Recording from a smart tele

[MCFastybloke]

Is it as simple as shoving a stick in the back?

[julian2002]

Depends on the telly and the stick but yeah pretty much.


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[broxie]

Yes, just plug into USB port. A USB powered hard drive will store a lot more. You might have to format it first so the TV recognises it.

[bobdog]

Yep, dead easy, even my limited tech abilities coped. Just put a stick thing in the slot and follow the onscreen instructions.

[Rod]

Is it as simple as shoving a stick in the back?

Was for me 😁 for my Samsung. Go to TV guide and press ok on the event.
Note, you must format it first.

[Kingstepper]

My Samsung is very picky as to which USB device (stick/HDD) would work.
Don’t know if they’re all like this but for reason of copyright mine will only play HD content back on the same TV.

[K300]

Is it as simple as shoving a stick in the back?

Sounds painful.

[kungfupanda]

I hadn’t even thought about doing that with a Smart TV!

[TerryT]

I have also been trying to record from my smart TV, without much success.

I will try this USB stick.

[MCFastybloke]

Yesterday i finally tried it and indeed it is that simple, stick it in, format and record.
I now have an issue, i cannot record overlapping content, last night was MIB and Casino Royale, so todays question is can i put another stick in as i have a number of spare usb ports.

[Kingstepper]

Unless your TV has 2 tuners (unlikely) you won’t be able to do this.

[MCFastybloke]

Unless your TV has 2 tuners (unlikely) you won’t be able to do this.

Thanks i guess for now i will use a tv in another room

[David_D]

You can get a recording box for not huge price:

https://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/freeview.html

Just spotted this:

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/humax-dtrt2000-500gb-youview-hd-tv-recorder-3371066

[MCFastybloke]

Flushed with glory i went and bought exact same thumb drive for the tv upstairs, also a samsung, this time it recognises the drive but wont offer the option to format and the option to "Schedule Recording" when trying to do so????

[Peter franks]

Hopefully the OP won't mind me hijacking the thread but I have a similar question!!!
Can I play a dvd and record that onto my hard drive to watch later? Say when travelling etc?

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[MCFastybloke]

Flushed with glory i went and bought exact same thumb drive for the tv upstairs, also a samsung, this time it recognises the drive but wont offer the option to format and the option to "Schedule Recording" when trying to do so????

This newer 7 series Samsung does not support this form of recording,i have managed to turn on the option in the engineer menu but it fails to read any drive for the purposes of recording, it will read and display the contents of said drives tho.