Hey guys,
I treated myself to a mac mini for Christmas. I really wanted one to hookup to my big tv to use to play all my 1080p mkv files.
I loaded up its internal 1tb hd and and I also filled up my 2.5 inch external fw800 drive.
I'm now looking of getting another external hd but a 3.5 inch one, but i'm not sure if I should go with fw800, usb 3.0, or TB. I will be using the drive just to store 1080p mkv files that are roughly 10gb.
Is the usb 3.0 fast enough to play these files or should I go for a TB drive? The one drive that is really $ efficient is: http://tinyurl.com/clodnpd
When I bought my current external drive last year I had to decide between usb2.0 and fw800. But this year this is also usb3.0 with the majority of the drives i'm looking at being either usb3.0 or tb.
Any comments or suggestions would be great.
Thanks and happy new year!
kjs862
I treated myself to a mac mini for Christmas. I really wanted one to hookup to my big tv to use to play all my 1080p mkv files.
I loaded up its internal 1tb hd and and I also filled up my 2.5 inch external fw800 drive.
I'm now looking of getting another external hd but a 3.5 inch one, but i'm not sure if I should go with fw800, usb 3.0, or TB. I will be using the drive just to store 1080p mkv files that are roughly 10gb.
Is the usb 3.0 fast enough to play these files or should I go for a TB drive? The one drive that is really $ efficient is: http://tinyurl.com/clodnpd
When I bought my current external drive last year I had to decide between usb2.0 and fw800. But this year this is also usb3.0 with the majority of the drives i'm looking at being either usb3.0 or tb.
Any comments or suggestions would be great.
Thanks and happy new year!
kjs862
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