RobotPoweredHome is reader-supported. When you buy through links on my blog, I may earn an affiliate commission. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying you’d need a DVR to record stuff on the TV, but when my DVR reached almost full capacity, I had to look elsewhere to store my have a Samsung smart TV, and you can connect external storage media like a USB drive or a hard disk to also has a personal video recorder feature that could record cable TV or I began my research to find out if you could record with your TV without the DVR to some external went through Samsung’s forums and manuals and looked at every bit of material you can find on this guide is a result of that research that can help you record with your Samsung smart record with your Samsung smart TV, connect an external storage device to your TV. Then press the 123 button with the colored dots to start can you Record on your Samsung Smart TV?Since recording TV raises the obvious piracy question, there are only some sources which you can record with your Samsung smart can only record channels over cable or satellite will not be able to record internet TV, nor can you record from apps like Netflix or Amazon for cable or satellite, if the channels there are encoded, you will not be able to record there operators do this to reduce the chances of the content on their channels being pirated or copied without Samsung Smart TVs have built-in DVRs?Samsung smart TVs have just the DVR will need to plug in a storage device using the USB port on the TV to store your can use either a flash drive or a hard disk for Android TVs have internal storage; they are smaller in capacity, so I would advise you to use any external media to store your DVR you Need to Record on your Samsung Smart TVTo record on your Samsung Smart TV, you’ll first need to make sure that the cable TV signal is not your cable TV provider and ask if their signal is encoded to prevent recording; if they are, you are out of luck because you cannot record encoded TV you could confirm that the signal is not encoded, find a flash drive or a hard would recommend getting a flash drive with a minimum of 16 gigabytes of storage, but I would always recommend getting a high-capacity hard the external media to your Samsung TV using the USB port and check if you can access it from the to Access your External Hard Drive on your Samsung Smart TVAccessing your hard drive on your Samsung TV is quite easy, but make sure not too many devices are connected to the TV through drives can take more power than other USB devices, so make sure the USB ports on your TV are not too access your hard drive,Plugin the hard drive to your TV through the USB port on the back of your the Source button on your remote and select USB Device USB. Or press the HOME button on your remote, navigate to Source and choose USB Device/Connected if you can access the data that’s already on the hard Video Formats are Supported on Samsung Smart TVs?The full list of supported video formats is quite large, and as a result, all popular formats can be played on a Samsung smart formats like .mp4, .mkv, and .avi all receive good support, including video codecs like and to Schedule a Recording on a Samsung Smart TVYou can schedule your smart TV to record the show that comes on every week or record the nightly schedule a record,Press the Home button on your remote and select Live up on the remote to choose Schedule the Manager screen, cycle to the Schedules tab and choose Add Viewing or Add the channel you wish to record, and set a repeat option if you need to the Settings page to set how early it starts recording and how long you want to keep recording after the schedule the program is about to start, you will receive a notification on the top right-hand corner of the to Instantly Start Recording on a Samsung Smart TVYou can also choose to record the channel that you are watching on the do this,Make sure you are on Live TV and the channel that you want to the button labeled 123 with the colored the image of your remote pops up on the screen, press the Select to Use a Timeshift on a Samsung Smart TVTimeshift lets you rewind, pause and scrub through live use Timeshift, you must have a USB storage device connected to the activate Timeshift on your smart TVWhile watching live TV, press the button labeled 123 with the colored the image of your remote pops up on the screen, press the Select the navigation buttons to select you Watch Recorded Shows on a PC?Due to copyright laws, you won’t be able to watch your recordings on a USB drive or the hard drive will be locked to the TV, and you would need to wipe the media completely to use them on other You Watch Recorded Shows on Another Samsung Smart TV?You won’t be able to watch any recorded content on any other device other than the one you of the copyright issues I’ve discussed earlier, Samsung has this restriction to prevent unauthorized copying of copyrighted You Can Run Into While Recording Samsung Smart TVsAs with every piece of equipment, the DVR feature is not though you can run into some issues when you try to record, fixing them is a piece of Recording is not to the DVR service and check the if recording is enabled and enable it if it is regions might have this feature turned off by default, so make sure it is memory does not pass the recording, the TV will run checks to see if the external media can record at the TV’s sure you have a fast enough USB drive or hard delete unnecessary apps or files from your smart almost full internal storage can mess with the recording function, so delete stuff you don’t would recommend using a hard disk because they are faster and can store more data than a flash not record when scheduled toSome users had reported this issue of not recording automatically when had rolled out an update fixing this, so update your smart TV by going into your TV’s settings ThoughtsIf your TV has 4K support, avoid using a flash video is almost four times larger in file size compared to 1080p, and a small flash drive can fill up quite you record a lot, get a hard disk with at least one terabyte of storage, especially if you record 4K that if you want to use the USB drive or hard drive on any other device, you will have to format the drive means all the data on the drive will be permanently May Also Enjoy Samsung Smart TVs Have Cameras? Everything You Need To KnowHow to Connect Non-Smart TV to Wi-Fi in SecondsDoes A Smart TV Work Without Wi-Fi or Internet?Best Web Browsers For Your Smart TVHow Do I Know If My TV is 4K?Frequently Asked QuestionsCan you pause Samsung Smart TV?There is a feature on Samsung smart TVs called Timeshift that lets you pause and rewind live access it, press the 123 button with the colored are the buttons on Samsung Smart TV?Check the sides of the smart TVs have a control stick that acts as a button do I get to the menu on my Samsung Smart TV?Press the Home button on your remote or the side of the here, you can access the menus of your Samsung smart do I change my Samsung TV to HDMI?Press the Input or Source button on your remote control to bring up the input the button again to cycle through the menu and select is the OSD menu on Samsung TV?The OSD menu allows you to control what channel your TV is on, change input or tweak audio or video is the personal tab on Samsung TV?Open the Settings menu from the home personal tab should be in the section you just opened.