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External Hard Drive

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  • 14-12-2014 12:40pm
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    stuba
    Registered Users Posts: 487 ✭✭


    I am looking for a new external hard drive. I currently have a Seagate goflex cinema system 1tb. I want to get something similar with which I can just plug into my TV and it will run off the box. They don't seem to be stocking this model anymore.

    Any help would be appreciated.


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    practice
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭practice


    Has the TV got a USB port.
    I just use a Toshiba 2.5in 500gb ext drive and it plays away no bother.
    The TV is an LG model and plays AVI, MP4 and MKV files


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    stuba
    Registered Users Posts: 487 ✭✭stuba


    Sorry for the delay yes it has a usb and hdmi port, couldnt tell you the model of the TV but its a 19" Toshiba LCD TV. Would any harddrive work or is there certain models that will only work directly plugged into a tv?


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    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,220 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    You'd want to find the TV model no and research it. Some TVs will play some media files from a disk. It may be fussy about video formats, and also about filesystems (e.g. may not like NTFS). If you have a disk larger than 32GB, Windows won't put FAT32 partition on it, but 3rd party utilities will.

    Alternative is the media-player type of enclosure, which provides a normal video signal to the TV. A bit more expensive than the standard enclosure.


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