"Torne (Torune)" is a big hit PS3, the most affordable HDD for replacement?

The convenience that PS3 becomes a terrestrial digital recorder, such as being able to record digital terrestrial broadcasting while playing the game and transferring the recorded program to PSP, gained popularity,Sales in the first week of sales are 66 thousand unitsIn addition to rising to popularity, too much popularityPS 3 exclusive use terrestrial digital broadcast tuner "torne (Torune)" whose price rises even after one month elapsesHowever, recording terrestrial digital broadcasting requires a lot of HDD capacity.

And because the new and old PS3 can replace the built-in HDD with the HDD for a commercially available notebook computer and can increase the capacity, we compared which HDD is the most affordable. Although there is no schedule to record terrestrial digital broadcasting, it may be good to check someone who is in trouble because you can not install the game without enough HDD space.

Details are as below.
Major price comparison site "Price .comAccording to "HDD with the same specification as PS3's built-in HDD (2.5 inches thick, 9.5 mm thick, Serial ATA connection), the unit price per 1 GB is the lowest bargain HDD is 22:50 on April 23, 2010 Currently, it is Hitachi's 500 GB model HDD "HTS 545050 B 9 A 300". The price is 6217 yen, the unit price per 1 GB is about 12.4 yen.

Price .com - HGST HTS 545050 B 9 A 300 (500 GB 9.5 mm) Compare Prices

By the way, the top 5 of the bargain HDD is all 500GB model, and it is summarized as follows.As of September 2009 when the new PS 3 was releasedIt has fallen by more than 1000 yen compared with the price. The parentheses in parentheses are the main body price as of 22:50 on April 23, 2010 and the unit price per 1 GB.

First place:Hitachi"HTS 545050 B 9 A 300"(6217 yen, 12.4 yen)
Second place:Samsung "HM 500 JI"(6349 yen, 12.7 yen)
3rd place:WESTERN DIGITAL "WD 5000 BEVT"(6397 yen, 12.8 yen)
4th:Fujitsu "MJA 2500 BH"(6430 yen, 12.9 yen)
5th place:Toshiba"MK 5065 GSX"(6475 yen, 13 yen)

Basically, if it is 2.5 inch thick and 9.5 mm thick compatible HDD for Serial ATA connection, it can be replaced with the built-in HDD of PS 3, but whether it was available on PS 3 in the "Reviews" page of each HDD There are cases where reports are posted, so if you are worried about whether you can really replace it might be a good check.

Also, since PS3 also supports USB external HDD type, it is one option to use USB externally attached HDD for saving recorded data of torne etc. However, external HDD has a large operation sound model Also, considering that there is a possibility that the sound at the midnight reservation recording may interfere with sleeplessness, it may be one way to positively utilize the internal HDD.