portable hard drives for movie storage

[aaawew]

Title kind of sums it up, I am just wondering what people's opinions are on different portable hard drives to store movies on. Or what portable hard drives are best to use to watch movies from. Thanks!

 

[ASUS ROG]

I use a 1tb hybrid drive(ssd+hdd) and an external hard drive enclosure
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Solid...69772175&sr=8-1&keywords=seagate+hybrid+drive
and
http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-2-5-I...5&sr=8-2&keywords=sata+3+hard+drive+enclosure
Faster load time then normal hdd, i use it for everything, not just for movie watching alone

 

[aaawew]

hmmmm that is an idea i never thought of, do all in one portable hard drives have any advantage over putting a laptop/desktop hard drive in an enclosure? like can they take more of a drop or hit or anything like that?

 

[ASUS ROG]

All in one hard drive are cheaper than putting your own hdd in an enclosure box, a topical 2tb external hard drive cost around $110 to $130, but those hdd are not at good or at fast
My wife have this to storage
http://www.amazon.com/Book-External...words=western+digital+2tb+external+hard+drive
But when i open up the cover, it's a 5400rpm drive and not a 7200rpm hdd, low quality hdd, only carry a 2 year warranty from Western digital

 

[aaawew]

hmmmmm k thanks for the idea's ill probably make my own at this rate

 

[deathman20]

Getting a WD Portable drive, pretty easy, simple and very portable. No need for extra cables and crap. Think it comes as large as 1, 1.5, 2TB drives from $100 to $135 depending on the place. Pretty good overall and have had 2 of them still running strong.

250Gig USB 2.0 works flawless, had for 6 years now, and have a 750Gig USB 3.0 one, have had for roughly 1.5-2 years. Works great and wonderful as usual. Both I've carried on me daily, 250Gig was for 4 years or so, when I got the 750Gig its not my daily carrying drive, and my 250Gig sits at home in a firesafe with important data on it.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

External HDDs that come in a casing are typically green drives. Read: WD IntelliPower or 5400RPM.

You can get whatever drive you want and toss it into an enclosure to read it though. If its a case where speeds are critical, that can make a difference.

 

[Qlix]

My 1 tb WD Passport is my movie storage drive. Thing takes a beating and keeps going. My 2 year old has thrown that thing across the kitchen floor more times than I can count and it just keeps going flawlessly

 

[aaawew]

hmmmmmm okay , thanks for all the input and suggestions guys !

 

[TheHutchTTU]

This is what I use for storing my movies. It comes with backup software, but you can just toss it. I hope you have USB 3.0, otherwise you might be waiting longer than you'd like
The drive does not need to be 7200rpm, it's for storage, not performance.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178110

 

[aaawew]

thanks man that does make sense, and i do have usb 3.0 on my desktop and laptop

 

[bobad]

I use a dual USB3 dock like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817801093

I drop whatever spare 2.5 or 3.5" HDD's I have lying around, including a WD 800, a Hitachi 300, and a couple of old 80's. Since my movies are MKV's of around 3gb, even an old 80 can hold 20 movies. I put TV series on 25gb Blu-Ray disks, and each disk will hold an entire season's worth (up to 13 episodes).