Need a new External!

[bpardy]

Hey all.

I've got mac mini plugged into my TV at home. The little thing only has 30gigs of space on it, So I bought an external hard drive.

It's using USB2.0, but if I'm watching video files from it, they tend to skip all the time from slow transfer rate. It has a firewire connection in the back, Any of you know a nice external around 1TB of space that could speed up my transfer rate?

 

[saint19]

Do have your TV a 1394 port?, if it's correct, try with this.

 

[bpardy]

No it doesn't I just have a VGA cable from the mac to the TV, and the hard drive is plugged into a USB2.0 port in the back of the mac.

 

[saint19]

Uhmm, sorry but I don't think that you can increase the speed with a USB 2.0, you maybe need another type of conection to do this.

 

[bpardy]

Yeah, I was thinking Firewire. But I just can't find a decent external online that I like for a good price that *uses* firewire.

 

[saint19]

http://www.amazon.com/LaCie-FireWire-External-301442U-Aluminum/dp/B001KFH6K6/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1254339479&sr=1-6

maybe can help you...

 

[bpardy]

That is 100% what I want. Thanks.

 

[saint19]

^Ok, your welcome..

cheers!