Some weeks ago I started looking for a suitable HDD to use for video editing purposes, specifically to transfer HD video tapes I had recorded years.
Those tapes had been uploaded to an HDD years ago, played that HDD lots of time, and when at last decided to start editing, I discovered the HDD had crashed and was not reading the files anymore. And as a stupid that I was I never made a backup of that HDD.
Fortunately the tapes are still with me, hopefully readable, to be captured again.
So I started looking for a 4TB HDD, with good comments in Newegg, and decided to go for this one:
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16822179299?reviews=all&Item=9SIAAEEAAT7010
Now, I do not live in the USA, I live in Brazil. Fortunately the model was available here, even if double the price. Fine.
The problem was when I went buy it and asked for the warranty, which I had taken for granted it was 3 years. Not so: just a single year.
So I went back to the Newegg page, and the 1-year warranty was not just for Brazil. For the USA too. Somebody can tell me why?
I don't buy any HDDs with less than 3-year warranty, as I think that time reflects what the manufacturer expects the HDD to last. Am I wrong?
So back to Newegg and I found this other Seagate:
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16822178402?Item=9SIA5AD8P22252
Warranty: 3 years.
Someone may ask: why not pick a WD HDD, like the WD40EZRZ?
Main reason: price. It costs more than two times and a half the US price. Second reason: reliability rate for WDs I had has been very very poor.
Any comments on this Seagate I'm considering?
Those tapes had been uploaded to an HDD years ago, played that HDD lots of time, and when at last decided to start editing, I discovered the HDD had crashed and was not reading the files anymore. And as a stupid that I was I never made a backup of that HDD.
Fortunately the tapes are still with me, hopefully readable, to be captured again.
So I started looking for a 4TB HDD, with good comments in Newegg, and decided to go for this one:
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16822179299?reviews=all&Item=9SIAAEEAAT7010
Now, I do not live in the USA, I live in Brazil. Fortunately the model was available here, even if double the price. Fine.
The problem was when I went buy it and asked for the warranty, which I had taken for granted it was 3 years. Not so: just a single year.
So I went back to the Newegg page, and the 1-year warranty was not just for Brazil. For the USA too. Somebody can tell me why?
I don't buy any HDDs with less than 3-year warranty, as I think that time reflects what the manufacturer expects the HDD to last. Am I wrong?
So back to Newegg and I found this other Seagate:
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16822178402?Item=9SIA5AD8P22252
Warranty: 3 years.
Someone may ask: why not pick a WD HDD, like the WD40EZRZ?
Main reason: price. It costs more than two times and a half the US price. Second reason: reliability rate for WDs I had has been very very poor.
Any comments on this Seagate I'm considering?