Hitachi 2TB USB 3.0 - €103.40 (Free delivery) [Now €98.21]

living · 04-09-2012 8:40pm #1

I don't consider it a bargain but it's the cheapest 2TB hard drive that I have found

http://www.dabs.ie/products/hitachi-2tb-touro-desk-dx3-usb-3-0-3-5--desktop-hard-drive-86QN.html?src=7

7upfree · 05-09-2012 7:49am

living wrote: »

I don't consider it a bargain but it's the cheapest 2TB hard drive that I have found

http://www.dabs.ie/products/hitachi-2tb-touro-desk-dx3-usb-3-0-3-5--desktop-hard-drive-86QN.html?src=7

Hitachi stuff is good. HN doing a 3TB drive ATM for €160.

Kenno90 · 05-09-2012 9:07am

living wrote: »

I don't consider it a bargain but it's the cheapest 2TB hard drive that I have found

http://www.dabs.ie/products/hitachi-2tb-touro-desk-dx3-usb-3-0-3-5--desktop-hard-drive-86QN.html?src=7

Definitely a good find, even had USB 3.0

living · 05-09-2012 2:01pm

I finally purchased it. My current hard drive only has 50 mb remaining

Hopefully this one will last 2 or 3 year at least

feelgoodinc27 · 05-09-2012 4:09pm

Reduced to €99. Although on the uk site its £72.99 or just a bit more than €92 using this link http://www.dabs.com/86QNI800 (got it from http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hitachi-2tb-touro-desk-dx3-usb-3-0-3-5-desktop-hard-drive-72-99-dabs-dabs-email-1303653). Might be able to use Parcel Motel for free delivery.

sunny2004 · 05-09-2012 11:06pm

7upfree wrote: »

Hitachi stuff is good. HN doing a 3TB drive ATM for €160.

HN ? sorry for the dumb question

annie.t · 05-09-2012 11:08pm

Harvey Norman i think

anniehoo · 05-09-2012 11:10pm

sunny2004 wrote: »

HN ? sorry for the dumb question

Harvey Norman's i would say.

What do people use TB USBs for is my dumb question though?? I wouldnt even know where to start trying to fill a 1TB USB never mind 3

Is it a gamer/pro photographer/video thing?

sunny2004 · 05-09-2012 11:12pm

Cheers man

peckerhead · 06-09-2012 12:04am

anniehoo wrote: »

What do people use TB USBs for is my dumb question though?? I wouldnt even know where to start trying to fill a 1TB USB never mind 3 Is it a gamer/pro photographer/video thing?

Probably movies and TV shows that accidentally fell off the internet onto their computer. It's a common hazard.

anniehoo · 06-09-2012 1:56am

peckerhead wrote: »

Probably movies and TV shows that accidentally fell off the internet onto their computer. It's a common hazard.

Getcha.Still though....TBs...wow! (flashforward to 2052)

My 3yr old laptop is strugglin to "accidentally" do anything right now tbh.Even Youtube is causing issues lately

The_Conductor · 06-09-2012 6:00am

anniehoo wrote: »

Getcha.Still though....TBs...wow! (flashforward to 2052)

My 3yr old laptop is strugglin to "accidentally" do anything right now tbh.Even Youtube is causing issues lately

Archiving is also a hazard. I've been archiving since 1993. Even my old laptop has 1.5TB of hard-drive space (2 * 750Mb). RAM is also important- 8Gb or 16Gb alongside a good processor, is fast becoming the norm (esp. if you're doing a lot of video editing). I've over 2TB of photos alone (I like to save RAW imagery)- most of it backed up onto CDs- that I'd love to have immediate access to- but don't have the space to load onto one of our laptops here.......

living · 06-09-2012 8:04am

anniehoo wrote: »

Harvey Norman's i would say.

What do people use TB USBs for is my dumb question though?? I wouldnt even know where to start trying to fill a 1TB USB never mind 3 Is it a gamer/pro photographer/video thing?

