I love my DVR. I haven’t watched a commercial in over a year and if I had to go back to life without a DVR, I would rather not watch TV. The only problem with my DVR is that it needs more space, but I can’t simply crack it open and put in a bigger drive. This is where products like the Apricorn DVR Expander that debuted back in January come in.

The DVR Expander is an external hard drive designed specifically to work with certain DVR models. Apricorn has updated the DVR expander with a black and silver color scheme that looks better than the original. The device now works with Scientific Atlanta 8300 DVRs, DirecTV DVRs, and Dish Network ViP HD DVR.

Apricorn says that the expander works with all functions of the DVR like recording two shows while watching a third. The device is available in 500GB, 1TB, and 1.5TB capacities. The largest of the models can store 834 hours of SD programs or 187.5 hours of HD programs. Much better than the paltry 30 hours my DVR gets now.

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