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External USB harddrive deal at Wal-Mart

I just picked up the following at my local Wal-Mart:

Seagate Expansion External Drive:
500GB Capacity 3.5" 7200RPM Drive
USB 2.0 (Cable Included)
Power Supply Included
2 Year Factory Warranty

$50.00

Amazon is currently selling them for $77.24 plus shipping.

For $5.88 Wal-Mart will extend the warranty to a third year.

Not a bad deal.
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Anole
Anole
Hitachi Deskstar 1TB $69.99 Microcenter

Yes, 1000 gigabytes, if you need that. - :up
This is an internal SATA drive.
Here is a discussion to help you decide if it's useful.

See next post for somewhere to stick it. - :eek:
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primestar31
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Anole said:
Yes, 1000 gigabytes, if you need that. - :up
This is an internal SATA drive.
Here is a discussion to help you decide if it's useful.

See next post for somewhere to stick it. - :eek:
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I got one of these a couple weeks ago, and am using it in the E-sata/USB dock.

I have a REAL PROBLEM in not seeing: "DEATH-star" every time I read the name! :D

Hopefully, it's better than the ones that warranted that title.
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Larry1
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I like the docks if you are not handling the drive very much. But if you want to move them around prefer an external case. The case provides protection to the drive. Static can kill a drive, and the winter weather with dry air promotes static. You don't need a visible shock to kill a drive. With drives getting bigger and bigger, you loose a lot if the drive dies.
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The exposed nature of the docks concerned me at first, but I haven't had any issues yet. I'm careful about where I grasp the drives when I remove them from the docks, and most importantly, to let them sit for 1 minute before moving them after shutdown.
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Anole
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using those USB drives:

I went to lunch yesterday, with Joe, the friend who sold me on the Thermaltake drive dock idea.
Afterwards, we went to a local Fry's, and he talked himself into taking home a 42" LG LCD TV that he'd been lusting over for some time.

It has both ethernet interface, and USB.
The latter port plays DivX and XviD from his thumb drive.
We joked about the size & cost of 8 or 16gb solid state drive.
I reminded him of some 60gb pocket transportable (external) WD drives we had been playing with.
Their price/performance ratio beat the heck out of solid state, and we have several units already.

For the next phase, his intention is to plug in a Thermaltake drive dock, and use some cheap 1000gb drives he picked up a while back.
They are green drives, with small cache, and 5400 rpm, which he got for around $50.

So, I guess each technology has its place:
- 8 / 16 gb thumb drive for a quick test
- 60 gb 2½ inch external hard drive to swap files with friends
- 1000 gb green drives in the dock, for that serious collection.
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Anole said:
I went to lunch yesterday, with Joe, the friend who sold me on the Thermaltake drive dock idea.
Afterwards, we went to a local Fry's, and he talked himself into taking home a 42" LG LCD TV that he'd been lusting over for some time.

It has both ethernet interface, and USB.
The latter port plays DivX and XviD from his thumb drive.
We joked about the size & cost of 8 or 16gb solid state drive.
I reminded him of some 60gb pocket transportable (external) WD drives we had been playing with.
Their price/performance ratio beat the heck out of solid state, and we have several units already.

For the next phase, his intention is to plug in a Thermaltake drive dock, and use some cheap 1000gb drives he picked up a while back.
They are green drives, with small cache, and 5400 rpm, which he got for around $50.

So, I guess each technology has its place:
- 8 / 16 gb thumb drive for a quick test
- 60 gb 2½ inch external hard drive to swap files with friends
- 1000 gb green drives in the dock, for that serious collection.
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....And a multi-harddrive RAID setup, so that WHEN your TB drives go bad, you hopefully won't lose a ton of data/tv shows/movies, that you spent a lot of time ripping, and encoding!
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Scott Greczkowski
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Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Take It as It Comes - Steve Winwood
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Run Joe -- Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
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The Diplomat (Netflix)

Starting a thread klang !

After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.

Keri Russell Wow GIF by NETFLIX
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Finished season 3 last night. Still one of my favorite shows.

Anyone else wonder if there might be something else going on with Callum? Seems to me he has too much access to Russian intelligence.
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One episode into season 4 that dropped today...

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Renewed for season 5.
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Finished 4 last night. Great stuff.

They do like to end each season with a Bang!
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klang said:
Finished 4 last night. Great stuff.

They do like to end each season with a Bang!
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Great ending, but it ran in circles most of the season.
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Hopper 3 with Hopper plus internet connection problems

Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
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Almighty1
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mheisen said:
Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
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I have a DISH Hopper 3 (Software H713) with Hopper Plus (Software P15403). I have not tried streaming services but I primarily watch TVB Jadeworld international package which is only available by streaming and when I have an issue, I usually have to go to a non-streaming satellite channel first before the streaming channels will work again. What software versions do you have and what is the error message if any are showing on your screen? or is that Dish downloading logo just stuck and never finishes?
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Almighty1 said:
I have a DISH Hopper 3 (Software H713) with Hopper Plus (Software P15403). I have not tried streaming services but I primarily watch TVB Jadeworld international package which is only available by streaming and when I have an issue, I usually have to go to a non-streaming satellite channel first before the streaming channels will work again. What software versions do you have and what is the error message if any are showing on your screen? or is that Dish downloading logo just stuck and never finishes?
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I'm on H713 on the Hopper and P15403 on the Hopper Plus. It shows internet connection issues and doesn't finish loading the various services. I see the "loading circle going around. Sometimes I get a message saying that the service is having trouble loading my content and to check the internet connection.
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mheisen said:
I'm on H713 on the Hopper and P15403 on the Hopper Plus. It shows internet connection issues and doesn't finish loading the various services. I see the "loading circle going around. Sometimes I get a message saying that the service is having trouble loading my content and to check the internet connection.
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Did it ever work correctly before? Hard to say what the problem is. Usually for streaming, it will show the Dish logo with lines sweeping down to show downloading, never seen the circle issue. Did you try a manual reboot, red button reset, power cord unplug/replug to see if it makes a difference.
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Almighty1 said:
Did it ever work correctly before? Hard to say what the problem is. Usually for streaming, it will show the Dish logo with lines sweeping down to show downloading, never seen the circle issue. Did you try a manual reboot, red button reset, power cord unplug/replug to see if it makes a difference.
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Might be worth just to ditch the hopper plus. No issues here on h713
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mheisen said:
Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
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Buy a roku and dump the hopper plus you'll be better off. If you have a smart tv you don't need either one. No hopper plus here and no issues!!!
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AI Is Turning Wannabe Hackers Into Cybercriminals #shorts

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