Western Digital External Hard Drive - Blu-ray Forum

hijeff1 · 06-07-2009, 03:49 PM

I am looking at getting a external hard drive. I can't decide between two different hard drives, both put out by WD.

One is the professional series and the other is not. Does anyone know what the professional series is? As far as I can tell thats the only difference between the two drives.

Here's a link to the two that i'm looking at.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218075875075

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1206142173729

badboi · 06-07-2009, 06:26 PM

Here's a page that will give you the differences between the hard drives WD offers. I use the "home" editions and they are quite nice and never had an issue.

http://www.westerndigital.com/en/pro...ndex.asp?cat=8

BTW, you might want to check the prices for these at Newegg. They tend to have much better prices than BB.

silversnake · 06-07-2009, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by badboi

BTW, you might want to check the prices for these at Newegg. They tend to have much better prices than BB.

I came in here to say this.

jbig31 · 06-07-2009, 10:40 PM

Don't know if you are dead set on the 2TB-but I was just at Costco this afternoon and they have both WD 1TB and the 1.5TB for around $139.

groovyone · 06-07-2009, 11:24 PM

Fry's has great prices too. Personally I go with Buffalo Tech drives. I have a WD 500GB which requires seperate power, and a 1TB BT that is similar. Along with those I have 160GB, 320GB amd 2x 500GB BT USB drives that are pocketable and "shock resistant". I haven't been willing to test the shock resistant claim.

OrlandoEastwood · 06-08-2009, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by hijeff1

I am looking at getting a external hard drive. I can't decide between two different hard drives, both put out by WD.

One is the professional series and the other is not. Does anyone know what the professional series is? As far as I can tell thats the only difference between the two drives.

Here's a link to the two that i'm looking at.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218075875075

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1206142173729

Wow, those are nice. I need to get me some new external drives for when I start editing.

06-07-2009, 03:49 PM	#1
hijeff1 Active Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Long Island, NY 4K collection:144 Blu-ray collection:341 DVD collection:153 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:3	Western Digital External Hard Drive I am looking at getting a external hard drive. I can't decide between two different hard drives, both put out by WD. One is the professional series and the other is not. Does anyone know what the professional series is? As far as I can tell thats the only difference between the two drives. Here's a link to the two that i'm looking at. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218075875075 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1206142173729

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06-07-2009, 06:26 PM	#2
badboi Special Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Atlanta	Here's a page that will give you the differences between the hard drives WD offers. I use the "home" editions and they are quite nice and never had an issue. http://www.westerndigital.com/en/pro...ndex.asp?cat=8 BTW, you might want to check the prices for these at Newegg. They tend to have much better prices than BB.

06-07-2009, 10:40 PM	#4
jbig31 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Grandville MI 4K collection:168 Blu-ray collection:590 Blu-ray reviews:1	Don't know if you are dead set on the 2TB-but I was just at Costco this afternoon and they have both WD 1TB and the 1.5TB for around $139.

06-07-2009, 11:24 PM	#5
groovyone Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2007 Location:PSNetwork: groovyone	Fry's has great prices too. Personally I go with Buffalo Tech drives. I have a WD 500GB which requires seperate power, and a 1TB BT that is similar. Along with those I have 160GB, 320GB amd 2x 500GB BT USB drives that are pocketable and "shock resistant". I haven't been willing to test the shock resistant claim.

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