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Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

Preacherlady — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:38:32 GMT

Have now got a Samsung TV that has freestat built in so am finishing with Sky. thought would miss being able to record but it can record to a recorder attached to usb connection. has anyone used anything to this with this type of television? Have looked at WD My Passport AV-TV Hard Drive and wondered what folk thought about that or if there was anything more suitable?

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

npr — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 19:02:05 GMT

I use a 64GB USB memory stick with my Samsung TV.
I have a couple of USB hard drives which I could use, but I find the memory stick holds sufficient hours of recordings for my needs.
IIRC you need to format the usb hard drive / memory stick while plugged in to the TV. This format is not supported by windows which, once formatted, makes the device only suitable for use with the tv.

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

nanotm — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 11:10:34 GMT

I use a transcend usb3 external hard drive that I bought on amazon a couple of years ago http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=transcend+storejet I got the one with the rubber cover cos kids like to drop things frequently /
anyhow it worked great with my old Samsung TV and still works fine with my newer Toshiba one, the 1TB versions aren't much more than most of the thumb drives with the bonus they wont stop working after 12>18 months

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

chenks76 — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 11:27:35 GMT

obviously you'll be stuck to recording what you are watching though, as the TV won't have 2 tuners?

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

nanotm — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:08:40 GMT

that would depend on how many tuners the particular model of TV has in it, Samsung have been doing dual tuner TV's for quite a long time, anything that supports picture in picture has at least 2 tuners

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

chenks76 — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:11:20 GMT

no necessarily
my samsung has picture in picture, but it doesn't allow viewing 2 different channels.
it's for using one source and having the tv source in the smaller view.

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:14:29 GMT

Excuse my ~~ignorance~~ lack of knowledge, but are you saying you have a Samsung TV into which you can insert a USB Stick that the TV will then record to? If this is the case what is the model number(s) of this / these TVs please.

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

chenks76 — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:21:59 GMT

there are many TV's out there that have basic recording functions where you connect your own USB device.
there are not to be compared with the likes of Sky+ or Tivo though, they are basic recorders.

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

nanotm — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:44:10 GMT

Quote from: Mook
Excuse my ~~ignorance~~ lack of knowledge, but are you saying you have a Samsung TV into which you can insert a USB Stick that the TV will then record to? If this is the case what is the model number(s) of this / these TVs please.

I had a couple, one was the sm22"" monito/tv and one was a ce 37" tv, the latter being one of the early "smart" devices both were purchased back in 2010 and I got rid of them some time ago so I cant actually tell you the actual model numbers

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 13:03:58 GMT

Thanks for that, is there an obvious way to tell if the TV is capable of recording?

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

chenks76 — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 13:17:01 GMT

yeah, read the spec of the TV.

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 13:35:26 GMT

Well, yeah! But that's to obvious.

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

Preacherlady — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 16:02:11 GMT

The TV I have bought is the Samsung ue40JU6740, it is 40" with a curved screen and is UHD. Brilliant picture, and it has wifi, is recordable, and has freestat built in. There is only one tuner so can only record one channel but can do so whilst TV in standby so can still record something while out. Had it a week and am very please with it.
Lovely just to have one remote control (though two come with TV but cannot quite work out why for ordinary viewing but am informed that the other remote is ideal if you want to play games on it!) and am going to save money by not having Sky!
Thank you for suggestions about the hard drive, have decided to order the WD Passport one so hoping it is good.

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

Mav — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 18:46:46 GMT

My 42" Panasonic Plasma bought 2010 has the option to record to a USB drive but, again, has to be reformatted so can only play back on the TV.
Never tried using it, though/

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

Preacherlady — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:09:47 GMT

Got the WD Passport today and plugged it in and it formatted itself! Very straightforward. Am going to record something just to see how it works!

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

RobPN — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 13:10:00 GMT

Quote from: chenks76
... you'll be stuck to recording what you are watching though, as the TV won't have 2 tuners?

Quote from: nanotm
... Samsung have been doing dual tuner TV's for quite a long time, ...

My Samsung TV (48HU7500) has more than 2 tuners. There is a standard terrestrial aerial input (FreeView), and 2 x satellite inputs for either the built-in FreeSat tuners or other satellite services.
I've yet to use the satellite inputs, but the TV can record 2 different FreeView channels whilst watching a third channel simultaneously (any/all can be in SD or HD). I'm not sure what the possible combination of simultaneous recordings would be if the satellite inputs were used as well; it could be that the built in tuners are combined UHF/satellite in which case the number would still be three.

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

VileReynard — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:46:40 GMT

If you have an ethernet port can you watch online channels whilst recording a Freeview programme?

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

RobPN — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:01:50 GMT

Quote from: vilefox
... can you watch online channels whilst recording a Freeview programme?

Yes (if you mean the likes of iPlayer). Well at least I can with my present Samsung; I could also do that with my previous Samsung which only had 1 DVB-T2 tuner (it also had a DVB-S2 tuner but that never got used).

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 13:21:37 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Excuse my ~~ignorance~~ lack of knowledge, but are you saying you have a Samsung TV into which you can insert a USB Stick that the TV will then record to? If this is the case what is the model number(s) of this / these TVs please.

Well I finally got round to getting one of these TVs (arriving tomorrow) but I was wondering if there was a preferred disk type for these. i.e. Flash Disk, USB Solid State etc as I'd like to get one in preparation for it's arrival.

Re: Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

andrewgscott — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:14:55 GMT

Which make and model of USB memory stick did you use? I know USB HDD are recommended but people seem to have mixed results with USB sticks. Thanks