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Powered Extern. HDD or passive for Video storage?

  • 07-03-2012 12:36PM
    #1
    dohouch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭


    Have inherited a large collection of video files, which are a present on my PC hard drive. Want to move them to an external drive that I can plug into my still to bought new TV.


    Should I buy a powered drive or a passive.? Thinking around 1TB.

    P.S. No networked solution requied.

    Thanks

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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,464 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    How do you inherit a large collection of video files? :)

    You would have to make sure the tv can use a power over usb HDD.
    I'd go for powered to be safe.


  • #3
    dharn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭dharn


    powered is the answer, but next problem is what make of tv you need to get, i have a panasonic viera which will play some files and not play others, i have yet to work out what it will play consistently, i download some youtube clips with realplayer, which are fla files, i convert them to mpeg 4, that wont work ,then i tried mov. files which are quicktime, i think it plays some of them, then i tried wma files, does not seem to like them, so all your files on hardrive may not work on tv.
    if anyone out there can tell me what to convert files to for panasonic tv i would appreciate the help


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