Hi all, I am looking for a good reliable portable external hard drive, since he is not tech savvy, I will be the one managing his photos and videos from devices he uses, and he has the video bug, and likes shooting lots of video, and I have been just offloading his content along with mine onto a big portable SSD drive, but now I need and would like something to offload his content onto a drive of his own, it is taking too much space on mine.
I had a bad experience with a Western Digital portable spinner hard drive of mine, that failed, and it turned out that somehow the actual drive inside it was soldered to the circuits and enclosure, so I could not remove it. So I want a drive that I could remove if I had to.
I would actually prefer to get a bare drive and put it in a separate enclosure.
I am torn between trying to get a SSD drive, which are more expensive than traditional spinner drives. If he gets a new smart phone with video capability, he will probably be taking lots of videos and photos, so I want a drive that will not fill up right away, but will have some space.
He also wants and likes to see/view the videos and photos right away, so a hard drive or a way for the content that could be connected to a TV would be nice to. Otherwise, I am faced with burning and making multiple DVDs to view in a DVD player, and I do not have the time for that.
Any input would be much appreciated.
I had a bad experience with a Western Digital portable spinner hard drive of mine, that failed, and it turned out that somehow the actual drive inside it was soldered to the circuits and enclosure, so I could not remove it. So I want a drive that I could remove if I had to.
I would actually prefer to get a bare drive and put it in a separate enclosure.
I am torn between trying to get a SSD drive, which are more expensive than traditional spinner drives. If he gets a new smart phone with video capability, he will probably be taking lots of videos and photos, so I want a drive that will not fill up right away, but will have some space.
He also wants and likes to see/view the videos and photos right away, so a hard drive or a way for the content that could be connected to a TV would be nice to. Otherwise, I am faced with burning and making multiple DVDs to view in a DVD player, and I do not have the time for that.
Any input would be much appreciated.