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Pros

The lorex hard drive has been recording 24/7 for over a year. It is extremely fast when searching for past security footage. Smooth and uninterrupted recording and playback of surveillance footage, critical for security systems. Will buy again and aga...  Read More

Western digital download rate is 4x faster than seagate. Upgraded to 2t with this. Just as quiet, if not quieter, than the 1t. East to install as a sata drive replacement and upgrade. Seagate datum is 4x faster than western digital.

This is quite impressive. Totally surpassed the 3-year warranty. Really enjoying the added space.



Cons

Wd purple hd is more expensive and meant specifically for dvr / nvr's that run nearly continuously. The 3 tb version holds about 45 days. These are supposed to have a 3 three warranty.

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Quality


Quick and easy to installquieter than original and has been working perfectly for over a year


This results in smooth and uninterrupted recording and playback of surveillance footage, critical for security systems.


I tried the wd green drives which are scrubbed clean but stopped working 90 days from purchase.


I keep a couple as back up and they change out in minutes when they finally do fail, and they will, on occasion, like any other...  Read More

Price


I bought this one and it was $100 cheaper and worked flawlessly and instantly.


This was the right size hdd at the right price to add to my nvr for my home surveillance system.

Shipping


Must have gotten a bad one, customer service was excellent, refunded promptly.


Drives showed up on time and in perfect working order.


Make sure it is not a refurbished hddif the hdd is delivered in anything else besides the wd or doesn't have a 3 year warranty ...  Read More


Item arrived on time and works as advertised.

Packaging/appearance


I have to give western digital 99 out of a 100 stars (minus 1 star for packaging), but overall the best hard drive purchase ever on amazon.


Well packaged and free of any damage

Competitiveness


Review update 8/27/2023:hands down western digital 4tb purple hard drive is better than seagate's 4tb surveillance hard drive a...  Read More


This drive was on sale and is more than twice the capacity of the other brand of drive it replaced.


Obviously works for other brands as well but an exact match for lorex.


I had to go to lowe's and buy a small bag of #6 screws.

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    great, purple, easy, western and good.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 16673.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 13,171 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 3 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Fired the system right up and had to do nothing to get it to start recording


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Much cheaper here than from lorex or elsewhere and it is indeed the purple series from wd specific for lorex security cameras


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    In any surveillance system recording device the hdd has to be extremely reliable


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Review update 8272023hands down western digital 4tb purple hard drive is better than seagates 4tb surveillance hard drive and i will not ever buy seagate again


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Western digital is so dang quiet and you do not even hear it running


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Western digital download rate is 4x faster than seagate


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Review update 8212023awesome hard drive


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Spend more money for western digital hard drives and do not waste your time energy thought or money on anything from seagate

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