Western Digital WD TV Live HD Media Player Video Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the Western Digital WD TV Live HD Media Player Video.
Quote from the review: "Today we present you with a video review of the Western Digital WD TV Live HD media player. It is the third media player to be released by the American hard drive company in the past year and from all accounts and our testing; they’ve hit the nail on the head with its third version! Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green Power Hard Drive Review

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Hothardware published a review of the Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green Power Hard Drive. Are 2TB to much storage for a single drive or is this the future?
Quote from the review: "The Western Digital Green Power Caviar 2TB drive features 4 - 500GB platters rotating at a variable speed in combination with Western Digital's IntelliSeek, NoTouch, and IntelliPower technologies. Read more

Posted on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB Desktop Drive Review

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Tweaktown tested the new gigantic 2TB hard drive known as the green Monster from WD (WD20WEADS).
Quote from the review: "Ten percent of all 3.5in hard drives sold today are in capacities of 1TB or greater, claims Mark Geenen, President of Trend Focus. For enthusiasts, that number would grow exponentially and with their low cost, rightly so. A few months ago Seagate launched their 1.5TB drive, but it has been plagued with firmware issues that are only now getting resolved. Just as with the graphics card world, hard drive manufacturers play the performance and capacity leapfrog game. In this round Western Digital was first to reach the finish line and the race was to 2 terabytes of storage capacity. Read more

Posted on Wed, 4 Feb 2009 17:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital Unveils 2TB Green Hard Drive

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It hasn’t been long since Seagate pulled the wraps off its 1.5TB hard drive, yet that number already seems small by comparison to the product Western Digital just announced. WD has unveiled the industry's first 2TB HDD.

Despite having lots of storage space, the drive also offers cool and quiet operation according to WD and fits into the companies Caviar Green line. The drive offers 500GB of storage per platter and a 32MB cache. Read more

Posted on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:58:10 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Western Digital Said to be Readying 2TB Green Hard Drive

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In the computer industry, there are lots of things that companies fight to have the most or least of. For instance, CPU makers battled for years over who had the most GHz in their processors. Laptop maker's fight over who has the thinnest and lightest notebooks and hard drive companies fight over speed and storage capacity.

Seagate has its 1.5TB hard drive right now, which is the high capacity king for the moment. Engadget reports that it hears rumblings that Seagate may soon lose the title of highest capacity drive to Western Digital as it readies a 2TB Caviar Green hard drive. Read more

Posted on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends tested the new Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player.
Quote from the review: "With so much digital media available at our fingertips, the computer has become a trusty companion when it comes to content management. It may be busting at the seams, but it’s a nice alternative for those that don’t have thousands of dollars to plunk down on a dedicated media server. Now the only problem is how to enjoy that entertainment. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital Announces Fiscal 2008 Q4 Revenue

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It has been a big week for Western Digital. WD announced a 2.5-inch version of its VelociRaptor hard drive this week and now it is announcing its earnings for Q4 of its fiscal 2008 year. WD posted revenue of $8.1 billon and an operating income of $1 billion.

WD says net income was $867 million, or $3.84 per share. The prior year net income was $564 million or $2.50 per share. WD says that the fiscal year showed an increase in revenue of 48% compared to fiscal 2007’s $5.5 billion. Revenue in Q4 totaled $2 billion and WD shipped 35.2 million units in the quarter with an operating income of $241 million. Read more

Posted on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:43:21 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS Hard Drive Review

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Futurelooks published a Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS Hard Drive review.

Quote from the review: "Hard drives remain the last great bottleneck in performance computing. Processors and RAM constantly get faster and more complex, due to being solid state electronics. Since hard drives consist of moving parts, they have been left behind in this race. Read more

Posted on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition 2TB Review

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The Digital Trends test lab published a review of the Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition 2TB external HDD. The new WD My Book scored an Editor's Choice Award.

Quote from the review: "What’s better than a My Book with a single drive inside of it? A My Book with two drives in a mirrored array so the same data is on both drives. Even better, if one drive fails you can easily pop the lid on the drive and remove it! Read more

Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:34:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital Launches Caviar Black

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WDtoday launched its new line of WD Caviar Black 7200 RPM 3.5-inch SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives for high-performance desktop, workstation and multi-drive systems.
The Caviar Black will be available in capacities of 750 GB and 1 TB.

WD's new 'blue, green, black' product system enables customers to choose the right drive for them. WD Caviar Blue represents the performance and reliability that WD has been building for over 20 years, the WD Caviar Green employs WD's GreenPower technology for cool, quiet and eco-friendly operation, while the WD Caviar Black family of hard drives delivers maximum performance for today's discriminating technology enthusiasts. Read more

Posted on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:50:44 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital Scorpio Black 7200rpm Notebook HDD

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Western Digital announced today that it was now shipping its line of Scorpio Black notebook HDDs. The drives are all 7200RPM and use the SATA 3 Gb/s interface and have 16Mb caches. Storage capacities for the line start at 80 GB and go up to 320GB.

