USB Hard Drive connected to TV

jake000 · 21 Dec 2011 at 19:19

Is it possible to connect a hard drive to a TV's USB ports and watch things from it or do I need a media player?

Thank you

andy_mk3 · 21 Dec 2011 at 19:20

Depends entirely on the TV, I can on my 32" Sony.

jake000 · 21 Dec 2011 at 19:39

andy_mk3 said:
Depends entirely on the TV, I can on my 32" Sony.

Thanks I will give it a try

JRJ · 21 Dec 2011 at 22:19

Sorry to hijack but didnt see the point in starting a similar thread.

I've got a tv which records to a usb stick 4gb at the moment which is only about 3hrs! Would a mains powered usb HD in a caddy work in the same way? Cheaper option than a huge memory stick?

andy_mk3 · 22 Dec 2011 at 00:26

JRJ said:
Sorry to hijack but didnt see the point in starting a similar thread.

I've got a tv which records to a usb stick 4gb at the moment which is only about 3hrs! Would a mains powered usb HD in a caddy work in the same way? Cheaper option than a huge memory stick?

Should work, depends on the limitations of the TV software/hardware.

Simian · 22 Dec 2011 at 08:20

I think my Sony TV actually recomends this for the 'Record' function, summut like a "Recomended Minimum Disk Size of 32Gb" and it says both AC/DC powered or Bus powered USB hard drives will work!!

andy_mk3 · 22 Dec 2011 at 12:34

Mine doesn't record, just playback

I have a HTPC for all that anyway, it's the way forward!

shanestatham · 22 Dec 2011 at 14:07

yeh USB should work and again depends on TV as to what type of files it plays....AVI as usually a gimmie and should work no problems but for example my LG tv supports mkv but not the audio which is in DTS. So i have to convert my files to mkv or mpegs with AC3 audio.