Will this unit allow for a external had drive to be connected through the usb port and play movie files of that drive? If so, will it play 3d files?
846997
Sorry, I can't answer this one. I had no need to connect an external hard drive...so I do not know if it will take one.
1704506
You do not have to play 3D movies but it is capable of playing them. This player will also play standard Blu Ray as well as dvd's. It also plays dvd+ and dvd- recorded discs as well as many other discs such as picture, music and mp3 encoded discs.
552065
I have an external USB hard drive connected and it works fine. You can even play back files from the USB drive. I have a 1 TB external drive.
1132930
I've never tried to use an external USB drive but I doubt it will power it. As for folders, it will display the
635371
All I know to say is try it. It works with USB to hook to my computer. And I can put a DVD or CD into the computer and play it. I don't have an external drive.
658735
Yes, you can connect an external hard drive. It plays many types of media formats, mkv, avi, mp4, wmv, flv. though it isn't the greatest for flv. It does not have a netflix app.
1669757
Absolutely.I have movies & HD videos, stored on mine (i've since purchased another).They transfer fast via 3.0, and you can watch them directly from the drive.
2034093
This player is very basic if you connected a usb external drive it will play normal MPEG movies but will not copy to disk you need another model player for that
1336889
No it does not play 3d files but will work on a 3d tv . Cant say anything about any other connection but HDMI because that's all I use. Hope this helps . But a Great device back it 100%
1119958
yes, i use my external for this all the time. just plug it into the usb port. no problem with any video filetype i have found yet
1520158
I have never tried to play movies/videos flash drive via usb port; so, I don't know if it can. I recommend looking at Samsung's website for the television specs & allowable inputs.
784713
An external DVD can work to a limited read-only degree, my samsung "slim external" did, but it will not play factory entertainment DVDs or audio CDs, it will only read data CDs or data DVDs.
1844343
It does not have an optical drive built in. Dinosaurs, right? It will accept virtually any external USB drive.
1898155
Yes,it can read external usb hard disk, we have tested with the 1TB seagate hard disk, and also can play videos on disk directly. also it support RMVB, you can use "MX PLAYER" to play the RMVB video.
1428985
Unfortunately, I have never attached an external drive to this device. What I did attach is an air mouse and it powered it easily. I assume it will be able to read an external storage device as this is a media player. Hope this helps.
1824391
The end of your question was cut off but I think I have enough to answer. The WDTv Play has a USB port. I use it to connect directly to an external drive with movies on it. It plays most of the movies I have but not all. I haven't looked into it in more detail to see why some play and some do not. My current guess is the format. I have AVI, MP4, MPG, MKV, and WMV formats. I believe it will play AVI, MP4 and WMV. I think it doesn't play MKV. If we pick one it doesn't play we always just try another one.
52805
There is no optical drive on this unit. You would have to purchase an external. Yes, it does have USB 2.0 & 3.0 ports for an external.