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more about #westerndigital more comments → Canoehead: Wish this had been out before - would have saved some bucks over the Popcorn Hour. more » Noobs-R-Us: Wait for the new Intel/Apple optical cabled drives next year. It will put USB 3/Firewire 800 to shame. more » otko: Seagate vs WD. Which is better? Is it a matter of preference or is there an actual difference in stability? more » chaos215bar2000: Why would a larger drive be slower? I would think that packing the bits closer together would make it faster. more » Argo117: I think, now that TBs are becoming more feasible as common storage space, we should refer to them as "tubs" like we refer to GBs as "gigs" more » macserv: I've been a big fan of WD's offerings lately, but this seems like a step backwards... If you're going to break up the clean lines of a MyBook, you nee... more » Odin: I have an old 320GB My Passport and 250GB My Book. While the My Book is nothing special (Lacie drives just feel more sturdy to me for the same size ca... more » Cash907Censored: "Western Digital's decent WD TV was a moderately priced 1080p-pumping media player at $130. WD, apparently content to not mess with success, is prepar... more » Paul Fulbright: Modest upgrades? It went from needing a USB HDD to being a network player. For me, that's the difference between "yes!" and "hell no!" Also, DTS is a... more » greenwald3132: I think they should include directions on how to download a torrent in the manual, seeing how this could have no other use.... more » drew00629: i love my wdtv. you can stream over the internet wirelessly now if you have a dongle. no need to wait for a new one more » Ioncloud9: Whats the difference between this and say an Apple TV or xbox media center extender? more » Eruanno: Ethernet? *Runs to the store* Oh right. Not out yet. Damn. more » MePerson: Coming soon: the new iPod Classic 1TB! Up to 175 continuous days of your favorite music! more » VenomIreland: 12.5mm is 2.5" right? more » -
#nowavailable
Now Available
Western Digital's update to the TV Live adds support for some essential streaming standards. More » -
#harddrives
Quick Test: Seagate's 1TB Portable FreeAgent Go
The season of the 1TB bus-powered USB drive is upon us. WD was first; now Seagate is shipping the FreeAgent Go, a chunky SOB—three platters worth of storage powered and connected by one skinny cable. More » -
#harddrives
WD Puts E-Labels on My Book Elite and Studio, Includes Dock With My Passport Elite Portable Drive
Hard drives have become so generic and commoditized, manufacturers are always trying to draw attention to their products in new ways. WD's My Book desktop drives now get an ebook-like screen, while the portable My Passport Elite gets a dock. More » -
#storage
WD's Ever-Smaller External Hard Drives Bring Better Security and Incremental Backups
Western Digital's new line of hard drives have the expected upgrades (higher capacity, smaller size) but also feature tough-as-nails hardware security and incremental backups. More » -
#mediaplayers
Leaked Western Digital TV-2 Media Player Reveals Modest Upgrades, Codec Support
Western Digital's decent WD TV was a moderately priced 1080p-pumping media player at $130. WD, apparently content to not mess with success, is preparing a slight feature update in the upcoming TV-2. More » -
#storage
WD Scorpio Blue Drive Is First One Terabyte Mobile Drive Ever—Yes, 1TB
I seriously need the new WD Scorpio one terabyte drive. I want to be able to tote around all my desktop data, without any external drives hanging around, and $250 seems like a little price to pay for that. More » -
#review
My Book World Edition II (4TB) Lightning Review
The Gadget: My Book World Edition II, a 4TB NAS in RAID configuration—in other words, a small networked hard drive with a ton of secure storage. More » -
#storage
Western Digital's My Book World Edition II Offers 4TB of RAID Network Storage
WD's new NAS drives, the My Book World Edition II, packs either 2 or 4TB of storage in a dual-drive RAID array. It seems like a pretty solid system for those dangerously paranoid about the safety of their data. More » -
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#ssd
Western Digital's SiliconDrive III Lineup Are Their First SSD Offerings
Western Digital just made their first move into the SSD world by announcing that their now shipping the SiliconDrive III lineup (presumably to OEMs), promising storage capacities up to 120 GB and read/write speeds of 100 and 80 MB/sec, respectively. More » -
#storage
WD My Book Studio Edition II: 4 Terabytes + 4 Interfaces
WD's My Book Studio Edition II now comes with a pair of 2TB drives and a choice of four interfaces: USB 2.0, eSATA, FireWire 400 and FW800. Having 4TB plus all those options'll cost you, though: $650 MSRP. [Western Digital] -
#tivo
TiVo Will Not Approve (or Even Test) Seagate Showcase and Other DVR Expanders
I don't know if this is a pro-Western Digital story or an anti-TiVo story, but I just learned that the companies are so cozy together, DVR expanders from Seagate or others are officially blocked. More » -
#customerservice
Best Buy Sells Egregiously Crappy, 9-Year-Old Hard Drive As New, Then Refuses Refund
Best Buy customer Jon purchased a brand-new Western Digital hard drive for store pickup, but when he opened the (sealed) package at home, he found a 30GB, near-decade-old product instead. Best Buy's reaction? "Tough luck." More » -
#harddrives
Western Digital 2TB My Book World Drive Uses One Single 2TB Disk
Western Digital's hit 2TB on their external drives before, but this is the first time they've done it using one single 2TB disk. More » -
#storage
Western Digital's 8TB ShareSpace NAS is One Beast of a Storage Hub
Western Digital's new 8TB ShareSpace NAS is a monster of a storage system for you media hoarders who want to share your good between multiple computers. More » -
#harddrives
Western Digital WD20WEADS Is the First 2TB Internal Drive
Remember when 1TB, 3.5-inch drives were all the rage? Well those days are over, as Western Digital has released their 2TB Caviar Green, available now for $299. More » -
#westerndigital
Western Digital ShareSpace 4TB Gigabit NAS Lightning Review
The Gadget: Western Digital's ShareSpace Storage is a steely, cubular vault of NAS with fast Gigabit ethernet that brings enterprise-level centralized storage down to the small business and deathcore nerd space, with 2TB or 4TB capacities in multiple RAID configurations out of the box. More »
