Dish Network 211 Rcvr - Need a compatible hard drive?
Hi,
In our 5th-wheel, I have a Dish Network 211Z Receiver, a Dish Tailgator that I connect a WD Elements portable Hard Drive to for recording/viewing recordings. In the past 2 or 3 years I have gone thru 3 of those hard drives. They work for a while then I get a message that the HD needs to be formatted. I wind up reformatting, or try to reformat, but they never seem to work again. I keep losing $ and recorded programs. I figure the vibrations in the trailer are the cause for the failures and have tried setting the drives on a spongy material, but to no avail.
What do you folks use with your Dish 211z receiver? Do you keep having the HD fail? Do you use a hard drive that connects to a power source as Dish says you need to do or do the ones powered via the USB connection work OK for you?
I've been thinking of doing one of these 2 things:
1. Use a SSD (solid state drive). They are still pretty expensive but no more expensive than what it costs to keep replacing drives.
2. Use a more rugged hard drive, such as a LaCie drive.
Any ideas?
Glenn
In our 5th-wheel, I have a Dish Network 211Z Receiver, a Dish Tailgator that I connect a WD Elements portable Hard Drive to for recording/viewing recordings. In the past 2 or 3 years I have gone thru 3 of those hard drives. They work for a while then I get a message that the HD needs to be formatted. I wind up reformatting, or try to reformat, but they never seem to work again. I keep losing $ and recorded programs. I figure the vibrations in the trailer are the cause for the failures and have tried setting the drives on a spongy material, but to no avail.
What do you folks use with your Dish 211z receiver? Do you keep having the HD fail? Do you use a hard drive that connects to a power source as Dish says you need to do or do the ones powered via the USB connection work OK for you?
I've been thinking of doing one of these 2 things:
1. Use a SSD (solid state drive). They are still pretty expensive but no more expensive than what it costs to keep replacing drives.
2. Use a more rugged hard drive, such as a LaCie drive.
Any ideas?
Glenn
