If you aren't rocking any kind of
upgraded /
external storage alongside your primary DVR, you just aren't with the times, man. Thankfully for those relying heavily on a DirecTV
HR20 /
21, you can finally grab hold of a storage solution that doesn't destroy the aesthetics of your overall setup. Granted, any DVR that accepts eSATA expansion will play nice with the TenBox family, but it's fairly evident which boxes these things were designed to sit atop. The trio of models differ from typical external storage solutions by utilizing three ultra-quiet fans to keep noise to a minimum, and while it certainly looks more at home in your AV cabinet than propped up beside your PC, it'll function just fine as a backup HDD should you need it to. TenBox is offering up the device with 1TB (TB1000), 1.5TB (TB1500) and 2TB (TB2000) of storage, but considering the $1,199, $1,499 and $1,999 price tags, we sure hope you weren't counting on a bargain.
[Via
TV Squad]
DVRs, 
posted Dec 17th 2007 3:06AM
One can buy four 500GB SATA2 drives for $400. I cannot see how a sheet-metal box and control warrants $1000 profit, and this assumes $600 for that box, power supply and controller, distribution, and warranty losses.
Now, if someone would make an eSATA to PC interface so that a PC's storage system appeared as a dumb external storage device I'd be buying something like the Abit AB9 motherboard with nine (9) SATA2 connectors. Stripe that on for size.
Sheesh, could they have at least made them look like the DVR with it's piano black finish? That thing is fugly!
I bought a TenBox TB1500 (1.5 TB). I had already tried several cheaper solutions that did not work well. This is real silent as advertised, and I keep recording and recording and it seems to be no end.... I would not leave any of the other cheap devices plugged all the time in my home. Pricey? Maybe, but it is money well spent.