Western Digital WDG1S5000VN 500GB My DVR Expander eSATA

Instantly add up to 60 hours of high-definition TV or up to 300 hours of standard-definition TV to your Scientific Atlanta 8300 or 8300HD DVR. You'll have plenty of room to save your programs longer and never miss your favorite shows.Just plug My DVR Expander into the external SATA (eSATA) port on your Scientific Atlanta 8300 series DVR and start recording even more TV shows, sporting events and movies. My DVR Expander has been tested for compatibility with Scientific Atlanta 8300 series DVRs. The unique no-fan passive cooling system and special hard drive design make it quiet for the living room or bedroom. Designed with a soft amber LED indicator, My DVR Expander is ideal for the living room or bedrooms.

To anyone out there with a TiVo HD, TiVo Series 3, or TiVo HD XL DVR and you want to add extra recording hours/capacity to your DVR, then I HIGHLY recommend that you purchase this Western Digital My DVR Expander. At first, I was skeptical to buy this DVR Expander because of the product description stating that it will only add 60 more hours of HD and 300 more hours of SD recording space to a DVR. After I spoke with a TiVo Customer Service Rep, who assured me that the Expander would actually add 600 hours of SD recording space and 65 of HD, I bought the Expander to try it out. To my surprise, this Western Digital My DVR Expander actually increased my SD recording space by 626 hours (instead of 300) when I plugged it up to my DVR, and the Expander increased my HD recording space by 72 hours (instead of 60). Without this Expander, my TiVo DVR originally held only 21 hours of HD recording space and 184 hours of SD. Now, thanks to this DVR Expander, I have 810 hours of SD recording capacity and 93 hours of HD. Overall, this DVR Expander is a great buy, and it definitely adds MORE recording space to your DVR than the 300 SD hours and 60 HD hours that the product description states.

I purchased this product last August and it installed on my Tivo HD without any problems. Immediately my storage was extended for HD recordings. My Tivo's Hard Drive had to be replaced and I purchased a replacement from Weakee's and installed it today. I was kind of worried if I would have any problem reinstalling the storage unit to work with my new drive. After going through the Tivo Guided Installion, I reconnected the drive per WD instructions and it instantly was recognized. No problems what so ever. When I originally bought the unit from Amazon, it was being sold for $144, now it is listed as selling for $119. You can't go wrong with this purchase. No more worrying about running out of room for all the HD programs.

Excellent product...easy to use, and easy to setup. I did not want to mess with upgrading my internal drive, so this was the best option for me. Also, with the recent price drop of these drives, this decision was a no-brainer.

If you have Cox cable, ONLY the Scientific Atlanta 8300 DVR box will work. No other. Unfortunately, it isn't easy to exchange boxes. Cox is always running out.

It is nice to have the expanded storage, but the installation took several attempts. We've had it hooked up for about a week now, and no other problems have surfaced.