WeaKnees.com Announces TiVo Upgrade Kits with Maxtor QuickView Hard Drives

Reprinted from an Maxtor press release:

Maxtor Corporation, a worldwide leader in hard disk drives and consumer storage products, today announced that its Maxtor QuickView consumer electronics (CE) hard drives are now available to integrators through select Maxtor channel distribution partners. WeaKnees, an integrator and Maxtor VIP Partner, will include Maxtor QuickView drives in all enhanced TiVo DVRs and self-install upgrade kits. Available in capacities of 80GB, 120GB, 160GB and 300GB, Maxtor QuickView drives can provide an additional 70 hours to 344 hours of recording time to TiVo DVRs.

“The performance and reliability of our TiVo upgrade products will improve significantly with Maxtor’s QuickView brand of hard drives,” said Jeff Shapiro, president of WeaKnees. “Our internal tests have demonstrated that QuickView hard drives offer optimized AV streaming performance, significant noise reduction, and an improved thermal profile in DVR/PVR applications. We are excited that those who upgrade to high-capacity TiVo DVRs can now experience the benefits of QuickView hard drives, which until now, were available only to OEM partners.”

“We are pleased to expand the availability of the QuickView brand to aftermarket integrators such as WeaKnees,” said Mike Cordano, executive vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at Maxtor. “The size of the upgrade market is growing rapidly. Making available our QuickView brand of products to upgrade specialists will ensure that consumers benefit from the value and quality our specialized hard drives offer.”

WeaKnees.com Pricing
WeaKnees offers complete TiVo systems with QuickView hard drives ranging from 80GB to 300GB, and prices from $299 to $1,299. Self-install upgrade kits, which add between approximately 70 and 344 hours, are priced from $139 to $349. WeaKnees also offers professional installation services starting at $49. All prices include free shipping.