| | |  | DVD Changers | Home » » » » » WESTERN DIGITAL WDH1Q7500N Hard Drive | | | | | | | Description: | | Speed is what you need when for video editing, big design projects, or managing photo shoots and that's what this drive delivers with FireWire 800 and eSATA connectivity. With the automatic backup capability your creative masterpieces will be backed up the minute you save them.Set it and forget it; every time you save a change it?s automatically backed up. The drive is nestled in an elegant, small-footprint enclosure, reminiscent of a book, and provides massive storage capacity without overcrowding your desk. | | | Features: | |
• Easy to set up, easy to use: Installation is a snap because you don't really install this drive, you just plug it in and it's ready to use. There is no CD to install; the included software loads from the drive the first time you plug it in
• Automatic backup: Back up important projects to multiple destinations including files servers, portable drives and My Book. Synchronize project files to keep them current and secure. Set it and forget it; every time you save a change it's automatically backed up
• Powerful quad interface: For convenience and compatibility among multiple computers, FireWire 400 and 800 - High-performance interfaces that are perfect for Macintosh computers, eSATA 3 Gb/s - The ultra-fast eSATA interface gives you speed comparable to a state-of-the-art internal hard drive
• Formatted for Macintosh: Set up with HFS+ Journaled formatting for complete Macintosh compatibility. Software included requires Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later. Can easily be reformatted for Windows 2000/XP/Vista
• Fits right in: Takes no more space than a paperback book. Collect two or more and they nest neatly together like volumes on a shelf
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 10.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 8.65 inches | | Product Height:
| 9.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 3.85 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 5.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.45 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 13 reviews |
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 Great Video Storage DeviceNov 02, 2009
I do a lot of video editing and this is one of several WD multi-interface external drives used with my iMac. All three of the WD external drives and my camcorder's DV output jack are daisy chained to my computer via the FireWire 800 interface. Installing this drive couldn't have been easier. Plugged in the power, attached the provided IEEE cables to my other externals, and my iMac immediately recognized the drive. Works great and am very pleased with its size and virtually noiseless operation.
 Huge, quick, quiet drive, but a little hotAug 05, 2009
The MyBook Studio Edition 750gb is a heck of a drive. More storage than I (literally) know what to do with. It's quiet, and really fast, with plenty of connection options. USB 2.0, the old standby, is quite fast; eSATA, an emerging standard for external drives at internal hard drive speeds; and FireWire 800, a rather obscure but welcome standard that makes USB 2.0 seem "slow" by comparison. You should, of course, use the fastest interface your computer supports (eSATA, then Firewire, then USB if nothing else is available).
It's a very quiet drive, almost entirely inaudible. Inside the case is a Western Digital GreenPower 750gb SATA II hard drive, which is the quietest, most efficient hard drive WD has to offer. It runs on a small "wall wart" power adapter at 12Vdc.
My only concern with this drive is that it gets quite warm on top after hours of continuous use (e.g. slowly reading video data as it encodes). I've placed mine on a laptop cooling pad, which draws some moving air through the case (which has many cooling holes, but apparently not quite enough) and keeps it ice cool. Cooling has always been a concern with Western Digital external drives, and they seem to have never fixed that design flaw (although I think some MyBook models had fans?). There's also a slight concern regarding the LED patterns: after the drive is idle, it should enter a "sleep" mode, where the indicator LED starts to pulse slowly. On mine, it does that for a while before it stops pulsing and stays on full brightness for no good reason. Not sure what it's indicating, but in a dark room (like a bedroom) it can get almost distracting. The LED lightshow while it's in operation is quite entertaining, and the white LEDs are beautiful against the silver case finish.
Overall I'd say it's a very, very good hard drive for someone with hungry storage needs. It can store over a hundred full DVDs or almost 175 4.7gb DVDs. It also works great as a backup drive to be used in conjunction with image-based backup solutions like Ghost or True Image.
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Western Digital 750 Gb Studio editionMay 30, 2009
This product was easy to to install & setup. The only distraction was having to find & install the recommended upgrade which was extensive & time consuming. Since installation, the device has performed as advertised.
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 Beware of the FireWireMay 01, 2009
Using USB, this seems to work fine and does what it claims. However the FireWire 800/400 connection to a PC is the pits. Windows would not boot with the FireWire connected. Connecting the device after Windows is up will work every other time, but Windows still will not boot with it connected.
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Western Digital 750 GB My Book Studio Edition USB 2.0 Esata FW400 FW800May 01, 2009
Good price, decent looking, but loud. Unit sometimes requires plugging/unplugging power to get it to boot. Also, sometimes it will not show up on the desktop... this happens randomly.
...am probably going to return it.
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