USB Flash Drive

speedalini · 12 Jul 2010 at 23:11

Any recommendations for a USB flash drive to play HD video on a TV? My router isn't fast enough to stream it directly from my PC. It would need to be at least 8gb I would think to comfortably fit an entire film in HD...

mast3r · 13 Jul 2010 at 11:02

USB Pen drives have never been good for this task, well the drives i have had anyway, i tend to use a USB 2.5" HDD now, get on the auction site and pick up a 50gb SATA hdd and an Enclosure from OCUK.

alex24 · 13 Jul 2010 at 11:04

Are you using wired or wireless? A wired connection should have enough bandwidth for most HD content. What HD exactly in terms of bitrate etc? Illegal downloaded type, or blu-ray copied to HDD etc?

speedalini · 13 Jul 2010 at 16:41

mast3r said:
USB Pen drives have never been good for this task, well the drives i have had anyway, i tend to use a USB 2.5" HDD now, get on the auction site and pick up a 50gb SATA hdd and an Enclosure from OCUK.

What's wrong with using pen drives for this (besides capacity)?

alexhull24 said:
Are you using wired or wireless? A wired connection should have enough bandwidth for most HD content. What HD exactly in terms of bitrate etc? Illegal downloaded type, or blu-ray copied to HDD etc?

I'm using wireless to the TV, have a pants talktalk 'g' router which cant keep up with most video files. Eventually I will get a decent wireless router, but need something in the meantime which will handle anything I throw at it.

alex24 · 13 Jul 2010 at 16:44

speedalini said:
What's wrong with using pen drives for this (besides capacity)?

I'm using wireless to the TV, have a pants talktalk 'g' router which cant keep up with most video files. Eventually I will get a decent wireless router, but need something in the meantime which will handle anything I throw at it.

USB drives can be fairly slow, depending on which model you buy.

My advice is run a cable(s) to the router if you can until you get a better router and wireless adapters.

speedalini · 13 Jul 2010 at 16:47

not an option as in a different room. what are the fastest usb drives? Would the speed have an affect apart from the initial loading time?