Smart tv external hdd

[Jimmyboycheck]

I'm getting confused with this when I look for something suitable on amazon it doesent mention that it is compatable with a smart tv. Am I looking for the right thing. For example would this work so I can record stuff from my tv


Buffalo DriveStation 1.0TB USB 2.0 External Hard Disk Drive

[Niall]

what tv have you got mate?

[Jimmyboycheck]

A Sony bravia smart tv

[Niall]

Ah ok. Not sure about the sonys but i know all the samsung smart tvs, you can just plug in a hard drive and it will work with the media you have on it providing its in a format the tv can read.

[burnmw]

Any external HDD would work with any Smart TV (capable of recording out to the USB). So yes, the one you "linked" to would work.

[Jimmyboycheck]

Thanks

[Fooby]

only thing i would do to be safe, is to make sure the USB HDD you are using is powered, i.e comes with a seperate power supply. As depending on the TV USB Voltage, it might not be enough to power a self-USB powered disk.

[kyleo92]

How about a network External HDD connect up to your Wi-Fi, I know a lot of Smart Tv's can read these plus your other devices can connect to it

Finished reading your post LOL.. dont know if you can record over network drives... hmm

[Fooby]

probably not record directly to it (again, depends on specific make of TV + Firmware revision)

you would most likely be able to transfer stuff to it though