Review on Fantom Drives DVR2KEUS - 2TB External Hard Drive for Supported DirecTv, Dish, Motorola, Arris and More - USB 3.0 & eSATA - Silver (Includes USB and eSATA Cable) by Dave Russell

I bought 2 for the price of 2 Directv DVRs. The device works fine when you plug it in for the first time, Directv formats it appropriately (takes a while) and then everything is fine. It's a bit noisy as the DTV DVR is constantly reading/writing and all head movements and selections make clicking noises. Consider it accommodation but I had to move one of the guest rooms. After about 1 year I had problems with one of them to the point where the show became unwatchable and then eventually just failed. failed because not available for DTV. it didn't boot despite several attempts (leaved it on for days with constant "checking"). Also, since the DTV handles an external drive with a lot of content, it takes hours to boot every time the power goes out. So I lost the first one and booted from the internal hard drive. Then the second one started having problems when viewed from another device using the Whole House share. It freezes and jumps. Some shows even have this issue locally only on that device. so. We are currently reviewing all the content we have on the last receiver that I "upgraded" with these discs. If I had to do this again I wouldn't upgrade at all. I don't think this is 100% a bug is drive i believe this is DTV software and hi use so i gave it 3 stars you have been warned :)