Physical Features:
The N1T1 is surprisingly compact considering it is packing both a hard drive and a DVD writer. The device measures 5.91 x 2.63 x 8.27 in (150 x 67 x 210 mm) and weighs in at 4.19 lbs with a hard drive installed. The N1T1's case is constructed out of lightweight, black plastic. The glossy finish looks great, but finger prints and smudges have a tendency to stand out.
While lacking an LCD panel, the N1T1 has a series of LED's along the right hand side. These LED's are used to show the current state of the hard drive, network, optical drive and whatever USB device is plugged into the unit at the time. Below the LED's there are two buttons, which are used to eject an optical disc from the N1T1 and launch the USB and ODD backup functions.
The N1T1's optical drive is mounted vertically and utilizes a slot loading mechanism. To insert a disk, simply slide it through the slot on the front of the drive with the recordable side facing toward the LED's.
The rear of the N1T1 is pretty straight forward. Along with the DC power connection, there is a 50mm fan. This fan is temperature controlled and only spins as fast as needed to keep the system cool. Right above the DC power connection there is an ethernet port and a single USB port. The red button is used to power the N1T1 on and off.
One of the more interesting features on the back of the N1T1 is the mode switch. Located right below the power button, this switch is used to change the function of the device from NAS to external hard drive or ODD.
The N1T1's hard drive is not removable. However, using the web interface, I was able to check and see what model was inside the device. Looking at the screenshot above, you can see that LG has used Hitachi's 1TB Deskstar 7K1000 (HDS72101) hard drive. This 3.5-inch drive features a SATA 3.0Gb/s interface, 32MB cache and a 7,200 RPM rotation speed.
