Hi all.

I’m about to attempt a backup/upgrade of both a Series 3 and an HD, and I am looking for tips on the best brand/model drive to use.

I’ve heard a lot of good things about the Seagate DB35 but I can’t find it available at any of the places I shop (amazon, buy.com, newegg). In fact, AV-type drives in general seem to few and far between if you don’t want to buy 20 of them at a time.

Which leads me to the question– can I get away with a standard desktop SATA drive in a TiVo? I figure the performance is the same either way, but I’m concerned about noise, but also heat and thus long-term reliability.

Joe