External USB Hard Drive

Hi All,

Been reading some posts on external drives and this is what I was looking to do and the product I am looking at:

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I'm looking at buying a 500GB external Hard Drive to back up and catolog my Blu Ray movies?

Also, if anyone might might know, could the drive be taken to a friends house who has an HTPC or PS3 and watch a movie there also without having to bring my original disk?

Here are the specs for the drive I am considering:

Mfr. Part Number: 301103U
Average Seek Time 11ms
Data Buffer 8MB
Included In Box AC Adapter, Hi-Speed USB Cable, Software
Interface High-Speed USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible)
Internal or External External
Maximum Data Transfer Rate 480Mbps
PC/Mac PC/Mac
Product Dimensions 11.2(W) x 3.5(H) x 18.8(D) cm
Product Weight 0.95 kg
Rotations Per Minute (RPM) 7200RPM
Software Included Yes
Storage Capacity 500GB
System Requirements PC Or Mac with Built-In USB Interface
Type of Media External Hard Drive

 

As far as I'm aware the PS3 won't play the blu-ray structure from a harddrive

 

Thanks for update, does anyone know for sure that has tried this?

 

it doesn't support ntfs so makes it difficult to put a file larger than 4gb onto the drive

 

Don't want to sound ignorant (just new) but are you referring to the ps3 not supporting ntfs or the external hdd?

 

The ps3 OS doesn't support NTFS.