Author Topic: what kind of hdd do you use on your nmt? (Read 30109 times)

iiinas · « **Reply #90 on:** Oct 29, 2009 at 11:14 AM »

Quote from: kelz on Oct 29, 2009 at 10:50 AM

Guys will this seagate Free Agent Desk 1TB external hdd work well with those realtek nmt's?

it will work, its just a question what format you will format it with, they say it work best formatted as ext/3, although formatting it as ntfs will work too.

Bitstream · « **Reply #91 on:** Oct 29, 2009 at 11:26 AM »

Quote from: iiinas on Oct 29, 2009 at 11:14 AM

it will work, its just a question what format you will format it with, they say it work best formatted as ext/3, although formatting it as ntfs will work too.

As far as the Xtreamer is concerned, there is no need to format in ext3. The preference for ext3 is just for the family of devices (using Sigma chipset and running Syabas firmware) called Networked Media Tanks (HDX 1000, Popcorn Hour, etc.)

Internal/external hard drives formatted in ext3 and NTFS can be accessed read/write just fine by the Xtreamer... and there are no performance issues as far as I know.

kelz · « **Reply #92 on:** Oct 29, 2009 at 12:56 PM »

ok thanks. so out of the box, most probably ano kaya ang format nya?

Bitstream · « **Reply #93 on:** Oct 29, 2009 at 06:57 PM »

Quote from: kelz on Oct 29, 2009 at 12:56 PM

ok thanks. so out of the box, most probably ano kaya ang format nya?

An Xtreamer formats an internal hard drive with the NTFS file system

An HDX 1000 formats an internal hard drive with the ext3 file system

Verbl Kint · « **Reply #94 on:** Oct 30, 2009 at 09:46 AM »

I will never buy Seagate again. I got hit by the 7200.11 bug and had another 7200.10 fail on me. Never again!

dips15 · « **Reply #95 on:** Dec 17, 2009 at 09:07 PM »

Is it possible to use USB-powered hard drives or is it necessary to use external hard drives with its own AC power source?

number1 · « **Reply #96 on:** Dec 17, 2009 at 09:32 PM »

Quote from: Verbl Kint on Oct 30, 2009 at 09:46 AM

I will never buy Seagate again. I got hit by the 7200.11 bug and had another 7200.10 fail on me. Never again!

Are there any other choices? Western Digital is no better.

anya618 · « **Reply #97 on:** Dec 17, 2009 at 09:34 PM »

Quote from: dips15 on Dec 17, 2009 at 09:07 PM

Is it possible to use USB-powered hard drives or is it necessary to use external hard drives with its own AC power source?

nagtry na ako ng 320gb elements (usb powered) sa hdx1000 pwede siya

2fast2furious · « **Reply #98 on:** Jan 06, 2010 at 07:04 PM »

Quote from: anya618 on Dec 17, 2009 at 09:34 PM

nagtry na ako ng 320gb elements (usb powered) sa hdx1000 pwede siya

yup. its working both on my cinematube and wdtv too.

jackryan · « **Reply #99 on:** Jan 06, 2010 at 07:23 PM »

Quote from: Verbl Kint on Oct 30, 2009 at 09:46 AM

I will never buy Seagate again. I got hit by the 7200.11 bug and had another 7200.10 fail on me. Never again!

what's the symptom of this bug? how can it be remediated / prevented?

paolorenzo · « **Reply #100 on:** Jan 06, 2010 at 08:19 PM »

I still think Seagate provides the best after-sales RMA replacement service... Good luck with WD and others. No problems kung natago nyo resibo.

http://www.tipidpc.com/viewtopic.php?tid=178863&page=1

http://www.tipidpc.com/viewtopic.php?tid=75541&page=1

reginald · « **Reply #101 on:** Jan 31, 2010 at 07:31 AM »

Just got a 1TB WD Elements

eksi · « **Reply #102 on:** Jan 31, 2010 at 09:22 AM »

WD studio, home, essential

HDMI · « **Reply #103 on:** Jan 31, 2010 at 09:43 AM »

Using two 1.5TB WD MyBook Essential hdd's.

dfl · « **Reply #104 on:** Jan 31, 2010 at 01:25 PM »

May tanong lang peeps. Alin ba ang lalabas na mas magandang PQ (upscaling) sa 32 lcd bravia (and is it discernible?) when compared - yung downloaded divx movie na 700 mb size played sa lets say philips hdmi (this player also upscales movies on flash drives right?) or playing the same movie using an nmt, say WDTV? Thanks!

iiinas · « **Reply #105 on:** Jan 31, 2010 at 02:14 PM »

Quote from: dfl on Jan 31, 2010 at 01:25 PM

May tanong lang peeps. Alin ba ang lalabas na mas magandang PQ (upscaling) sa 32 lcd bravia (and is it discernible?) when compared - yung downloaded divx movie na 700 mb size played sa lets say philips hdmi (this player also upscales movies on flash drives right?) or playing the same movie using an nmt, say WDTV? Thanks!

that's really hard to say, depends on the chips inside the dvd player. but for an nmt/media player, wdtvs are known to exhibit pretty good pq. i own a popcorn, and those divx files looks acceptable to me even when i project it through my pj, nothing to crow about but definitely watchable.

i have not tried it, but imho, the wdtv might have an edge here.

stick · « **Reply #106 on:** Mar 31, 2010 at 05:46 AM »

Quote from: paolorenzo on Jan 06, 2010 at 08:19 PM

I still think Seagate provides the best after-sales RMA replacement service... Good luck with WD and others. No problems kung natago nyo resibo.

http://www.tipidpc.com/viewtopic.php?tid=178863&page=1

http://www.tipidpc.com/viewtopic.php?tid=75541&page=1

I have this Seagate barracuda 7200.11 500GB hard drive (ST350032 0AS) supposed to have the good firmware already SD1A upon manufacturing is now starting to fail (primarily used for my movie storage)... I have windows 7, the bios failed to recognize this drive... but sometimes it does... and if it does after about a minute or so it would just disappear in windows after boot... I took the hard drive out and placed it a cdr-king enclosure... I works ok now (about 3 monrths now)... at first I thought it was a PSU problem since it work on the enclosure until I read it here...

