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General Stuff => Hardware News & Views => Topic started by: [TiG]ABE on March 12, 2010, 04:50:57 PM

Title: Portable hard drives
Post by: [TiG]ABE on March 12, 2010, 04:50:57 PM: Hey thinking about buying a portable harddrive and adding videos and films to it etc.

I have my eye on 3 products atm.

I believe I can log into this over the internet and copy files if needed and view films etc on any pc that is connected to my home network.

Western Digital My Book World Edition 1TB Home Network Storage
Western Digital My Book World Edition 1TB ... (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-World-Network-Storage/dp/B001RNNTVQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=officeproduct&qid=1268411619&sr=8-2)

The others are just simple 1tb hard drives that are cheap.

Hitachi LS-1000
Hitachi LS-1000... (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitachi-LS-1000-EMEA-3-5-inch-Simpledrive-External/dp/B002TV5JWW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1268411619&sr=8-1)

seagate:
Seagate-Expansions-External-Desktop-Drive... (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Expansions-External-Desktop-Drive/dp/B00238KZPM/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1268411619&sr=8-6)

The diffrence is around 60quid, but if anyone else has this type of setup could they point me in the right direction.

I am thinking of getting the Western Digital My Book it has more features but would it worth it or should I keep things simple.
Title: Re: Portable hard drives
Post by: [GiT] Karma on March 13, 2010, 05:31:46 PM: I have that seagate one ABE, handy yoke it is too, except I have the fecker filled already so am thinking of getting another.
Title: Re: Portable hard drives
Post by: [GiT]Kel on March 13, 2010, 05:54:10 PM: thats alot a porn!
Title: Re: Portable hard drives
Post by: [TiG]ABE on March 13, 2010, 06:01:07 PM: well thats what happens when ur out of work.. kev just sits about frapping all day to donkey porn. :spam:
Title: Re: Portable hard drives
Post by: [TiG]the_syco on March 13, 2010, 06:19:06 PM: Quote from: [TiG]ABE on March 12, 2010, 04:50:57 PM
I am thinking of getting the Western Digital My Book it has more features but would it worth it or should I keep things simple.
The NAS box is handy if you have multiple machines that are going to access it (in a home LAN), or if you can watch movies from it at an external loaction or on the move (is your upload speed good?), otherwise, stick with the simple Western Digital hard-drive (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Essential-External-Drive/dp/B002KPW5JM/ref=pd_cp_ce_3).
Title: Re: Portable hard drives
Post by: [TiG]ABE on March 13, 2010, 06:22:57 PM: aye i was thinking would i be able to view videos that are stored on the drive in my house in newry while i am in belfast using the remote access?
Title: Re: Portable hard drives
Post by: Murray on March 17, 2010, 08:42:20 AM: ive a Western Digital Elements 1TB and the gf has like 4 of em, they are hella job and wer only like 74 euro on komplett, tink theres a new version now and its like 82 or sumtin