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Best External Hard Drive for...

  • 29-05-2012 6:53pm
    #1
    Walter Sobchak III
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭


    Hello all,
    I am looking for advice in relation to the best external HD for hooking up to a new tv. We are getting a new Samsung TV and I have a lot of TV series stored on my PC. I'm thinking about transferring these files to an external HD. Is there anything I should be aware of i.e. connections, formatting etc. Any hints would be appreciated but in plain speak as I am pretty much a techno dummy.


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  • #2
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    FAT32 is probably the only fs the TV will recognise, so format it to that on receiving. You may have problems with some codecs as well, consult the Samsung TV manual for details of what are supported

    Nick

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  • #3
    Walter Sobchak III
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭Walter Sobchak III


    yoyo wrote: »
    FAT32 is probably the only fs the TV will recognise, so format it to that on receiving. You may have problems with some codecs as well, consult the Samsung TV manual for details of what are supported

    Nick

    Thanks Nick.


  • #4
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Walter Sobchak III wrote: »
    Thanks Nick.

    Another point, some operating systems don't format FAT32 to "max capacity", so your probably better off using a third party tool such as Fat32Formatter

    Nick

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  • #5
    riclad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    You can get a drive with hd connectors,and a remote control, handy for watching movies.


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