[mythtv-users] Hitachi 3T drives - reliable?

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Drescher" <drescherjm at gmail.com>

> > I reluctantly bought two Hitachi Deskstar drives (2TB) for a quick
> > and panicky backup, they seem OK for now though. > Then again, I
> > bought them retail (not my usual method, I rushed into the nearest
> > electronics store at the time). > Somebody should probably invest in
> > the NewEgg OEM theory to see what's the deal. I know one of my 10k
> > RPM
> > Raptors (first revision, not second) were DOA. I have to wonder if
> > newegg's shipping process and plastic and styrofoam
> > molds are somehow faulty.
> 
> Hmm. The last 3 drives I purchased (since last November) at newegg
> were all packaged quite well.
> 
> Although I had an hitachi 2TB DOA from cdw at work in an order of 9
> drives. I do not believe packaging was the problem. Each drive was
> individually in its own interior box however the box that contained
> the drives was slightly damaged.

Do we perhaps think Newegg is cheaper because they're buying -- and hence
selling -- manufacturer culls?  Drive which are, perhaps, at the low end
of the QA pass scale?

Cheers,
-- jra