Plugging in a 500gb HD into your TV ;)

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  • buddyjuf
    • Jul 2026
    #1

    Plugging in a 500gb HD into your TV ;)

    Just hooked it up

    Fuckin awesome too!

    No more watching anything on the computer screen, and no need to burn anything on CDs DVDs either!
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    • Pimpin_J
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2006
      • 3637
      #2
      Damn nice setup! German TV is just not worth to be captured..
      Congrats on that one

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        • OzMan
          Confirmed User
          • Sep 2003
          • 9162
          #3
          I never thought of that....what kind of connections?

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            • madawgz
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              • Mar 2006
              • 30509
              #4
              are you serious? i didnt know you could do that

              come set it up for me too ;)
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                • Anthony
                  Keyboard Warrior
                  • Feb 2001
                  • 9653
                  #5
                  I hooked up a 250GB myself. It's nice.

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                    • buddyjuf
                      #6
                      I bought a DVD player with USB connection.

                      HDMI the dvd player to the TV, plug in the 500gb HD to the DVD, and you can also play any dvd you want as well.

                      And the TV is of course connected to the surround sound, which makes it kick arse ;)

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                        • 96ukssob
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                          • Mar 2003
                          • 12991
                          #7
                          Originally posted by bdjuf
                          I bought a DVD player with USB connection.

                          HDMI the dvd player to the TV, plug in the 500gb HD to the DVD, and you can also play any dvd you want as well.

                          And the TV is of course connected to the surround sound, which makes it kick arse ;)
                          just tried to do that recently and didnt work for me, must of been the dvd player. but its a cool idea tho
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                            • stickyfingerz
                              Doin fine
                              • Oct 2005
                              • 24984
                              #8
                              Im thinking of getting one of the full media center deals right now.

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                                • buddyjuf
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by bossku69
                                  just tried to do that recently and didnt work for me, must of been the dvd player. but its a cool idea tho
                                  yo, you have to make sure the HD is formatted in FAT32

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                                    • RevSand
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                                      • Oct 2003
                                      • 8151
                                      #10
                                      What software do you run to make it record and playback?


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                                        • buddyjuf
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by RevSand
                                          What software do you run to make it record and playback?
                                          the DVD player yo

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                                            • GTS Mark
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                                              • Jan 2001
                                              • 20912
                                              #12
                                              Wow that's pretty cool stuff!

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                                                • rewn
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                                                  • Aug 2004
                                                  • 385
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by stickyfingerz
                                                  Im thinking of getting one of the full media center deals right now.
                                                  http://www.z500series.com/ is the best thing since running water

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                                                    • Fap
                                                      Just Du It
                                                      • Feb 2004
                                                      • 12094
                                                      #14
                                                      Wow so how many series have you recorded?

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                                                        • buddyjuf
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by banthis
                                                          Wow so how many series have you recorded?
                                                          only the ones I'm interested in actually

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                                                            • notabook
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                                                              • Apr 2006
                                                              • 9748
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by bdjuf
                                                              yo, you have to make sure the HD is formatted in FAT32
                                                              A 500GB Fat32 partition? Guh.

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                                                                • buddyjuf
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by notabook
                                                                  A 500GB Fat32 partition? Guh.
                                                                  I was told that I had to make X amount of partitions of 32gb each, I thought I was doomed.

                                                                  but then I found this program that simply puts it all into fat32.

                                                                  and it works like a charm

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                                                                    • abshard
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                                                                      • Jan 2002
                                                                      • 6524
                                                                      #18
                                                                      I have a computer hooked up to my tv and stream stuff to that computer over my network.

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                                                                        • gecko
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                                                                          • Jun 2002
                                                                          • 21846
                                                                          #19
                                                                          damn I need to set one of those up
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                                                                            • stickyfingerz
                                                                              Doin fine
                                                                              • Oct 2005
                                                                              • 24984
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by rewn
                                                                              http://www.z500series.com/ is the best thing since running water
                                                                              Not bad 299.00 USD

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                                                                                • luv$
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                                                                                  • 6158
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Just got a nice big 42" Plasma over the weekend, been wracking my brain trying to figure out how to ftp into my 360 to do the same thing.

                                                                                  This solution sounds so much better, and I have a 250gb just sitting around anyway.

                                                                                  I think I'm going to get one of those new HD DVD players and give this a try.

                                                                                  Thanks for the idea.
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                                                                                    • evildick
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      I use my Xbox360 to do that. I bought a second one just to use for accessing my MP3 collection on my main media server from downstairs. Plus it plays Gears of War too.

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                                                                                        • evildick
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Originally posted by luv$
                                                                                          Just got a nice big 42" Plasma over the weekend, been wracking my brain trying to figure out how to ftp into my 360 to do the same thing.
                                                                                          This might help you out. There are different ways to do it depending if you are using Media Center Edition or if you don't have window media player 11 installed, but here is one way that works.

