LG N1T1 External Hard Drive NAS & DVD Writer Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2011-05-08
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today I'll be only sort of unboxing a product that is truly unique I've never
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seen anything that is exactly like this this is an LG product I don't know
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exactly what it's called it's the N1 T1 this particular model so why don't we
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call it that we'll call it the N1 T1 and since I can't properly unbox oh actually
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why don't we leave this on here because that has some marketing information that
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I can tell you about so the N1 T1 is a network storage device and I apologize
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for the Box being open already but this is a marketing sample so it's kind of
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making the rounds and I get to check it out now okay so it has fast reads and
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write speeds okay it's a network storage device you can email your file through
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downloadable links you can use thumbnail view to cck check your images it's a
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print server it's compatible with different operating systems including
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Mac it can be used as a torrent download server okay it has a simple and easy
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user interface a virtual dis library to store and manage all of your DVDs and CD
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files that's kind of cool multiple user
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access time machine support it's an iTunes server and it is energy star 5
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but that's not all wait there's more
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okay so here on the front you see that it is okay like when I peeled the
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stickers off the shipping labels see it took up all of the uh all of the print
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on the box so it's going to be very very difficult for me to read this and show
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it to you at the same time so here's what I'll do
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um yeah okay I'll just kind of sort of
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you might be able to read it okay so it's network storage that's cool so it's
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got gigabit Ethernet here on the back okay so you see that gigabit Ethernet
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right there it's an external hard drive and optical drive mini notebook friendly
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feature so you can see right here it has a USB port and it also has a yeah well a
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USB port so it also has a switch right here so you can switch it from nas mode
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right there okay let's see if I can get my camera to focus good camera okay so
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you can go from asz mode to external optical drive you can see right here at
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the front there's an optical drive slot that you can put Optical media
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in okay and then you can also switch it to external hard drive mode so you can
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use that USB port to connect to a computer and use it as an external
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storage drive or as an external DVD and CD
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drive very cool so it has a backup button right here it has an eject button
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those are the two buttons there uh here's a bunch of other stuff it
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supports including UPnP okay
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DLNA time machine we already talked about public link and system backup okay
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so full system file backup and restore it has remote access via
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internet which is pretty handy for anas and it's a multimedia system so enjoy a
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multimedia content through your PS3 or to your TV or to your TV
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directly cool all right here most of
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this we've talked about already I believe and the back oh that would have
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been easier to read wouldn't have yes yes it would have so let's open up
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this box and see what's inside in terms of accessories we've
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looked at the unit of fair bit already but we'll take a closer look at that as
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well okay there's a USB cable which you will need if you want to plug it in via
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USB there's a gigabit Ethernet cable which you will need if you want to plug
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it in bya gigabit Ethernet there is a power cable which you will need if you
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want to power the device and there is a bunch of documentation that you will
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want to read if you want to understand the device last but not least there is a
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box aha I found out how to open the box
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and in the box is another AC to DC power
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converter if you want to power the device properly and have it not blow
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up okay so why don't we just have a closer look at the nas external optical
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drive external hard drive itself so it's got what appears to be a 40 mm fan here
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in the back that's going to cool down the hard drive inside it's got a power
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switch here it's got that button we already or the switch rather that we already talked about has a Kensington
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lock there's your USB port here's a little holder for the cord so it doesn't
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get so if it gets pulled on or anything like that it's not going to pull it right out of the Jack there's your
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gigabit Ethernet and LG rates this thing
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at 60 megabytes per second read
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and 40 megab per second right there's an
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LG logo on the side very nice very slick
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and then as I mentioned before this is a super multi- drive so it's DVD CD reader
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writer okay there's your backup button there's your eject button the data side
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goes here if you're having trouble with which way to put in the optical media
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and then here is yet another summary of all of the different certifications and
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stuff that it supports which is also here to the top it's got a nice glossy
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black finish on parts of it and then it's got a nice glossy white finish on other parts thank you for checking out
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my unboxing of the N1 T1