Western Digital AV-GP - 1TB Desktop SATA Hard Drive - OEM

I have been building my own desktop computers for years now, and in that time, I have tried many different brands of hard drives. Western Digital drives have always been the most reliable by far for me personally. The Western Digital AV-GP 1TB Desktop SATA Hard Drive - OEM is no exception. This drive boasts a 1TB storage capacity and a speed of 5400 RPM. I purchased two of these drives: one to use as a standalone drive for files on my PC and another to replace a 500GB drive in my CCTV system. I wanted to improve the CCTV recording quality, but higher quality recordings mean larger file sizes and increased storage requirements, which my old 500GB drive couldn't meet. Although the order was dispatched immediately and arrived on time, there was an error with my order, and unfortunately, I received the wrong item. I contacted the seller, who was incredibly helpful and promptly arranged a return without any issues. Due to the urgency, I ended up buying the same drives from a different seller as the replacements weren't going to arrive in time for when I needed them. Once they arrived, I was able to install both drives in minutes in both my PC and CCTV system. They were instantly recognised, preformatted, and worked perfectly. These drives aren't the fastest on the market, but the price-to-storage ratio is excellent, and they are ideal for my needs. I have had these drives since March, and both have performed flawlessly since installation. They are very quiet and generate very little heat compared to my old Seagate drives. These drives are fantastic and offer excellent value for money! Almost all of my machines now have WD drives, some of which are older than six years and all are still going strong. I am extremely pleased with my purchase and highly recommend this item. While this drive is part of the WD AV series, initially designed for AV equipment like set-top boxes or DVRs, it excels equally as a basic storage drive, providing exceptional versatility to meet a variety of needs. Thank you for taking the time to read my review. I hope that you found it helpful and that it assists you in your decision-making. I try to be as honest and fair as possible, as those have always been the reviews that helped me the most.

Even being like new, it was new, installed into my cctv box, after formatting it works perfectly.

Purchased to replace failed HDD in Swann DVR. Date of manufacture on the item is 2017 which I had read from previous reviews, however fitment was easy and it works straight out the box. It’s a lot faster to replay recordings than the failed HDD ever was (Toshiba) so even as a cheaper, older item it has improved my CCTV system. Can’t comment on longevity but for the £20 I paid it was worth a shot and has resolved my problems.

Did not work, had to return it. I could hear a clicking sound when powered up. Its old stock someone is trying to get rid of. The disk they sold me was made 2018. Not in OEM box and poorly packaged for a journey through the Royal Mail delivery network. Some honesty from the seller would be good.

Does what it says on the box,an excellent hard drive easy to fit and reinstall the operating systems,has a very low noise level and operating speed is excellent , should last for many years.

was having issues with ccvt decoder and ended up identifying hd as issue replaced with this and works a treat now and way quieter than one that was in it

Medium quality

Used to replace broken one in CCTV recorder. Easy to fit. Been working well for a fewweeks. Great value for money.

Gostei

Impeccable, plus rapide que ce à quoi je m'attendais. Utilisé en disque de stockage sur un PC avec un SSD en disque système.

Comme décrit le disc est ok

問題なく使用できました。

My TiVo HD DVR got to the point where I often found recorded shows in pieces because the darn thing rebooted itself in the middle of recording, leaving me with two recordings and a 12 minute gap in between (for one hour shows). Its frequent reboots interrupted viewing. Researching online, it became clear to me that the hard drive was dying. After finding instructions online at Engadget and TiVoCommunity for how to replace the hard drive and transfer all my recordings from the original TiVo hard drive, I was all set to buy a Seagate drive. Then I learned that there actually is a difference among drives, and this Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURX one is designed for DVRs. While I might not think much of a noisy Seagate drive in my computer, I don't want a noisy hard drive in an appliance in my living room. According to a TiVoCommunity forum posting, WD AV-GP drives rate a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 where 10 is the quietest. Also, these drives are designed for continuous operation 24/7 with the intent that the data they are moving is video that you are watching, so they don't split up the bytes and move them in the random ways that regular data gets transferred. One concern I had is that the original TiVo HD 160 GB drive ran at 5400 rpm and this new WD10EURX 1 TB drive runs at 7200 rpm so would the faster drive get hotter and since the TiVo HD was only designed to cool the 5400 rpm drive, would this be a problem? The answer is no. These WD AV-GP drives are "green" emitting low heat so they can easily replace the original drive without an issue. The TiVoCommunity forum posting was last updated about 5 years ago, so its description of running WinMFS, the required tool for preparing hard drives for TiVo usage, only goes up to Windows Vista, so I can add that it works with Windows 7, just right-click on WinMFS.exe and run as administrator. The forum posting warns against WD AV-GP drives saying that they can't be rebooted and will just hang. The only solution then is to unplug the power cord in the back of the TiVo and then plug it back in. This is no longer true. Western Digital must have heard about the problem and fixed it, because I was able to use the restart option from the TiVo menu to test this, and sure enough, the TiVo restarted. I did not need to unplug and replug the unit. I did not need to run the wdidle3 workaround program. After the upgrade, I went from 21 HD / 184 SD hours recording capacity to 157 HD / 1,367 SD hours. Plus, all my recordings transferred from the old drive to the new one since I ran the MFSCOPY command via the WinMFS GUI. Below are some URLs where I pieced together the information to perform the upgrade (I hope these links remain in my comments, not sure if Amazon will remove them): http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=370784#S5 http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/17/how-to-upgrade-your-tivo-hd-with-winmfs/