i'm looking for a external drive for my LG SmartTV w/ Time Machine, it's compatible for this?
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I am not familiar with the Time Machine feature, however if it allows you to either show content from a USB data source or store content via USB to storage device, then YES the Seagate Expansion drive will work with your TV. I use mine as an external drive/storage device connected to my Dish DVR to store and play programs recorded off my Dish receiver. The only problem I found with Dish is that their video format will not play on my computer, only through my Dish DVR. I did buy a second Seagate 1TB expansion drive that I can store movies, pictures, music, etc., from my computer and plug the USB cable directly into my Samsung Smart TV and play any media format from the Seagate external on my TV.
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Of course, it is compatible to use with Mac's Time Machine, u just have to choose the appropriate filing system when installing the disk drive.
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If you go to LG's website they do not provide OS X drivers and the firmware update is Windows only. I purchased this drive and within 13-14 months it died. I'm not satisfied with the product and would not buy another one
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Asus makes a decent, inexpensive external drive. I use this one:ASUS External Slim 8X DVD-RW Stylish Cut Design Optical Drive SDRW-08D2S-U/BLK/G/AS
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Sorry, I can't help here. I only use my device for storage and back-up and I don't know about smart TV's.
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This is an external drive, can work in both platforms. You may want to format the drive before using
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I read somewhere that a Gear Head 20XDVDTFEXT triple-format DVD USB drive would do the trick. You might want to check this out before buying one (I am!) so you don't get caught in the "...he said that she said that..." trap.Good luck, and please report back with info you uncover.Update:Here's an external optical drive which SHOULD work, and one which I'm going to try:"ASUS SDRW 0804P-D - Disk drive - DVD?RW (+R DL) - 8x/8x - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - external".The quote marks are because this is from Amazon's description; it's available here on Amazon.Disclaimer: I have no first-hand knowledge that this combo will work. Someone please respond if you do. I read somewhere that a Gear Head 20XDVDTFEXT triple-format DVD USB drive would do the trick. You might want to check this out before buying one (I am!) so you don't get caught in the "...he said that she said that..." trap.Good luck, and please report back with info you uncover.Update:Here's an external optical drive which SHOULD work, and one which I'm going to try:"ASUS SDRW 0804P-D - Disk drive - DVD?RW (+R DL) - 8x/8x - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - external".The quote marks are because this is from Amazon's description;... » Read More I read somewhere that a Gear Head 20XDVDTFEXT triple-format DVD USB drive would do the trick. You might want to check this out before buying one (I am!) so you don't get caught in the "...he said that she said that..." trap.Good luck, and please report back with info you uncover.Update:Here's an external optical drive which SHOULD work, and one which I'm going to try:"ASUS SDRW 0804P-D - Disk drive - DVD?RW (+R DL) - 8x/8x - Hi-Speed USB/IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - external".The quote marks are because this is from Amazon's description; it's available here on Amazon.Disclaimer: I have no first-hand knowledge that this combo will work. Someone please respond if you do. « Show Less
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Yes the unit has built in support for time machine. The unit defaults to raid1 (mirror) so while you have two drives it behaves (including space) like a single drive, but offers the best in regards to fault tolerant
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Yes it will work. If using an external hard drive, you may have to format to enfat
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I bought this one for my Western Digital Drive ...you'll need to check with Iomega
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you can purchase a blu ray usb drive pretty cheap. i have a refurbished iomega dvd, and a new lg brd
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I actually gutted a LG 8x Portable DVD Rewriter with M-DISC slot load USB external drive to use in mine. It's about $40 at Microcenter http://www.microcenter.com/product/431055/8x_Portable_DVD_Rewriter_with_M-DISC I did have to plug into an internal USB header since the interface is USB, but I prefer it that way.
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Yes. The drive works with TV, but will loose signal from file at random intervals while watching a video. This happened to me every time I tried watching a video.
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this should work just fine with your PC I have yet to find an external hard drive that isn't universally compatible with all PCs. have a nice day!
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Yeah it should work, but I'd skip it. PATA is outdated, I only bought one of these to clone a hard drive for my PowerBook from the early 2000s. That and finding a bare PATA drive that's big enough to fit all the contents of a modern Mac with Time Machine will be difficult. And if that's not enough, after 20 or so minutes of continuous writing, this will get pretty hot. I say buy a dedicated drive.
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I am not that familiar of this type of components, all I know is that this is an external hard drive.Sorry, I am not of great help to you.
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The drive was used in a nas-synology.. Works fine even as a media storage.. Not too sure abt htpc though..