I've been around computers for over 32 years now and used every storage possible in the past
I personally like Maxtor drives as I've had 2 160gb drives now for around 5 years and they are still working perfectly although one of them makes a little noise on shut down and one also rattles a little. Most people prolly would ditch these drives in a heart beat but I trust these drives more than any shiny new HD.
I have a few 1TB Seagate drives and I've had zero issues with them. I only really ever back up to DvD and always been that way. I know I have a lot of Jav but I only back up the vids that I really like and the rest wouldn't be too much of a disaster if anything went wrong.