                                                                                          http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=498778

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                                                                                            • lambpie
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                                                                                              • Nov 2004
                                                                                              • 671
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              me likes this idea!

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                                                                                                • notabook
                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                  • Apr 2006
                                                                                                  • 9748
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  The issue isn't making that huge of a partition FAT32, it is quit easily done. In fact you should be able to make a FAT32 partition of 2TB. The issue is the efficiency you are sacrificing due to creating such a large partition; the cluster size in FAT32 is 32KB for anything above 32GB. NTFS is far more efficient in this aspect, with only a 4KB cluster size. Though honestly you shouldn't have much of an issue because most of your files on the HD are going to be rather large (I'm assuming... movies and tv episodes :D) so you are not going to see much of a problem. You will see space ‘wasted’ in a FAT32 setup that large but you’ll only run into issues if you use it store pictures on it or other files that are fairly small.

                                                                                                  I want to get a system like that lol. I've been having nothing but trouble recently out of my media center computer. It hates my 52" RP HDTV, I can't get the resolution set correct using either hi-def connections yet it looks "perfect" using the S-video connection. May just wanna get something like you have, sounds like it will be much less of a head ache in the end.

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                                                                                                    • Quotealex
                                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                                      • Sep 2001
                                                                                                      • 6265
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by bdjuf
                                                                                                      yo, you have to make sure the HD is formatted in FAT32
                                                                                                      I already have 4x250GB external drives full with movies on them. Reformating my drives and lose all those content is not a good alternative for me.

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                                                                                                        • buddyjuf
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Originally posted by notabook
                                                                                                          The issue isn't making that huge of a partition FAT32, it is quit easily done. In fact you should be able to make a FAT32 partition of 2TB. The issue is the efficiency you are sacrificing due to creating such a large partition; the cluster size in FAT32 is 32KB for anything above 32GB. NTFS is far more efficient in this aspect, with only a 4KB cluster size. Though honestly you shouldn't have much of an issue because most of your files on the HD are going to be rather large (I'm assuming... movies and tv episodes :D) so you are not going to see much of a problem. You will see space ?wasted? in a FAT32 setup that large but you?ll only run into issues if you use it store pictures on it or other files that are fairly small.

                                                                                                          I want to get a system like that lol. I've been having nothing but trouble recently out of my media center computer. It hates my 52" RP HDTV, I can't get the resolution set correct using either hi-def connections yet it looks "perfect" using the S-video connection. May just wanna get something like you have, sounds like it will be much less of a head ache in the end.
                                                                                                          I hear ya yo, it works wonders honestly

                                                                                                          you can't put a price on convenience, but if you really want to, the DVD player cost me some 75$ and the 500gb HD some 170$. The HDMI cables were 50$.

                                                                                                          so for 300$ you get an excellent 500gb media database right on your TV

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                                                                                                            • Catalyst
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                                                                                                              • Jun 2003
                                                                                                              • 3243
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              yea.. nice.. I think I have like 120gb.. I need to upgrade.. but I never watch tv.

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                                                                                                                • notabook
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                                                                                                                  • Apr 2006
                                                                                                                  • 9748
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  Originally posted by bdjuf
                                                                                                                  I hear ya yo, it works wonders honestly

                                                                                                                  you can't put a price on convenience, but if you really want to, the DVD player cost me some 75$ and the 500gb HD some 170$. The HDMI cables were 50$.

                                                                                                                  so for 300$ you get an excellent 500gb media database right on your TV
                                                                                                                  Yep yep. Going to look into buying it, it'll do a way better job than the media center pc can. Just a note.. $50 for the HDMI cable? Some gypsy cheated you

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                                                                                                                    • psili
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                                                                                                                      #30
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                                                                                                                        • Przemek
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                                                                                                                          • Jul 2006
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                                                                                                                          #31
                                                                                                                          Great idea, congrats!
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                                                                                                                            • uno
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                                                                                                                              Hmm I think both my TV and HD cable box have USB inputs.
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                                                                                                                                • emthree
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                                                                                                                                  • Jun 2003
                                                                                                                                  • 10816
                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  I've been meaning to look into that. Does anyone have the Philips DVP5960? HDMI, 1080i Upscaling, DivX Ultra, USB direct - Same FAT32 issue though.

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                                                                                                                                        • emthree
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                                                                                                                                          • 10816
                                                                                                                                          #35
                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by evildick
                                                                                                                                          This might help you out. There are different ways to do it depending if you are using Media Center Edition or if you don't have window media player 11 installed, but here is one way that works.

                                                                                                                                          http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=498778
                                                                                                                                          Does WMP11 only work on Vista?
                                                                                                                                          I'll have to do a search for the mediacenter method.

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                                                                                                                                                  Just networked my XBOX with the PC - sadly it only plays WMV files it seems.
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