Watch movies off of external USB hard drive?

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bornon5

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Hi all,

Would a USB-connected Seagate external HDD transfer data quickly enough to watch movies off of it?

Thanks!
 
Even a hi-def or uncompressed movie, running off the external hard drive? Will I notice any regular-use difference between that and an IDE hard drive?
 
If its USB 2.0 it should be fast enough, I do that all the time. I have tried streaming HD content over USB 2.0 and it worked fine. I usually copy it into my hard drive and disconnect my mobile hard drive before enjoying my home made movies, I just don't like the idea of my mobile hard drive being constantly on, even though I know its just a laptop drive in an external case. I don't know, it is just a habit of mine, I don't think there is any harm in streaming a movie from your mobile hard drive.
 
elitehacker said:
If its USB 2.0 it should be fast enough, I do that all the time. I have tried streaming HD content over USB 2.0 and it worked fine. I usually copy it into my hard drive and disconnect my mobile hard drive before enjoying my home made movies, I just don't like the idea of my mobile hard drive being constantly on, even though I know its just a laptop drive in an external case. I don't know, it is just a habit of mine, I don't think there is any harm in streaming a movie from your mobile hard drive.
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Weird, I do exactly the same thing =]
 
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