Which external drive to buy.???

Ive recently purchased Apple TV and have started to import all of my dvd's. I currently use a 500gb Seagate external hard drive however this is almost full so I have been browsing many sites and have become totally confused by it all. I have never used a fire wire cable so do I need to purchase an external drive with a fire wire cable ? I would like to buy a 2tb one, the ones ive seen are around £100. Is this a reasonble spend or should I spend more ?
Any advise much appreciated. Also can you buy a fire wire cable for my existing hard drive ? Are they all the same fitting ? Confused.com (newbie)
Thanks in advance
CC

There are many to choose from however for your needs I'd probably get a USB drive for archiving movies. While Firewire and Firewire 800 are quite a bit faster a good quality USB drive will be fine. However if you see your needs changing where you will be do a lot of reading and writing to the drive then you may want to consider Firewire 800.
The only brand I'd recommend staying away from is WD, the enclosures they use tend to have issues with Macs.
You may want to consider OWC (www.macsales.com) as a vendor, they specialize in Macs and have great prices and service and will ship overseass. Their support is also good too and they have a very broad selection and can help you choose what is best for your needs. You can do a live online chat and get some advice.
If you choose to not consider OWC I'd look at LaCie,  G-Tech and Seagate. If you have access to an Apple Store you may want to stop there and ask for suggestions. 

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