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[Indianatone]

4000 pixel resolution horizontal.

4K resolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I knew that

Oh, I see now. The should change 1920 horizontal resolution to 1.92K to be consistent.

And don't forget each pixel has three sub pixels of red, green and blue and in the case of the Sharp Quadro a fourth yellow pixel.

 

[TVeblen]

I've ignored this curiosity too long:
What is the translation of all the different color codes for Western Digital drives?
Black = High Performance
Green = Power Saving
Red = ?
Blue =?

Are there any other colors to think about?

 

[andrew129260]

I've ignored this curiosity too long:
What is the translation of all the different color codes for Western Digital drives?
Black = High Performance
Green = Power Saving
Red = ?
Blue =?

Are there any other colors to think about?

Internal Desktop Hard Drives Overview

IMHO:

Black=high performance
Green=good for laptops and battery but kinda slow-better to just get ssd
RED=server, constant on drives (made with dependability in mind)
blue=everyday computing
purple-=ctv systems

 

[GeneO]

Yet my 1TB Blue is faster than my 2TB black for backups. Wish they made a 2TB Blue - blue's are limited to 1 TB or less.

 

[TVeblen]

Nice chart! That 'splains it!

 

[andrew129260]

Yet my 1TB Blue is faster than my 2TB black for backups. Wish they made a 2TB Blue - blue's are limited to 1 TB or less.

That's weird...

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I've ignored this curiosity too long:
What is the translation of all the different color codes for Western Digital drives?
Black = High Performance
Green = Power Saving
Red = ?
Blue =?

Are there any other colors to think about?

Internal Desktop Hard Drives Overview

IMHO:

Black=high performance
Green=good for laptops and battery but kinda slow-better to just get ssd
RED=server, constant on drives (made with dependability in mind)
blue=everyday computing
purple-=ctv systems

I would recommend Blues over Greens for laptops. In fact, most WD drives installed by manufacturers into laptops are Blues. Greens do use less power, which one would think would lead to better battery life, but, since they are slower, they may have to run longer to accomplish the same thing a blue can do in less time so battery savings are probably a wash. A Black would gain little over a Blue in a laptop and would shorten battery life a bit.

I use Blacks for storage in my desktop machine. The speed difference between a Green and a Black is quite noticeable, even when used only for data storage. I probably wouldn't see much, if any. difference between a Blue and a Black speed wise but Blues are limited to only 1TB maximum capacity while Blacks go up to 4 TB. Also, Blues have only a two year warranty while Blacks are five year; that suggests that the Blacks would be more reliable and longer lasting than the Blues. I run my desktop machine 24/7 so I need HDDs I can depend on. The five year warranty assures me I won't need to pay out of pocket (other than one way shipping) to replace a dead drive for five years.

I use Greens for my backups. Since they run only a few minutes a day, they should last a long time and are a good, economical choice due to the light use I give them. They also run a bit cooler than the Blacks so running them in a swap bay with no air movement won't overheat them (although I've yet to overheat a Black either). I wouldn't use a Green in a machine that ran 24/7.

The only Blues I have are three 160GB 2.5" HDDs, two of which I cannibalized from dead netbooks. I original used them for backup drives for my SSD but they are in storage for now.

Reds were design for use in desktop NAS boxes. They are not very suitable for everyday computing and user reviews have not been all that good on them, possibly because people may be using them in wrong applications.

The Purples are the newest line and are designed strictly for video surveillance systems. Normally, when moving data to a drive, if a hiccough occurs during the write to the destination drive, the read from the source can be interrupted long enough to clear the hiccough. However, a video feed can't be interrupted so the destination drive has to keep on writing, no matter what, to minimize picture loss. Using a purple drive for anything other than video recording could result in file corruption.

 

[essenbe]

What that chart does not explain is that all but the Red drives and the RE class, I believe, are not suited for raid, if you intend to use it. WD has taken the TLER off of the desktop drives and only include it on the more expensive drives, with the exception of the Red drives.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

What that chart does not explain is that all but the Red drives and the RE class, I believe, are not suited for raid, if you intend to use it. WD has taken the TLER off of the desktop drives and only include it on the more expensive drives, with the exception of the Red drives.

True, that. The Blacks and the more expensive REs get about the same customer reviews but the specs for the Blacks show them to be a tad quieter and, IIRC, a bit faster than the REs so, unless running RAID, there is no advantage to shelling out extra for the REs.

The Reds can be thought of as essentially being Greens with TLER (although that isn't the only difference) so they can be used in RAID.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

There are some oddball WD Green variants out there that differ slightly in weight for a given capacity, indicating a different number of platters---even though they are the exact same model number.

Note the difference in the pix of the Green 3 TB versions below. Both are EZRX series. The first one has 3 platters of 1 TB each and weighs about 645 grams. The other has 4 short-stroked 1 TB platters, yielding the same 3 TB capacity. It weighs over 670 grams. One is Malaysian, the other from Thailand. Both manufactured in September 2013.

The 3 platter version is more common, but you never know till you break open the box. The 3 platter version might be more quiet and run slightly cooler. If I recall, short-stroking can have a beneficial effect on effective speed, but that might not be of much importance for a Green buyer anyway.

 

[GeneO]

Yet my 1TB Blue is faster than my 2TB black for backups. Wish they made a 2TB Blue - blue's are limited to 1 TB or less.

That's weird...

It is because the Blue has a single 1TB platter and the Black multiple 800GB platters.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Yet my 1TB Blue is faster than my 2TB black for backups. Wish they made a 2TB Blue - blue's are limited to 1 TB or less.

That's weird...

It is because the Blue has a single 1TB platter and the Black multiple 800GB platters.

True that. The 1TB Blue is an anomaly that way (only the 1TB). If a person needs no more than 1TB and isn't concerned about warranty length, I always recommend the Blue. Speed isn't the only criteria for selecting a HDD, however.

 

[andrew129260]

Newegg has the samsung ssd 1tb tomorrow for $400, thats almost $100 off!

Amazon has it now for $419

I am waiting until july 4th to get it though. I bet it will be cheaper then

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Newegg has the samsung ssd 1tb tomorrow for $400, thats almost $100 off!

Amazon has it now for $419

I am waiting until july 4th to get it though. I bet it will be cheaper then

$400 is a good deal. Why do you think it will be even cheaper after July 4th?

 

[andrew129260]

Newegg has the samsung ssd 1tb tomorrow for $400, thats almost $100 off!

Amazon has it now for $419

I am waiting until july 4th to get it though. I bet it will be cheaper then

$400 is a good deal. Why do you think it will be even cheaper after July 4th?

umm........sources

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Ohhh kaaay...

 

[Britton30]

Newegg has the samsung ssd 1tb tomorrow for $400, thats almost $100 off!

Amazon has it now for $419

I am waiting until july 4th to get it though. I bet it will be cheaper then

$400 is a good deal. Why do you think it will be even cheaper after July 4th?

It's politic-speak.

 

[essenbe]

well, prices of their SSDs keep dropping, almost like they are dumping. The Samsung 840 Evo was released, I believe, in July of 2013. It is usual for companies to release new versions around once a year. But, that's just my opinion.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

well, prices of their SSDs keep dropping, almost like they are dumping. The Samsung 840 Evo was released, I believe, in July of 2013. It is usual for companies to release new versions around once a year. But, that's just my opinion.

Now, that makes sense.

 

[AddRAM]

They are coming out with a Red, White and Blue model on the Fourth