Samsung TV and recording

[John18051967]

Hi guys, a friend of mine is wanting to know if the latest Samsung TV's have the capability to record TV programmes with a memory stick or hard drive. Thanks guys.

[johnz237]

Hi! Welcome to the samsung members community!

Short answer- yes.

Yes, the latest Samsung TVs do have the capability to record TV programmes using an external hard drive or USB stick. Many Samsung Smart TVs come with built-in Digital Video Recorder (DVR) capabilities, allowing you to record live programs to an external storage device 1. However, it's important to note that USB memory sticks and flash drives are not always supported for recording on all models. It is recommended to use a USB hard disk that supports USB 2.0 or later and has a speed of 5,400 rpm or higher

Be sure to check your model beforehand. But yes

https://www.samsung.com/ae/support/tv-audio-video/set-up-and-record-programs-on-a-samsung-tv/

[JAMES4578 · Accepted solution]

Hi @John18051967  Welcome to the Samsung community    

A number of modern models have the facility to record  Freeview to USB, the lower end models though tend not to support it.   As far as USB drives go Samsung tend to recommend hard drives with an external power supply and a maximum capacity of 2 TB and 5400 rpm, however customers have  generally found USB sticks  powered devices to be ok.

An alternative is to use catch up services via the internet if suitable.

[DG_Silva]

Can you confirm what is considered to be a lower end model? I have a Crystal UHD DU8070UXXU and no option to record is coming up when using Freesat (not tried Freeview as no aerial in living room).

I have tried previous answers from https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/tv/schedule-recording-problem-solved/td-p/656836 and https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/tv/tv-scheduled-viewing-and-recording-not-working/td-p/388556 without joy, yet your instruction manual (https://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/202411/20241109115010001/BN81-25561C-620_EUG_ROPDVBEUD...) clearly states that recording is possible, so which is true?