WD 1 TB My Passport AV-TV, Black

Hi! I already had a 'standard' WD Passport Hard Drive which I used on my old Samsung 8000 Series TV. When the TV died, I purchased a new Samsung QE50Q60A (2021). When I plugged my 'standard' Passport into the new TV it wasn't recognised so I couldn't watch any of my recordings or record anything new. I read online that my old Passport would need to be formatted differently to work with the new TV, but I didn't want to delete all my recordings. So, I purchased this new WD Passport AV-TV for use on my new Samsung TV. I read somewhere online that this would not work on Samsung TV's but decided to give it a go as the price was relatively cheap. Happily it did work! I plugged it into the new Samsung TV and it recognised it immediately. I was prompted to complete a 'speed test' and format, after which it worked perfectly. No need for a separate power supply as it powers direct from the TV USB Port. I've recorded two films off the TV in HD and my good lady has recorded around ten episodes of Corrie in HD, and the Passport still has 97% capacity available. The AV-TV also comes with a little Bracket and Bolts to mount it onto the back of the TV using the recessed 'wall mount' fixings. I found that the 8mm Bolt supplied for my TV wasn't quite long enough to reach the recessed thread on my TV, but being a Heating Engineer I soon found a suitable replacement rattling round in my Van! It's a brilliant little Drive which I would highly recommend! I hope this review helps answer any questions or reservations you may have. Andy

This works brilliantly. It easily attaches to the back of the tv making it discreet with no messy cables on view. It’s also so quiet, you can’t hear the disc spinning. As it is already formatted for TV, it literally is plug and play. As soon as I plugged it in, it installed itself and was good to go in seconds.Even though my LG tv has dual tuners (Freeview and Freesat), it’s not possible to record one channel whilst watching another. Or, I haven’t figured out how to do this yet! The hard drive works well with both Freeview Play and Freesat.It’s great value for money, offering a cost effective alternative to a set top box.I recommend this highly!

There was nothing to dislike. It's quite and well made. I purchased this particular model due to the fact it was directed at smart tvs. It's meant for recording and pausing tv programs on a viable TV. I can only give 4* because I don't know how well its working. My new smart tv led me to believe it had the ability to do all those things, which it doesn't. I can use the drive for recording purposes but nothing else.

WD 500GB Passport AV-TV Using with Panasonic 900 series top end 4K TV. For pause live TV and rewind etc great works well. For recording can record 2 programmes at once (cannot watch a third channel but this is a limitation of the TV not this unit).Cannot record a program and pause live TV at the same time but again, a limitaion of the TV not this unit.Overall, very happy with this device primarily bought for pausing live TV as I have alternate recording facilities.I should add no noticable diffences from the origanal picture to the recorded one and the same when TV has been paused.I would recommend this product but check your TV capability before purchase especiaslly if you need it for recording and pausing live TV at the same time. A good price and as always agreat service and free delivery service with Amazon Prime

We don't have fast broadband speeds where I live, so catch up TV is very much hit and miss. I wanted to record programmes to watch at my convenience, without having to connect other devices, and have lots of wires on show. This is PERFECT. It's so tiny, and clips to the back of my flat screen smart TV invisibly. It was a breeze to set up and the picture quality is superb. Fantastic value for money. Wish I'd bought one sooner.

Great item. Easy to use plug and go, only thing is the mount not so easy and doesn’t look like it will fit on my tv, however that’s minor and doesn’t affect the use for me. 5 stars ⭐️

I saw a review saying it was perfect for Panasonic TV's. It isn't.It certainly doesn't work properly on my new top of the range 65 inch Panasonic 902 4k TV.It pauses live TV, etc. but when you are actually recording a TV programme, it creates other problems.1. You cannot use live pause/rewind functions on another channel when recording.2. While recording a Freeview channel, and going to a Freesat channel, there is just a blank screen. The only way to get the channel back, is to go up a channel, and come back down to the channel you want. Hardly convenient.3. Could not get it to record two channels at once either.Tried plugging it into a usb 2 socket, and it said it was recording 2 channels, but it was actually recording none.Caused my TV to freeze completely.Not compatible at all.Most disappointing, and it's going back.

Records fine with my Panasonic TX-EX750B via the EPG and has a nifty little bracket to fix it to the back of the TV. It has though cut short a couple of recordings for some reason. The control is all via the TV of course and although I can record programmes on future dates/times my TV won't do a series record which does reduce its usefulness. You might want to check your telly first if you want to replace a PVR with this drive.