USB or E-SATA

[Chaospeter]

So, first of, this is my first post here :D

 

I just bought an Asus HDP-R1 Media Player. It was on sale and I couldn't leave it there.

But now I'm having a little bit of a dilemma. The media player has a USB 2.0 and an e-sata connection avaiable to connect a harddrive. I did some research and found out e-sata is a lot faster but also external e-sata HDD's er more expensive.

 

I want to play 1080P Video/Audio from the harddrive. I've read about a few cases where 2.0 worked, and some where it didn't. I'd like to know what would be my best guess. Buy the cheaper USB 2.0 or the expensive e-sata. If 2.0 works fine I'll take that. I don't need e-sata.

 

So, someone please help me :)

 

Thx

[Hyydrah]

Since performance isn't a priority for you and it sounds like price is, go for the USB 2.0 drive. Good luck with your purchase.

[Chaospeter]

Since performance isn't a priority for you and it sounds like price is, go for the USB 2.0 drive. Good luck with your purchase.

 

Thanks for the fast response.

Performance actually is import for me because I want to play back 1080p flawlessly. Will USB 2.0 do that for me?

[Hyydrah]

Thanks for the fast response.

Performance actually is import for me because I want to play back 1080p flawlessly. Will USB 2.0 do that for me?

It sounds like it shouldn't be a problem.

 

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=112707

[Chaospeter]

It sounds like it shouldn't be a problem.

 

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=112707

 

Ok thanks, I'll order a 2.0 drive!

[Scia]

E-Sata will give you much faster transferspeeds when putting data onto the drive.

For playback of movies / music USB2 will be fine tho. Programs will benefit from e-sata.