Worked awesome used on a HD_SDI DVR from repeater to DVR
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Worked awesome used on a HD_SDI DVR from repeater to DVR, little pricey but I used different colors and save a lot of time and hassle from making my own, if you have done ends for HD-SDI you know you have to have very little signal lose.
1038295
I used this in a mini dvr, no skipping, no issue at all. If you want fast response, you need class 7 or higher
1309830
DirecTV does NOT recommend using wireless adapters with their DVR (per the DirecTV DVR owners manual) however after much fussing around I was able to hook this Linksys adapter to my DirecTV Plus DVR. It works flawlessly. I am 100% satisfied.

Be prepared to spend some time fussing with the installation, it was NOT an easy install even with the Linksys N router that I have. On the first attempt it did not pick on the correct DNS address. However after trying again it did install per the instructions.

In tests against a Cat 5 cable installation this gaming adapter worked equally as well.

I am very pleased with the product and can easily program my DVR from my iPhone! :-)
635355
Saved me from replacing my DVR I thought my DVR was broken it was a bad power supply. Thanks!
3326232
This unit worked great to convert an HD-SDI signal from a studio camera to standard BNC composite video to use for a regular video monitor.  It also has a built-in HD-SDI splitter to continue the HD-SDI signal to a destination like a video switcher.  We used a Newtek TriCaster 860 system as the destination switcher for the HD-SDI signal and hooked the composite video signal to a DVR that was used as a multi-viewer.  A great solution at a low cost!
751291
I am not techie at all, but even I could do this. (That said, hubby hooked up the cables, but I could have managed if I had to!)

We have an HD Tivo and this was exactly what we needed--we bumped up from 15 HD hours to 165 HD hours (or 1444 SD hours). It was just a matter of following the prompts on the Tivo and it was as simple as that! It was up and running within a matter of minutes! Plug and play at its best!
3543496
I recently decided to cut the cable to save money. I bought an antenna and picked up several over the air HD channels which was great, but I missed my DVR greatly. Enter this little adapter and Windows Media Center. The setup was plug and play and now I can record shows again to be watched any time! Get 2 of these if you want to record one channel and watch another. Great purchase!
3397921
Bought this to use with my Channel Master DVR.  Needed formatting, but the DVR setup program did that with no problem.  This is more than enough memory for my bedroom DVR.  Just got it, so if things change I'll let y'all know :-)

Update Dec 2017 -- This hard drive died in less than a year.
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The WD My DVR Expander is a standard eSATA external hard drive that also works beautifully with Tivo and several other common models of DVRs available from local cable providers.

I have Time Warner Cable service at home but my wife and I were always filling up the DVR built into our Time Warner Scientific Atlanta cable box. We kept filling up the DVR to 95-99 percent of maximum capacity and then having to delete old shows that we hadn't seen yet in order to make room for more shows.

After reading online that the Western Digital My DVR Expander was compatible with our model of Scientific Atlanta cable box/DVR, we decided to give this gizmo a try. I followed the instructions (very important since the cable box is picky about how you connect a DVR expander) and then waited about 10 minutes while the cable box reset itself, formatted the DVR Expander, and then checked my DVR.

All our previously-recorded DVR shows were still there on the DVR, but when I checked the capacity of the DVR it had changed from 93 percent full to only 11 percent full! This is the greatest addition to our entertainment center since we purchased an HDTV!

Now my wife and I have space on our Time Warner DVR to record all our shows and we rarely ever fill our DVR past 15-18 percent of its new capacity. I can't say enough good things about this product. The only way it could be better is if cable companies gave you one for free when you get DVR service.

If you have a compatible DVR or Tivo and need more space to record your favorite shows, this is the best product I've seen. Buy one right away ... you'll be glad you did.
4352707
Works great with DVB-T dongles for use with software defined radio. Seems very well made.
326706
I have a HTPC and used a long 35' HDMI cable to reach the big screen TV. But I also wanted to playback recorded TV shows on the bedroom TV without doing a bunch of wiring. I first used a XBOX 360 as an extender but it didn't allow fast playback. So I bought the first unit and a 4 port powered splitter. Only one wall and about 30 feet but it worked great.

My office is in what the condo drawings call a "Loft". From it you can look down on the "Great Room" where the HTPC is located. I called Nyrius but they could not guarantee a second unit would work. Wiring was not an option because of concrete walls - or at least not without very high cost. I bought a second unit. This unit needs a link range of 50 feet or more but it is up and above the ground floor by almost 20 feet. Works great now but I did have more difficulty in linking up this unit. However the stairs provided much needed exercise.

The only problem I found was my Windows 7 Vista XP Media Center MCE PC Remote Control does not work over any of the Nyrius links. From the description on Amazon, it seems like it should work. This is not insurmountable because I just use my Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400. Now I can watch my WMC recordings where I want.

Of course the other options were:
A. Buy two more Ceton InfiniTV 4 cards and refurbished i5 computers.
B. Rent more set top boxes / DVRs from the cable company.
But I use WMC, and VLC Media Player for non copy protected shows, so I can watch them at 1.2x to 1.7x. PBS, unless there is a British accent, I watch at up to 2.0x. You can not do this with the cable company DVR. Business channels I can have on as background while working but TV shows I watch mostly for the storyline. Writers don't get nearly enough credit!