In my case I have filled up my hard drive with HD footages of my daughter

living · 06-09-2012 8:30am

feelgoodinc27 wrote: »

Reduced to €99. Although on the uk site its £72.99 or just a bit more than €92 using this link http://www.dabs.com/86QNI800 (got it from http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hitachi-2tb-touro-desk-dx3-usb-3-0-3-5-desktop-hard-drive-72-99-dabs-dabs-email-1303653). Might be able to use Parcel Motel for free delivery.

I cancelled the order and saved around €10. Thanks

denachoman · 06-09-2012 12:52pm

It says "plug n play" on the spec. Does this mean you can plug it straight into your TV USB port and it will play movies etc? Or does it just mean you can use it on your desktop/laptop without having to install software?

él statutorio · 06-09-2012 12:54pm

denachoman wrote: »

It says "plug n play" on the spec. Does this mean you can plug it straight into your TV USB port and it will play movies etc? Or does it just mean you can use it on your desktop/laptop without having to install software?

Just computers. Most stuff for TV needs to be formatted as FAT32 and some TV's won't read larger drives.

denachoman · 06-09-2012 1:34pm

él statutorio wrote: »

Just computers. Most stuff for TV needs to be formatted as FAT32 and some TV's won't read larger drives.

thanks

living · 12-09-2012 3:05pm

Price drops to €98.21

Ardennes1944 · 12-09-2012 5:39pm

Any 3.0 USB stick bargains around the 64-500gb mark?

BostonB · 13-09-2012 10:11am

living wrote: »

I finally purchased it. My current hard drive only has 50 mb remaining Hopefully this one will last 2 or 3 year at least

You should get 2x drives the same. One as a backup of the other.

BostonB · 13-09-2012 10:15am

él statutorio wrote: »

Just computers. Most stuff for TV needs to be formatted as FAT32 and some TV's won't read larger drives.

You should check the exact model of the TV. Some TV's and Bluray players accept NTFS disks.

Reesy · 16-09-2012 7:05pm

denachoman wrote: »

It says "plug n play" on the spec. Does this mean you can plug it straight into your TV USB port and it will play movies etc? Or does it just mean you can use it on your desktop/laptop without having to install software?

Well, 'plug and play' means if you plug it into a PC it'll act like a hard drive, with no setting-up, finding drivers, etc.

Check your TV manual to see whether & how it supports any USB connections. My TV has a USB port but it's only for firmware updates.

living · 17-09-2012 8:22am

BostonB wrote: »

You should get 2x drives the same. One as a backup of the other.

I am using crashplan however I am going to move soon to backblaze.com since the first one doesn't send Hardrives with the backup to Europe.

Dyr · 17-09-2012 8:30am

living wrote: »

BostonB wrote: »

You should get 2x drives the same. One as a backup of the other.

I am using crashplan however I am going to move soon to backblaze.com since the first one doesn't send Hardrives with the backup to Europe.

if this is the touro range, I've had nothing but hassle with mine, won't work in usb 3.0 ports at all.

BillJ · 17-09-2012 8:35am

Has anyone got one delivered yet or got any feedback about dabs.ie?

choons · 17-09-2012 9:56am

BillJ wrote: »

Has anyone got one delivered yet or got any feedback about dabs.ie?

Dabs.ie is great, I've used them a number of times!

Going to order myself one now

choons · 17-09-2012 10:53am

From Dabs.com Facebook:

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Just ordered mine through parcelmotel, should come in about €85

pissed · 17-09-2012 12:56pm

I am trying to use parcel motel for this too. I have the N.I. address as the delivery address but my card is registered to my Dublin address. How did you manage to get around this? It gives me the option to manually input it but its looking for a UK postcode?

choons · 17-09-2012 1:29pm

pissed wrote: »

I am trying to use parcel motel for this too. I have the N.I. address as the delivery address but my card is registered to my Dublin address. How did you manage to get around this? It gives me the option to manually input it but its looking for a UK postcode?

