You can put the videos on any sort of medium ranging from a data DVD, USB thumb drive, NAS storage, USB hard drive, etc. I wouldn't put the videos on a USB thumb drive as movies tend to take up around 1.5GB with music videos taking up about 12MB per minute of video. You would need something larger than a 16GB USB thumb drive in order to backup your videos and still have enough space for other files. Your best bet would be to purchase a USB2.0 hard drive. Best Buy sells 1TB models for less than $100. You really can't get a better deal (ir dollar per GB) than going with a USB2.0 hard drive.