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I have 5 Seagate 1TBs in operation on 3 PCs spanning 2-5 years and none failed or developed any reallocated sectors. One is close to 12,000 power on hours. (Famous last words maybe but I hope not). Note that I stuck with 1 TB for internals not higher capacity HDDs which the study focuses on.
I think overheating is the worst enemy for any HDD apart from dropping them :)
Listening to "evidence" I buy WDs now.