Yeah I had to manually enter the UK address, postcode is BT36 4PX:

Your Name
Your Parcel Motel number
Parcel Motel
1A McKinney Road
Mallusk
Newtownabbey
Co Antrim
BT36 4PX

I used Paypal to checkout and no problems!

living · 17-09-2012 2:39pm

Bambi wrote: »

if this is the touro range, I've had nothing but hassle with mine, won't work in usb 3.0 ports at all.

To be honest I didn't try to connect it to a USB 3.0 port

Dyr · 17-09-2012 2:40pm

living wrote: »

To be honest I didn't try to connect it to a USB 3.0 port

it's not just that, it's prone to detaching itself or responding very slowly to read requests.

BostonB · 17-09-2012 3:04pm

Maybe its faulty.

Dyr · 17-09-2012 3:14pm

quite possible, i haven't bothered sending it back

but one of the interesting things i read while trawling for fixes was that hitachi say that this is essentially a backup storage device so they expect you to have another copy of the data stored on it elsewhere :pac:

BostonB · 17-09-2012 3:49pm

Thats good advice. Hard Drives fail. You should never have all your data in one place.

pissed · 17-09-2012 4:33pm

choons wrote: »

Yeah I had to manually enter the UK address, postcode is BT36 4PX:

Your Name
Your Parcel Motel number
Parcel Motel
1A McKinney Road
Mallusk
Newtownabbey
Co Antrim
BT36 4PX

I used Paypal to checkout and no problems!

I used standard checkout as opposed to paypal. Would have preferred paypal but dont think I can have two addresses registered to the one card. The problem I ran into with the standard credit card checkout was it was looking for the billing address which I assume would be the address registered against th credit card, so I couldnt use the parcel motel one. Managed to manually input most of the address but with the Belfast postal code and United Kingdom as country. It went through with verified by visa and no cancellation email as of yet.

Just another point, my delivery address was as per parcel motels instructions with my user name etc and all details were correct before I hit the order button. Just noticed now on the confirmation email that the address is

Delivery address :
parcel motel
1a mckinney road
mallusk
Newtownabbey
BT36 4PX

with no name or pm hotel personal number. Did anyone else who ordered through parcel motel have this issue?

pissed · 19-09-2012 12:43pm

:mad: Just had a call there from Dabs and they refused to send to parcel motel. Said they will ship to southern Ireland and I could amend my shipping address but I am unable to input an Irish address on their site.

Anyone manage to get around this?

living · 20-09-2012 6:51am

pissed wrote: »

:mad: Just had a call there from Dabs and they refused to send to parcel motel. Said they will ship to southern Ireland and I could amend my shipping address but I am unable to input an Irish address on their site.

Anyone manage to get around this?

I used parcel motel, no problem at all. Create a new account

pissed · 20-09-2012 6:57am

living wrote: »

I used parcel motel, no problem at all. Create a new account

I did create a new account. I was on the phone to them yesterday and they questioned the parcel motel bit. When I explained what it was they said they would not deliver as they do not ship to forwarding companies. However they did they they would ship to my Irish address but I am unable to enter it as I get no option to enter Ireland as country. Have emailed them about this so see what happens but I am not holding my breath. I will just cancel the order and hold out for a different company.

moodrater · 20-09-2012 8:06am

pissed wrote: »

When I explained what it was they said they would not deliver as they do not ship to forwarding companies.

When I was in america the local parcel forwarder gave made up addresses for their ids like apartment 24, princeton mews or 245 princeton avenue etc of course those were the days before google street view showing a giant warehouse. Maybe parcel motel can do something similat instead of pm12345 have apartment 12345

Hitachi 2TB USB 3.0 - €103.40 (Free delivery) [Now €98.21]

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