totally Unofficial Thread on Compatible External Storage for the VIP 622

[Peter Parker]

I am using a Western Digital 60 GB My Book. No problems at all. Once the software loaded and I activated the drive was formatted and has worked fine.

 

[ccash]

WD My Book Essential 750 - Working fine!

 

[Minsk1]

WD My Book Essential 500 (500GB, $99) works here

 

[Soulwhat]

You would have to copy it back onto the DVR/RCVR and then onto the upgraded HDD

 

[riffjim4069]

Western Digital - My Book Premium ES 500GB (USB/eSATA), WDG1SU5000N, works like a charm.

 

[primetimeguy]

500gb Seagate FreeAgent, no problems.

 

[AZ_Sky]

I pulled the Maxtor 250GB out of my old (owned) PVR921 and stuck it in an external USB 2.0 enclosure - it works fine.

 

[shortspark]

From everything I have read here and elsewhere, the MY BOOK by WD is very compatible with the new software. Even my own experience mirrors this. I have the 250gb and I'm happy with it so far.

 

[aboz]

500GB WD mybook essential works great.

 

[rthomp03]

Seagate 500GB 16MB Buffer ATA-100 Hard Drive with Ultra External Enclosure

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB 7200 16MB ATA-100 EIDE OEM Hard Drive with Ultra Mini Portable USB 2.0 Firewire External Hard Drive Enclosure at TigerDirect.com

 

[jdr01930]

Yet another Western Digital My Book Essentials 500 GB working fine here!

 

[angiodan]

500gb WD Mybook Essentials working great as well. Archiving all 6 Star Wars took 2 and half hours.

 

[JohnnyB40]

Seagate FreeAgent Pro 500GB MDL ST305004FPA1E2-RK2 had to reboot twice for receiver to see drive installed fine otherwise

 

[MikeD-C05]

Seagate 500 gb & a Seagate 250 gb working fine on both 622 receivers.

 

[ndyclrk]

Just a thought, but it might be more productive to list drives that didn't work with the 622.

Let's at least refrain from posting duplicate compatibility reports.

 

[cebbigh]

Just a thought, but it might be more productive to list drives that didn't work with the 622.

Let's at least refrain from posting duplicate compatibility reports.

Good idea.

 

[rjruby]

Fantom TFD500U16 Titanium-II 500GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive 7200rpm 16MB cache works great.

Fantom Drives Titanium-II 500GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive 7200rpm 16MB Cache

 

[primetimeguy]

I suggest the OP updating the initial post so all drives are just in one list rather than scattered over pages and pages.

 

[KAB]

I suggest the OP updating the initial post so all drives are just in one list rather than scattered over pages and pages.

Agreed. Getting pretty redundant.

 

[Peter Parker]

Not sure when I can get to it but I will try and update it as often as I can. ia m leaving town though fora few days.