I was planing to upgrde my PSU (Generic) to branded (Cooler master EX 460W) but since I read this... I need some advice on what to buy first? a HDD or PSU? The PSU is Php2k and a new WD 500GB is Php2450... my budget only permits one of these....

wacksy1021 · « **Reply #107 on:** Mar 31, 2010 at 07:19 AM »

Quote from: oReOsHaKe on Feb 19, 2009 at 08:26 AM

wow that's a lot.. I got 3 WD MyBook Essentials 1TB and 1 WD MyPassport Essential 320gb connected via self-powered USB HUB to my PCH A110..

Sir oreo, san po nakakabili nung self powered USB hub, I am looking to purchase 1 also. Thanks.

Archie · « **Reply #108 on:** Mar 31, 2010 at 02:13 PM »

1tb + 2tb WD Mybook Essential

Lancito · « **Reply #109 on:** Mar 31, 2010 at 03:24 PM »

1TB WD internal + 1TB Samsung Story external + 500GB Samsung S2 portable

wacksy1021 · « **Reply #110 on:** Apr 01, 2010 at 05:17 PM »

Seagate 2 TB 7200RPM internal drive and 1.5TB WD Essentials for my PCH A-200.

Jason_10 · « **Reply #111 on:** Apr 12, 2010 at 05:26 AM »

WD 160GB Elements for the internal. WD 1TB Essential.

newwaveboy · « **Reply #112 on:** Apr 12, 2010 at 08:26 AM »

1x of 320Gb Internal HDD (WD BLUE I think) >> For my torrent rig
1x of 1Tb Internal HDD (WD GREEN) >> For my PCH-A110
4x of 1Tb External HDD (WD GREEN)
2x of 1.5Tb Internal HDD (WD GREEN & SG)

** I've used both WD & SG drives extensively (for my NMT use & my PC shop), would have to say that WD performs much, much better - specifically the 1Tb above models.

SG does have the better RMA service (see Tipidpc post on this) ...... however this wont be a problem at all (for both WD & SG) as long as you keep all receipts & let the store handle the RMA replacement.

Stagea · « **Reply #113 on:** Apr 12, 2010 at 08:46 AM »

1 x Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB (3.5")
1 x WD Elements 1.5TB (3.5")
1 x WD Elements 0.5TB (2.5")

I also have networked storage, but I'm yet to use this with my NMT. There's still enough space in those 3 directly-connected drives.

itjunkie · « **Reply #114 on:** Apr 14, 2010 at 12:30 AM »

i use a western digital mypassport elite, but its the old model. i might buy a new ext hdd - baka hitachi or elements, mura e. i've had bad experiences with seagate's ext hdd's as well. pass nko sa seagate.

gunslinger · « **Reply #115 on:** Apr 14, 2010 at 02:32 AM »

I have a Portable 500G WD Passport, 1TB WD Internal with Astone Enclosure and 500G Seagate External. So far all of them are working fine with Seagate being the oldest which I got last 2007 in the US while the 2 WD were only bought last year.

Still contemplating on getting an internal for the xtreamer or buy another 1TB external.

juanch · « **Reply #116 on:** May 16, 2010 at 04:19 PM »

Good day guys,
I'm planning to purchase my first NMT soon at the same time my first external HDD.
So I have a few questions

I'm currently eyeing the WD 1TB(seemingly the popular choice) or Astone 1TB

1) Does having eSata and firewire matter? Which NMT's support this type of connection and is it really faster?
2) Which one operates cooler?

TIA

iiinas · « **Reply #117 on:** May 16, 2010 at 06:31 PM »

Quote from: juancho on May 16, 2010 at 04:19 PM

Good day guys,
I'm planning to purchase my first NMT soon at the same time my first external HDD.
So I have a few questions

I'm currently eyeing the WD 1TB(seemingly the popular choice) or Astone 1TB

1) Does having eSata and firewire matter? Which NMT's support this type of connection and is it really faster?
2) Which one operates cooler?

TIA

i think you should go with wd, i had some non pdvd friends who complain of their astone hdd, which broke down for one reason or the other.

as for esata, if your pc has this connection then it can help in transferring files, and yes, its really faster than the usual usb 2.0.

as for using it on the nmt. if the nmt has an esata connection, it only helps in the transfer of files and not the actual watching (although i am not too sure about this).

juanch · « **Reply #118 on:** May 16, 2010 at 07:34 PM »

^ Thanks for the always valuable input bro Aynz

Now, there are so many versions of WD 1TB

Which is the most basic version and which is the most feature-rich version?

Should I opt for just the basic version?

anya618 · « **Reply #119 on:** May 16, 2010 at 07:54 PM »

Quote from: juancho on May 16, 2010 at 07:34 PM

^ Thanks for the always valuable input bro Aynz

Now, there are so many versions of WD 1TB

Which is the most basic version and which is the most feature-rich version?

Should I opt for just the basic version?

choice mo siguro either the wd my book or the wd elements