Update 12/05/2012: After writing my review, I realized that my units were far apart and the Nyrius IR xMit device was not on a line of sight to the IR receiver of the remote. To test my observation, I moved one unit closer to the HTPC so the IR xmitter was next to the IR receiver of the remote. The WMC remote now works over the Nyrius link. So I will need to do some rearranging of the equipment. Perhaps a shelf on the wall.
3091732
After reading about expanding the storage space for my DirecTV HD DVR, I purchased one of these units along with a PNY e-SATA cable.  Note:  This unit comes with a USB cable, but NOT an e-SATA cable.  There is a SIIG Serial ATA external cable availble here on Amazon that others have used successfully too....search using&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/SIIG-Serial-ATA-external-cable-3-3-ft-CB-SA0111-S1/dp/B000BRQU0Q/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">SIIG Serial ATA external cable - 3.3 ft ( CB-SA0111-S1 )</a>

The combination worked perfectly.  I now have three times the storage capacity on my DVR than I did before the upgrade.

For those that are curious, here's how I made it work.
1.  Power down the DVR.  Unplug it from the wall.
2.  Connect the NOT included e-SATA cable to the back of the
3.  Plug in the new Seagate and wait a minute.
4.  When the new Seagate has been up and spinning for a minute or so, plug in the DirecTV DVR.
5.  Wait while the DVR formats the new drive and then downloads all the needed software from the satellite.
6.  Note, step 5 takes a good 5-10 minutes.  You will have a blank screen for a few minutes while I assume the system is formatting the new Free Agent Drive.

After performing all these steps, it is like you just took the DVR out of the box.  All your past recordings are gone, all your settings are toast.  You need to tell it to record all your favorites again.

If for some reason you ever feel the need to remove this drive from your DVR.  Simply power down and unplug.  Restarting the DVR will cause it to use the old internal drive you had in there before.  You will even see your old programs you had on it before you added the new hard drive.  Note:  When adding the new hard drive, the system only uses the new drive...it simply ignores the old one.  It changes nothing on that drive.  That's how DirecTV wants it to work as of today......
1867954
Works great!  Here was my situation... I have FIOS with my own Tivo and Tivo Mini's.  My current house was wired with RG-59 wiring with long runs and I had an 8-way splitter right after the ONT.  Problem was I was only getting about 74-76 percent signal strength at main Tivo on certain channels causing pixels and picture freeze.  After installing this splitter I no longer have an issue with any of the channels.  It boosted the signal up to 84 percent on the problematic channels which is well within the range for a good picture. The tivo mini's as well as an xbox are all using Moca and this was 100 percent compatible as stated in the description.  Great product and saved me a lot of time since I didn't need to rewire the house with RG-6 cable.
2244250
I purchased a Channel Plus 3025 to power 4 other TVs off a single Direct TV (DTV) SD Box. I found some 2133 remote IR senders cheap on ebay. I purchased this Channel Plus 2172 to complete the setup and it works great. The 2172 on ebay cost more than from this seller on amazon. The one thing I could not find stated anywhere is once the IR head was placed over the DTV Box, could it accept a local IR signals from a remote control. It works, I guessed it would, but never having used a setup like this I had no way to know for sure. Now, I can control the DTV channel in the garage, back porch, workshop, or basement. Plus, I can see output of DTV HD DVR or my Blu-Ray player on any connected TV. Its not HDTV, but I only have to pay one $5 box fee. There are only two people in the house and I am the only one who use the TV in the extra rooms. I already send enough to DTV, thou its way less than I send to TimeWarner.
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I bought this to use with the Tivo HD DVR and a Linksys SRX wireless router.  The router is located about 25 feet away from the Adapter.
This adapter was very easy to set up, and works very well.  Streaming Netflix "watch it now" movies to the TV works really well, and with "HD quality".
3623189
No sooner had I connected this up than we had a power blackout. It kept my Dish DVR, 61" TV, Pre-amp/tuner + more on until I could start the generator. For my larger entertainment system (more power amps connected to pre-amp/tuner), I am buying one with a little higher VA rating. Overall, it did the job flawlessly.
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This unit is being used as a storage array for a DVR at work.  I have a need for massive storage, but also some redundancy seeing as how some of the video is used for evidentiary purposes, and there are a lot of cameras at a jail!

I purchased this unit because it was an upgrade over the old model, even though there was only (1) 1 star review at the time.  I took the gamble, and I believed it paid off.

It was packaged very well.  Short of driving over it, it would be tough to damage.

The first thing I did, naturally, was to pull the cover off.  One of the 2 ribbon cables on the front display had come unplugged.  A simple fix.

I loaded it up with 4TB Western Digital red drives, which gave me 32TB of raw storage!!

I installed it on my work PC first.  The RAID bios screen showed up, and I was able to setup 2 RAID5 arrays very simply.  I now have 24TB of available storage to throw at my DVR.  I ran into a snag here.  My PC has an Intel RAID controller, and I run mirrored drives.  Apparently the RR controller that comes with this unit doesn't play nice with other RAID controllers because the PC would get to a black screen and not boot.

After doing some reading, one can press the end key on the keyboard at the RAID bios screen and it will bypass it and boot the PC.  Once I did that, life was good.  I was able to partition and format the drives.  A "hot tip", when partitioning, choose GPT, and not MBR, otherwise you won't be able to use the full size of the available space.  I partitioned the space in 2TB chunks to work properly with my DVR software.

Then I powered it down, unplugged, went upstairs and plugged it into my DVR, assigned the drives to the software, and boom, I'm recording video again.