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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - External Hard Drive for my TV?

Posted: 12/4/2018 6:32:47 PM EDT

Mr. Novice, here. I'd like to attach an external hard drive to my TV so that I can watch all of my movies and videos. Right now I have them on a WD Passport Portable Hard Drive. Not sure if it's a good idea to have this constantly connected to the TV. Seems like it would keep running or be on and the lifespan wouldn't be very long. Is there a better option out there for something that doesn't have to be disconnected when not in use?

Posted: 12/4/2018 6:52:17 PM EDT

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Externals are pretty good about shutting down when not in use (governed by the firmware on their controller/cases). If you're worried about it, though, switch to a big USB thumbdrive stick, which is all solid-state.

Posted: 12/4/2018 7:19:59 PM EDT

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just get a big usb drive and use that

Posted: 12/4/2018 7:28:03 PM EDT

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Yeah, I'm looking at about 2TB of shows and movies.

Posted: 12/4/2018 7:30:18 PM EDT

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dang, you watch more TV than me. LOL

Posted: 12/4/2018 7:34:48 PM EDT

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Until the next crop of 2+TB USB thumb drives become available, you'll need to see if your TV will attach to media servers and use a more conventional NAS platform to meet your storage requirements. Or just trust to the firmware of a 4-8TB USB3 external HDD to keep your disk from crashing.

I've got 20+TB of NAS storage and my TVs see the media server instance just fine.

Posted: 12/4/2018 10:08:18 PM EDT

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Ya gotta step up yer game a little. I'm running an 8TB drive just for TV shows and another 4TB for movies.
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... and I'm looking to replace the 4TB with an 8 this year.
(Arrghhh matey, I be a pirate!)

Posted: 12/5/2018 8:04:32 AM EDT

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smart tv? maybe has a plex app or something

Posted: 12/7/2018 1:58:10 AM EDT

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If you're a bit tech savvy, pickup a firestick and just load KODI on there. Works for my wife when Hulu and Netflix don't have what she wants.

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