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The TV requires an external drive on one of the USB ports. Ah, right, I haven't come across that mode of operation before. It sounds like a good idea (I'm forever copying stuff off to the external drive just to make room!), what set is it? If the TV is in full standby then the USB appears to be totally OFF, when in operational/record mode the USB is active. So, when the TV goes into standby - effectively off, I'd like the drives to go into an "OFF" or standby mode which needs to be auto. I'd risk a medium-sized bet that the drive I bought would do that quite happily... otherwise, get a Passport drive and be sure.
TBH, does it matter? I'd guess the power consumption of the drive when running would be no more than 10W, not worth bothering about (fingers crossed that Sarah isn't reading this  ).
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TV is a Samsung 8000 series.
The Passport would work but is small enough to get knocked off where I want it and wont look right - so I have been told!. The Elements are a little larger and will sit there just fine.
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and wont look right - so I have been told!. Ah, force majeure... fair enough 
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A nice change was no useless software included with it Agree totally. and installation instructions that brought a whole new shade of meaning to "minimal"  "Plug in, switch on" ?
Tony
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"Plug in, switch on" ? With a few pictures, that pretty much covers it. For Mac users there was a separate text box: Macintosh®
http://support.wdc.com -> Knowledge Base ID# 287 
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"Plug in, switch on" ? With a few pictures, that pretty much covers it. For Mac users there was a separate text box:Macintosh®
http://support.wdc.com -> Knowledge Base ID# 287
Or... "Call your local Apple Store and ask to speak to a Genius."
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I make fun of it, but in all fairness the instructions were probably adequate- "plug in, switch on" is really about all you can do with it.
But in line with MHC's post, some degree of technical/performance specification would have been nice 
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Even on the WD site there is very little information about their Elements and Passport drives.
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I don't quite see the point of them in that sense. Might as well have a NAS solution if it's a static drive, and cloud solution otherwise. If you are talking about a Mac then there is a big difference (and not only the obvious one of the speed differential). Time Machine tends not to play well with NAS drives; unless you use Apple hardware it works much better (which may mean "it works") with physical drives.
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I don't quite see the point of them in that sense. Might as well have a NAS solution if it's a static drive, and cloud solution otherwise. But if you only have 1 computer then what's the point of NAS? The drive might just as well be directly connected to the computer.
And, like for like, NAS drives are more expensive than USB connected ones.
Tony
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