This is a very quiet A/V drive I used in a series 2 TiVo upgrade. It was the highest capacity parallel interface A/V optimized drive I could locate. My only concern is that it seemed to get a bit hot when I copied all my data over to it. I did not measure the current drain; the specs. claim it is quite low. Having the drive use low energy is a major consideration for DVR applications for two reasons. Since it runs 24/7, low energy use has the least impact on the environment and utility bills. If is uses a lot of energy it will also likely generate a lot of waste heat, which will shorten the life of the product it's used in and add to my overall cooling load, further contributing to environmental and utility bill impact.
The speed and quiet operation is better than expected. This drive was designed for internal DVR and video recording units. The built-in software format and initlized the 500GB within ten minutes.
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The "AV" in the model number means it's designed for continual use in a Tivo.This is as advertised. It's a true AV drive which is meant for 24-hour continuous operation unlike most other drives which are meant only for being run 8 hours per day 5 days per week with sporadic usage in that time period.Just a note: Something about the Western Digital AVJB/AAJB drives appear to be incompatible with some/all Series 1 TiVos. The affected TiVo models will never boot with these drives present, but will instead hang at the "Starting Up" screen.Should be fine in Series 2, but Series 1 users beware.
In my case, I have a Philips HDR212 Series 1 TiVo, and it is an absolute no-go with the WE1600AVJB hard drives.
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