Hard Drive Advice Needed.. Much Appreciated

So I'm in the market for a new HDD for my Mid 2010 Macbook Pro 15". I'm currently looking for 1tb HDD, however I have come across 4 models of HDD's which seem to be the norm for 1TB HDD on the market today, and would like everybody's opinions on which is the best overall, And if there is any other 1TB HDD that have been forgotten and are worth mention please feel free to.
1) Western Digital Scorpio Blue 1TB 5400rpm
2) Hitachi Travelstar 5K1000 1TB    
3) Samsung Spinpoint M8  1TB
4) Seagate Momentus LP STBD1000100  1TB
Thank You

Personally I only buy Western Digital. They are known for their reliability. Saving a few bucks just isnt worth potentially loosing all of your data.
I would think about going for the Western Digital Black 750GB 7500rpm hard drive. The speed difference will be very noticable. It will hurt your battery life a little, but its worth it. It costs the same, so your loosing 250gb, but again its worth the speed bump.
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Scorpio-Internal-2-5-Inch/dp/B004I9J5OG/re f=pd_cp_e_0
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=130

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