Common features for the line include IntelliSeek for optimum seek time with low power consumption, SecurePark parks the recording heads off the disc surface, ShockGuard protects the drive from shocks, Free-fall sensor parks the heads off the disc in less than 200ms when a drop is sensed and WhisperDrive makes the line some of the quietest drives on the market. Pricing for the line is up to $250. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Jun 2008 10:04:05 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10K SATA HDD Review

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TechwareLabs published a review of the Western Digital Raptor 150 Gb 10K SATA Hard Drive.

Quote from the review: "Today Artiom looks at the famed Western Digital 150GB 10,000RPM SATA hard drive. Read more

Posted on Sat, 17 May 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital VR150 300GB Velociraptor Review

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Motherboards published a review of the new Western Digital VR150 300GB Velociraptor HDD.

Quote from the review: "It seems as if the folks at Western Digital have been working late night in their R&D department as the new Velociraptor takes the Raptor series to the next level. The Raptor series of drives were already a hall of fame winning product and with new drives with basically twice as fast overall performance levels these new Velociraptors will take their rightful place alongside their predecessors. Read more

Posted on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital VelociRaptor VR150 HDD Review

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The TechReport got their hands on the new Western Digital VelociRaptor hard-drive that tries to ride on the success of the Raptor hard-drive series.

Quote from the review: "If PC enthusiasts had a hall of fame for hardware, Western Digital's Raptor hard drive would be a shoo-in. Storage-related products are usually a little short on sex appeal, but the Raptor has become an icon—a testament to what it means to be an enthusiast. Read more

Posted on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:22:40 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital Caviar RE2 750GB Review

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Hothardware published a review of the Western Digital Caviar RE2 750GB hard-drive.

Quote from the review: "Western Digital’s latest RE2 disk currently tops out at a peak capacity of 750GB, which is a full quarter less than Seagate’s competing ES2 lineup that is available at 1TB. Read more

Posted on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital Scorpio 2.5'' 320GB HDD Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the Western Digital Scorpio 2.5" 320GB HDD.

Quote from the review: "While SSD or Solid State Disks are making their way in, we are still working with the current generation of storage and Western Digital has managed to do very well at increasing sizes and speeds. Read more

Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital Announces 320GB Passport Essential

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Western Digital announced My Passport Essential today, the latest addition to its line of My Passport drives. This drive is USB powered and has 320GB of storage space and weighs less than five ounces.

The drive is completely USB bus powered so no AC adapter is needed. WD Sync software allows users to sync files from their computer to the external drive and the software can sync Outlook messages and contacts as well. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:21:34 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Hot Deal on White Western Digital 250GB Passport

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The deal of the day in the I4U Shop is the Western Digital 250GB Passport Portable Hard Drive in White for $121.98.

The 250GB Passport drive from WD is a stylish portable HDD. In white it matches your Apple MacBook perfectly. Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:50:40 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital Announces 320GB PASSPORT USB Drive

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Western Digital announced its latest PASSPORT portable USB drive today with 320GB of storage capacity. The drive is available this week online at WD’s store and via some retailers.

The 320GB PASSPORT includes software to allow the backup of data from a computer like Outlook data. Data on the drive is also protected with 128-bit encryption. Preinstalled Google software makes searching files on the 320GB drive easy to do. Read more

Posted on Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:45:24 CST | by Shane McGlaun

1TB Western Digital My Book Home Edition Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the high capacity 1TB Western Digital My Book Home Edition storage solution. The WD backup system scored an Editor's Choice Award.

Quote from the review: "Western Digital (WD) has revamped its popular My Book line of external backup drives with a new look and new software, and new interface options. Read more

Posted on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital's Green Hard Drive

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Western Digital announced its latest enterprise hard drive today which reduces energy usage and lowers costs for data centers. The new GreenPower family of HDDs range from 500GB to 1TB storage capacity.

The drives are reliability rated at 1.2 million hours mean time between failure in high duty cycle environments. WD says these drives can reduce power usage by 40%. "Delivering up to 40 percent savings in hard drive power consumption, Western Digital's new RE2-GP hard drives are an excellent choice for customers deploying Rackable Systems' newest generation of Eco-Logical storage systems -- enabling even greater efficiency and performance," said Tony Gaughan, chief products officer of Rackable Systems. Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:09:15 CST | by Shane McGlaun