I bought this drive only for the purpose of connecting the USB LED on a Samsung TV and it works perfectly! Barely unpacked I plugged the USB HDD port on the TV, detection was automatic formatting is done in seconds and that's it. The advantage of using this drive is that it is perfectly compatible with the TIMESHIFT function (direct recording) and digital video recorder to the TV function for scheduled recording. The capacity of 500 GB is more than sufficient for storing program hours! I hope this helps those seeking information on compatible devices on new generations of LED TV because it is true that even the manufacturers are very stingy and poor explanation, they are not even aware of the major part of the last time compatible hardware innovations and ...