I have it and I love it! if you can get it for that price don;t wait. I got mine at Christmas time for $950
A couple things to note about the drive. It only backs up at about 600 megs per minute. So depending how much you back up it can take 5 to 6 hours to back up and verify the data.
Also you will only get have the data that you are thinking. When using the large tape that says 160/320 that means 160 gigs normal and 320 gigs compressed. Since your video footage is already compressed you will only get 160 gigs onto one of those tapes. I found that out when I called their support line to figure it out why I was running out of tape. Also leave about 5 to 7 gigs so only back up 154 gigs on the 160 tape. I have run out before with only 2 gigs to go and it asks you to put in a second tape, that sucked.
But here is a very cool thing using retrospect. You can back up everything and then just pull off what you need from the tape after it is backed up! I was told that I might have to dump the whole 160 gigs back to the computer to access a simple text file.
It comes with a cleaning tape and it tells you when it needs cleaning every 12 hours of use or so.
If you are like me and switching from DVD-R back ups to this you will love it. Buy a second drive and make it the same size as your tapes and when it is full, write a tape and erase the hard drive.
I use this for cataloging the DVDs and tapes.
http://www.haxial.com/products/diskcatalog/
Before I empty the drive I drag the folder or disc onto this program and it catalogs it in about 2 to 3 seconds creating a visual file structure for you to go back and find programs. I hate word only data bases.
You'll love the drive! But be sure to order more tapes before you need them because not many people sell them and they can take some time to get to you.
-Lars
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