrdaddy tagged external hard. Western digital my dvr expander specifications pdf download. Tivo and some other cable co dvrs use the ehd as expanded capacity to the dvr. Some other dvrs may work with as well that are not listed on the website, like directv advertises the esata dvr expander compatible with their dvrs, i guess some of them, but wd will support what is listed on the website.
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Expanding storage on a 1tb bolt dvr tivocommunity forum. Western digital introduces my book av dvr expander. Im on my third dvr lost hours and hours of movies, etc. Western digital my book av for tivo expansion wdbabt0010hbk00 1 tb. External hard drive discontinued by western digital verizon. On the tivo box, each recorded program is stored partly on the internal drive and partly on the dvr expander. While im skeptical, i hope the rep actually knows what hes talking about.
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