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Cavalry 1 TB USB/eSATA Hard Drive | 
| Brand: Cavalry
Category: CE
List Price: $192.99
Buy New: $175.84
You Save: $17.15 (9%)
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 5948
Color: .
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.9
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 4.5 x 1.3
MPN: CAXM3701T0
Model: CAXM3701T0
UPC: 094922820730
EAN: 0094922820730
ASIN: B0013PCHUW
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | eSATA kit included! | | • | USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 backwards compatible) and eSATA interface | | • | Plug and play for Windows 2000 and newer (pre-formatted to NTFS) | | • | Unit Includes - One (1) year manufacturer's warranty, 1 TB 3.5-inch 16 MB cache hard drive in a single bay aluminum enclosure, USB cable, eSATA kit (eSATA cable and bracket), stand, power adapter, Quick Start Guide and Resources CD | | • | System Requirements - Available USB or SATA port, Mac OS 9.x or newer, Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP / Vista |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
1TB CAXM ESATA 7200 RPM USB 2.0 - 3.5IN PC FORMATTED
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Fast & Reliable November 2, 2008
S. Lee
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
First off let me get the specs out of the way:
7200RPM
16MB Cache
110V to 240V supported (great for travelers abroad)
1 TB
eSATA and USB connections
This drive is fast, quiet and runs cool. Inside the aluminum case is a Westernal Digital 3.5" HD. The solid aluminum construction dissipates heat efficiently. I have yet to hear the hard drive spinning, and trust me, I have put this drive through the test with 4 simultaneous writes.
If you frequently write to your external drive, this is a top flight choice. If you move large chunks of data at a time, this drive is your choice. If you are ready to step up to the big leagues with 1TB capacity, this drive is your choice.
Don't get fooled by the bigger brand names. This drive is better. My friend's seagate already blew up on him. The Seagates are heavy, and the last time I checked, they only have an 8MB cache The Western Digital My Books are thicker, and at last check only use an inferior 8MB cache. Odd that a Cavalry product using a Westernal Digital drive would have better specs. In addition, you have to pay more and get the Premium edition of the My Book to get eSATA support. The thing this drive has over the big names is better construction, connectivity(eSata & USB), speed, lightweight, compact size, and price.
Get this drive. You can't go wrong.
Easy-to-setup 1TB Drive November 2, 2008
Edward H. Funk
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Cavalry 1TB hard drive was very easy to set up. I bought it to connect as a SATA drive, since it comes with an external adapter that lets you connect the external drive to an internal SATA connection. Unfortunately, I had no internal SATA connectors available (both were being used by internal hard drives), so I connected it via USB. I was concerned its response time via USB would be noticable (think: yellow flashlight in Windows Explorer), but I've seen no such delays. The drive just sits there unnoticed (except for its blue light) and does its job saving oodles of files.
10X Increase in memory on Scientific Atlanta 8300 HD-DVR cablebox September 13, 2008
suetonius (Phoenix)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Never heard of the company before so I was a little hesitant to buy. Other reviewers have stated there is a name brand drive inside: (WD). I bought it hoping to increase my DVR's storage capacity. Cox cable said their (rental-only) cable box/DVR supported ESATA external HDs but couldn't say for sure that it would work with this particular model. Attached it to my Scientific Atlanta 8300 HD Cablebox/DVR with the included ESata Cable. After about 5 minutes of rebooting and formatting the cable box reported memory usage had gone from nearly full to 10%. That come out to about 180 hours of HD capacity.
Some particulars: The case is solid. The power supply/transformer is small. Works neatly silently. There is unnecessarily bright blue led on front flickers and glows red when hard drives spin, best to cover it with tape. The packaging and documentation were fair to poor. Came in a flimsy box that would not protect the drive from severe deliveryman abuse. However it worked out of the box with no driver installation needed or any other complications. Contrary to what some other reveiwers have written, in this case the programming previously recorded on the DVR's internal hard drive was still available for viewing after connecting this external drive.
Highly recommended. I will buy another for data storage when it goes on sale.
Works great with the DirecTV HR-21 HD DVR August 15, 2008
Minja (Sugar Land, TX USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this 1 TB drive to essentially triple the storage capacity of the HR-21 from about 40 hours HD to 120 hours HD.
Note that the HR-21 is currently not capable of using the internal 300 GB drive and the external 1 TB drive simultaneously for video storage. You won't lose the content that has already been stored on the internal drive but you must turn off the external drive in order to access the recordings on the internal drive. The same goes for your series recording information and favorite channel line ups - you have to reprogram those (just once) when you insert the external drive.
The process of adding the external drive couldn't be simpler.
1. Turn off the HR-21
2. Connect the eSATA cable from the drive to the back of the HR-21
3. Turn on external drive first
4. Turn on HR-21
5. Wait a few minutes... reprogram your series recordings and favorite channels... Done!
The black drive looks very sleek next to the HR-21. The stand for the drive is included as is all necessary cables (power, eSATA, USB, etc).
The drive runs cool and very quiet. The blue light is annoyingly bright. I covered the light with a small piece of black electrical tape - problem solved.
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