Seagate Pipeline HD ST3500312CS 500GB 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Pros: Installed in Bell 9242
Drive was up and running in 5 minutes
Increased from 30 to 55 Hours of HD

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: for 41 bucks this is the best insurance you can get in case the original drive fails.

Pros: Works in Bell 9242
Increases recording time to 55 hrs HD
FULLY TESTED IN THE ABOVE PVR
It's Awesome

Cons: None

Pros: Excellent drive, bought for replacement 9242 drive going bad. Drive is slimmer than stock WD drive, runs super quiet, works great sofar. Took only 15mins to install, wait for drive to reformat, download new guide, up and running! 55hrs record time now instead of 30 on original.

Cons: Non

Pros: Price

Cons: Spent hours trying to troubleshoot a new build, to find out the HDD was failing. Now I need to figure out how to return this and find something else.

Pros: Does what it's supposed to do, work in a PVR/DVR. Runs quiet and cool. I am using it in a Bell 9242 PVR (Dish 962 equivalent ?)

Cons: None so far.

Other Thoughts: This drive is a video grade drive and it's meant to be used in a PVR/DVR or security camera recorders. You should never do what Semi-GREEK did, use it in a computer. Video drives do not have error correction in order to keep the data stream flowing, but in a computer one missing bit in file can mean loss of huge files.

Pros: Super cheap

Cons: Super high failure rate

Other Thoughts: Installed OS and several other softwares, at approx 10 hrs of use, it failed to boot, sent failure messages, and failed SMART communication. I certainly don't trust the "Pipeline" series at this point.