Anyone know about tvs and external hard drives?
 

I have an external hd connected to my telly. My dad has seen it and wants one too. My one is a 1tb seagate which is powered from the mains. Will an external drive work if powered from the USB on a tv too?

Don't know much about using them with tellys, but generally a USB port will struggle to power a spinning physically hard disk. Solid state storage (like USB keys etc) will work fine as they use a lot less power, but I wouldn't expect something like a 1TB seagate disk to work without mains power....

Some will, some won't depends on the spec of the USB port. If they're not connected by a USB hub they should be ok. My boys Xbox runs an external hard drive directly from its USB port no problem.

Shane

Steve and Baron, thanks for replies. So I'd be better off getting him a mains powered one then. I think that's what I'll go for. Thanks!

I have a 2.5 1tb iomega USB drive powered by my samsung.. Works a treat & no bulky power supply :-)

Generally speaking 3.5" ext HDDs require a power adapter and 2.5" ext HDDs do not. The 2.5" can work off one USB port but often the cables supplied have a double USB end for the computer connection to provide enough power as sometimes one USB port will not suffice.

I have no knowledge or experience of connecting an ext HDD to a TV :confused: