Am Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 08:21:08PM +0000 schrieb Michael: > On Tuesday, 25 February 2025 20:19:18 Greenwich Mean Time Wol wrote: > > On 25/02/2025 15:04, Rich Freeman wrote: > > > That said, there is nothing "wrong" with buying M.2 drives just to use > > > them exclusively USB3 enclosures. I just think you're paying a big > > > premium for something that isn't really much better than a thumb > > > drive. > > > > Until you get a TV like ours, that DEMANDS a disk drive to hang off its > > USB. I tried sticking a USB3 stick in, and it refused. Hang a bare > > laptop HDD off it, and it's quite happy. > > > > So I'm hoping a M2 in an enclosure will keep it happy ... > > > > (Of course, every other TV I've ever had is perfectly happen with just a > > USB stick!) > > > > Cheers, > > Wol > > Some 'smart' TVs won't use a USB drive unless and until they've formatted it > first. I've attached a 3" drive in a USB 3.0 docking station and it worked > fine *after* it was formatted. Then it wouldn't unmount it, even after I had > shutdown the TV. I can't recall what fs format it had used.
As I mentioned, I have a Sony TV. Sony is not known to be customer-friendly with regards to openness and Digital Restrictions Management. But since it’s GoogleTV, it eats sticks and HDDs alike. I actually have a USB 2 extension cord dangling from the back to the front. I don’t even have to format it with the TV. It will only add all the Android-typical directories when I stick in a drive for the first time. The only case when I would need to format a drive: if I want to use it to record TV onto it. Because then the recording is DRM-entangled to only be watchable on that TV. -- Grüße | Greetings | Salut | Qapla’ Please do not share anything from, with or about me on any social network. Earthworms can’t bite, because the have a tail at the front and end.
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