Archive for October 24th, 2007

250 GB Drives Now Available for AppleTV

Posted on October 24th, 2007, by Michael

Now that larger drives compatible with the AppleTV units have been released and tested, we’re putting them in units. They’re still a little hard to source, but we have stock at the moment.

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We have the larger complete unit, or we can upgrade your AppleTV unit, to either 160 GB or 250 GB. More space for music and video!

More Details on our eSATA Cases

Posted on October 24th, 2007, by Michael

We’ve had a number of inquiries into our eSATA cases that we’re using for our external drives for TiVo HD and TiVo Series3 units.

At WeaKnees, we’re fanatical about keeping drives cool. We choose drives and cases in large part for their heat and noise levels. All of our TwinBreeze brackets have included a mount for an extra, quiet fan. Along with power fluctuations, excess heat is one of the largest reasons drives fail.

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So the eSATA case we’re using has a large fan, mounted in a cut-out below the drive. It sucks air in, past the hot side of the drive, and out. It also passes air by the metal casing, which acts to further cool the drive based on heat conduction. And since the fan is inside the metal case, it’s almost silent.