Solve : HDD Opinions / suggestions?

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Answer» Quote from: Quantos on July 01, 2009, 11:13:14 PM Always remember THOUGH, they are good for back up, copy the movie or MUSIC over to the laptop rather than playing the MEDIA from it. Once you are done with the file you can delete it from the laptop, as long as you copy the file and don't move it. Maybe its late or I'm tried or just slow lol But WHAT? Here's whats in my head. I want to down load my DVD collection to the HD and be able to play them from my HD to a TV when I want to watch them. It saves me mucho space. And what I was asking on the question above is why the price differences on what all seem to be the same, except color, 500g HD. Sorry, I didn't explain that very well. You have higher transfer rates on the built in HDD. Copy the movie that you want to watch to your laptop from the external, watch it, then delete it from your laptop. That leaves the master file on the external, which saves space on your laptop, but the external drive isn't running 100% of the time, and you don't suffer any of the buffer lag.Now its my turn Sorry I didn't explain myself and what I am hoping to accomplish very well either. Remember the old juke boxes or the way you can view records in Itunes.... Thats what I'm trying to accomplish with this external HD. I want the entire collection in on eplace and avail at the touch of a button. I would have to connect the Exteral HDD to my laptop and the laptop to my TV, I know, but from that point on just a scroll throiught the titles then a click of a button and..........................MOVIE STARTS PLAYING.The buffering can be a PITA if you have to much extranious stuff running, but if you like it LEAN and mean then it should be fine.Cool we're on the same page now. I use my computer to pay bills, scan important documents, hang on some music forums and here and play full tilt poker. Other then that......... Just recently got into the music Ipod thingy and figured I'd venture into the video storage primarily to save the footprint in my room. lol Other then that its a paper weight. lol Thanks for all the help, MP.What are the major differences with these besides color and the wide gap in pricing? What am I missing here. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148385 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148404 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148354 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148345 AND "IF" i'm understanding correctly the faster the RPM the better it is? Then why are the more expensive ones only 5400 and the cheaper ones 7200? Yes, the higher the rpm's the better. The 5400rpm drives you're looking are 2.5" drives, they are smaller and COST more. Save some money and get a 3.5" 7200rpm drive.

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Quote from: Quantos on July 01, 2009, 11:13:14 PM

Always remember THOUGH, they are good for back up, copy the movie or MUSIC over to the laptop rather than playing the MEDIA from it. Once you are done with the file you can delete it from the laptop, as long as you copy the file and don't move it.

Maybe its late or I'm tried or just slow lol But WHAT?

Here's whats in my head. I want to down load my DVD collection to the HD and be able to play them from my HD to a TV when I want to watch them. It saves me mucho space. And what I was asking on the question above is why the price differences on what all seem to be the same, except color, 500g HD. Sorry, I didn't explain that very well. You have higher transfer rates on the built in HDD. Copy the movie that you want to watch to your laptop from the external, watch it, then delete it from your laptop.

That leaves the master file on the external, which saves space on your laptop, but the external drive isn't running 100% of the time, and you don't suffer any of the buffer lag.Now its my turn Sorry I didn't explain myself and what I am hoping to accomplish very well either.

Remember the old juke boxes or the way you can view records in Itunes.... Thats what I'm trying to accomplish with this external HD. I want the entire collection in on eplace and avail at the touch of a button. I would have to connect the Exteral HDD to my laptop and the laptop to my TV, I know, but from that point on just a scroll throiught the titles then a click of a button and..........................MOVIE STARTS PLAYING.The buffering can be a PITA if you have to much extranious stuff running, but if you like it LEAN and mean then it should be fine.Cool we're on the same page now.

I use my computer to pay bills, scan important documents, hang on some music forums and here and play full tilt poker. Other then that......... Just recently got into the music Ipod thingy and figured I'd venture into the video storage primarily to save the footprint in my room. lol Other then that its a paper weight. lol

Thanks for all the help,
MP.What are the major differences with these besides color and the wide gap in pricing? What am I missing here.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148385

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148404

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148354

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148345

AND "IF" i'm understanding correctly the faster the RPM the better it is? Then why are the more expensive ones only 5400 and the cheaper ones 7200? Yes, the higher the rpm's the better.

The 5400rpm drives you're looking are 2.5" drives, they are smaller and COST more. Save some money and get a 3.5" 7200rpm drive.

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