I'm looking for a relatively cheap portable hard drive.

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I am a University Student studying media. Part of my course is Videography and I was told that I would need to get a firewire portable hard drive in order to handle all the back and forth video editing to and from the hard drive.

What is the advantage of a Firewire hard drive compared to USB 2 or 3? And where could I fine one thats at least a terabyte for hopefully less then $100?
 
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If your options are Firewire or USB2.0, go with Firewire. But if you can, I'd definitely go USB 3.0 (http://www.everythingusb.com/comparison.html).

USB 3.0 option (if you're not as concerned with size, there's a huge sale on this 3TB external, a little bulkier, but video adds up fast, especially HD):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152408

If you don't have USB 3.0 capable machines, here's a couple Firewire options:

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Portable-External-STBU1000100/dp/B00829THO6/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1378500133&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Backup-Desktop-External-STCA2000100/dp/B00829TII6/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1378500277&sr=1-2

I would recommend the 2TB option...as 1TB is gonna fill up really fast when you're talking about HD video.

Cheers!
 
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