What's the difference in these ext. hard drives?

[smokey982]

So I'm looking to buy an external hard drive this black Friday for my 622 and I have a question. On the Western Digital hard drives, some say Western Digital Elements and some don't use the word elements. Is there a difference in these units? I noticed Target will have a 1TB Western Digital Elements HD for $59.98 this friday. Is the Elements version a cheaper quality or something? Is anyone else using the WD Elements on their satellite receiver?

 

[kschramm]

found this link on the ole interweb. this should answer your question. {expired}Western Digital Elements 500GB Portable External USB Hard Drive $69.99

 

[DishSubLA]

There are differences in almost all the WD external product line. The most significant difference is often the connections on each model. Go to the Western Digital website and you can easily read and see the differences.

 

[smokey982]

So I guess in using it with my 622 receiver, it really shouldn't make any difference between the WD Elements and the WD Essential drives? They both should work exactly the same way?

 

[yaz96]

Correct.