I want a hard drive to save DVD Movies to connect to a Toshiba 37' flat screen. One reviewer lost data when pc hibernated, etc. Any one else?
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Yes that happen to me too and neither amazon nor sony are taking responsibility. I have lost money and information, also pictures from last vacations. Totally regret buying it
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I have an old 120 GB laptop drive hooked up w USB, works fine. I see in the reviews, people have hooked up 3 and 4 terabyte drives.
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I just installed it in my daughter's Toshiba laptop last night with the same series of laptop you mention. Just don't lose the screws when you take the other hard drive out. I am assuming that you will clone the original to it. Or load an OS with it. Either way my daughter is up and running all day just fine!
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Me, too. I have one that no longer records to disc, and I'd love to replace it with one that works, but not at $850. I paid $250 for mine. The unit, when it works properly is amazing. Recording to the hard drive acts exactly like a Tivo. When you are through recording, you can take out the commercials (about a 5 minute job), then transfer to a disc. (After the commercials are removed, you can fit 3 one hour shows on a disc in 2 hour mode. Yeah commercials now take up 30% of a shows time.) Picture quality was good, it recorded and played back in wide screen ( a lot of recorders will only record widescreen, the play back in 4:3),and it did an excellent job of upconverting a regular DVD to High Def, for viewing on a large screen TV. This was a product that they could have made a good bit of money off of, if they had promoted it properly. They blew it. Don't know if you are aware of monoprice.com for your HDMI cables. Amazon's prices for these cables are good, but monoprice has great prices. (I got 2 10' cables and a 3' cable for $17.00, including shipping.) Check them out. Enjoy your Toshiba. HDD DVD recorders are amazing toys.
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I just tried it. It works. I can see the Toshiba 1TB driver although some video files cannot be opened on RT due to not been supported.
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I've been a video editor for the past 30 years. These days, I tend to stick with G-Tech for my drives. But realize that EVERY drive will fail one day. It's not a matter of if, but when. So if you don't have two separate copies (preferably in different locations), it's not really backed up. :)
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So I did a little research, and according to the PDF available on Toshiba's website (http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/L650/L655-S5158/) the DVD drive can write at 8x. I sort of figured that was the case, as finding a DVD drive that doesn't burn is probably more difficult than finding one that does, but it's a little odd that Amazon doesn't list the speeds specifically.
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I purchased this HD to replace the original hard drive of my HP PAVILLION dv7-1243cl - if you have removed your hard drive you will see a label with details about the drive - it would appear this drive works with your laptop - I suggest you contact the vendor to confirm - the vendor supposedly warranties HD for 1-3 years - Link-Tronics . 12630 Westminster Ave. #A, Santa Ana, CA 92706. Phone:714-554-8677. Hour: M-F 10AM-6PM. Founded in 1994 - my new HD has been working okay now for about 6 months - you will have to reinstall WINDOWS - hope you have system disks or image. I luckily located a 3rd party that had WINDOWS 7 OS for sale otherwise I would have been out of luck.
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This model comes with no hard drive. As stated by others, I installed a 2Tb hard drive and it has worked flawlessly. Very simple hard drive installation. A couple screws and one plug.
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No hard drive in the Toshiba. It looks like the Philips has been discontinued so the only ones available are the last remaining units at the big dollar stores. You could have bought a truck load last month for $294 (great value), now the only businesses selling them are asking $599.
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I don't know about a DVD drive, but I have attached my external hard drive with no fuss at all. It treats it like a memory card. I would worry about a DVD drive, though, needing an extra driver or two.
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You need to get a DVD external drive. I got the Asus drive and it works great and is small enough to fit in my laptop case when I travel.
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sorry, I really dont know, I never tried to connect my Toshiba Hard Drive or other Hard Drives to TV because our old TV is still surviving.
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If it's seeking a disk, switch to HDD (hard drive disk) rather than DVD and see what happens. If you want to use a re-recordable DVD it must be a DVD+RW, not a DVD-RW.
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Western digital has a series of hds that work fine. Make sure it is meant for a DVD not a computer. I bought it from Staples. No problem installing it.
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If you are talking about a hard drive, I'm kinda partial to WD. I've had a few and none have given me any problem.If LG optical dvd - same comment
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It worked for mine quite well. Not sure will be working for you or not. My laptop is flat as well which has no DVD drive.