Video playback from external hard drive?

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Christophe

Hi, I am about to buy the TOSHIBA Basics Portable Hard Drive - 500GB with usb 3.0 and I am wondering if i plugged the drive into my tv etc. what will the quality of the video playback be? as i will be using the hard drive for my movie collections.
Can anyone offer any advise please, thanks in advance.

Answer
This depends on how you are going to connect your hard drive to the TV. If you are going to connect it through the PC, you can install All My Movies program for your movies and all of them will be ready to start with one click. Here is the link to All My Movies page: http://www.bolidesoft.com/allmymovies.html

Is this external hard drive compatible on a Mac?

Peter

I'm planning to buy this external hard drive to transfer my files between my PC to a Mac I'm going to get. I have to transfer my files in 1 day because I have to send this computer with my aunt to give to my cousins, who live in another country. If I use this external hard drive, is it compatible with a Mac that way all my files will be transferred?


Toshiba Canvio 500 GB External hard drive - 5.0 Gbps (SuperSpeed USB) - 5400 rpm

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+Canvio+3.0+500GB+External+USB+3.0+Portable+Hard+Drive+-+Black/White/1758088.p?id=1218292495616&skuId=1758088&st=Toshiba%20Canvio%20500%20GB%20External%20hard%20drive%20-%205.0%20Gbps%20(SuperSpeed%20USB)%20-%205400%20rpm&cp=1&lp=2


If they cannot be transferred, what is another way I can transfer my files from my PC to my Mac, which I haven't bought yet within a day?

Also, I may get my Mac in a week or possibly later today (its early in the morning). So, If I get it today, any ideas on how I can transfer many files quickly?

Also, I have a Dell Inspiron, so is that external hard drive compatible with both computers?

Answer
You can transfer your files by simply connecting your PC and Mac together using an Ethernet cable. That will be cheaper, reasonably fast, and much easier.

Complete instructions are here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518

Just scroll down to the "Direct connect" section.

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