Best type of drive for storing recordings

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hubb

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I am wanting to store all the recordings we want to keep on an external hard drive to free up the Humax. I understand it can take days to copy files over on a near full drive. Can anyone tell me the best, most efficient way of doing this (type of drive, powered etc ?) I will be looking at a 1 TB drive to store onto or several memory sticks which may be cheaper.

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| Thu 3 Dec 2015 13:20:19 #1 |
hubb

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Anyone please ?

| Fri 4 Dec 2015 10:59:37 #2 |
Barry

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You are correct in stating usb transfer is by no means fast.

I would discount memory sticks as:

1. They might not work, have not tried myself.
2. You might need a number of them, easier to store 1 HDD.

Portable - WD Passport HDD, I have used them on different Humax products.

| Fri 4 Dec 2015 11:31:38 #3 |
colirv

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If you're planning eventually just to play them back by transferring them back to the Humax, I believe FTP is an option.

| Fri 4 Dec 2015 22:35:05 #4 |

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