On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 07:54:53 -0500, Nik Simpson
<n_simpson@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>Malcolm Weir wrote: 
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>To be fair, yes, that's pretty much standard operating procedure for a
>TIVO, both mine are on UPS and never (well almost never) go down. That
>said...

Really?  Do TiVOs stream video to disk 24/7?  I know they (usually)
tend to be on 24/7, but note the above quote: " the drive is spending
a good deal of its time doing very little or powered down."

>1. TIVO doesn't give you a 5-year warranty on the drive, they give you
>one year warranty.
>
>2. By far the most common failure mode for TIVO is hard drive death, and
>it typically occurs outside warranty.
>
>So using TIVO as an example doesn't really help his case.

Heh!

Malc.

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