HTPC "special hard drives"?

[letsgetsilly]

I've just today discovered the terms "quickview" and "DB35" for HTPC hard drives. I'm in the process of building my HTPC and I'm wondering if this is an important feature to have this "HTPC-designed" hard drives.

I couldn't find any good reviews/recommendations on google.

Any experiences with these drives? Below is some general information on the two terms if you haven't heard of them either:


Seagate's DB35 drives, and Maxtor's QuickView drives have a few key differences from normal desktop drives that make them far superior to desktop drives for PVR usage:
http://www.weaknees.com/seagate-db35-hard-drives.php

 

[erwos]

I'd wait for some reviews. Hard drives are almost never the problem when you're trying to do smooth video streaming.

 

[letsgetsilly]

Originally posted by: erwos
I'd wait for some reviews. Hard drives are almost never the problem when you're trying to do smooth video streaming.

That's kind of what I was thinking. I don't really know if this is a new technology or what...

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: letsgetsilly

Originally posted by: erwos
I'd wait for some reviews. Hard drives are almost never the problem when you're trying to do smooth video streaming.

That's kind of what I was thinking. I don't really know if this is a new technology or what...

Its could mean its made to be quieter and maybe cooler than regular hard drives. More likely is its just branding/marketing at work. If it is quiter its probably because it spins at a lower RPM or something. I wouldn't expect any performance improvements.

Ah, after reading that link it looks like the main thing is that the firmware seems to be written to ignore smaller errors (and so keep speeds up). Maybe better thermal monitoring. So the former might have been the solution to them reducing the speed if the temp sensors say it needs to cool down.