I you watch movies from your flash drive if it is attached to the tv?
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YES you can, It has played mp4, xvid .avi, x264 .mkv files so far for me. It has a code in it to register for protected dvix too. It is awesome, plays movies, music and pictures directly from USB thumb drive. Not sure yet what file types or codecs it won't play but it has played stuff my pc wouldn't play without a codec pack installed first.
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No. You have to have it connected to something that can stream video, like a DVD player or a chromecast.
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No, only the internet connections from your hard drive. The previous response sounded about right. You need an external hard drive or drive C but that will work. I don't care that it doesn't access my entire Hard Drive because I only use the DVD player for the 55" Wide Screen RCA LED TV with all the bells and whistles. I've got a 27" wide screen ASUS Monitor connected to my laptop, and that's enough satisfaction for me. TV for me isn't meant to mess with my entire hard drive, just entertainment and with that, it's fantastic. Certified Life Coach
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u may be able to use the USB port to connect it your TV if your TV has the USB port (i don't).
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There are devices available, that will help you to do it - USB Portable Media Players. It connects to the TV and you just need to plug in the portable drive into it to be able to watch the movies on TV. I personally have an Iomega screenplay media drive that is an external hard drive with capability to plug into tv to watch the movies.
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Yes, when playing flash drive the folder name and name of each song shows on the viewer.
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No, You need choose a media before goes to the next step, so if you choose Videos, you gonna see movies saved on your USB and if you choose Pictures, you gonna see your photos, for example.
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Yes you can play movies through the USB connection. In fact, you can connect a PC to the television and play them right from your PC.
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Yes. The drive works with TV, but will loose signal from file at random intervals while watching a video. This happened to me every time I tried watching a video.
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This unit has a USB port which can be used to display your photos/movies, provided they are in a format compatible with the WD player . It won't read any other external storage device such as a hard drive on your PC. If you are watching photos/movies using the USB port, you don't have to be connected to the internet.
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I have never tried this. However, I have read other reviews on this DVD player that stated that downloaded DVD movies to the USB drive can be played.
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detects as a usb drive. no problems detecting when plugged into a tv or media player.
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You can use a Thumbdrive to add extra space, or if you are away, u could use a External Harddrive with its own power source and watch movies or music from it
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No, you'll need to "rip" them first with a program like Joboshare DVD Ripper which will create a single "container" file that you can play via the usb port on you TV box or, in my case, I just plug it into my DVD player and select the USB entry button on my remote. The movie files are listed and you just click on the one you want to play. Nice thing about Joboshare is that by default it provides "jumps" every five minutes so that you can navigate quickly back and forth (the feature is adjustible). External hard drives like this are perfect for storing and playing media files.
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I watch movies regularly. It creates icons on your desktop and in your file explorer that allow you to treat it just like a local drive. You can't watch movies through the backup interface though.
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There are devices available, that will help you to do it - USB Portable Media Players. It connects to the TV and you just need to plug in the portable drive into it to be able to watch the movies on TV.I personally have an Iomega screenplay media drive that is an external hard drive with capability to plug into tv to watch the movies.
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First, You would select usb using the input button same as you select the DVD feature. If you are trying to view pictures from a camera(make sure it's turned on) or flash drive, plug it in first, then select the usb through the input button. If you are trying to watch a downloaded movie on your usb drive this will not work. To watch movies from a flash drive, you would need something that has a usb input which processes video, and outputs that are compatible with your TV's A/V inputs. I have tried the usb inputs on many TV's and DVD players with no success. I have heard that certain videogame consoles work well showing videos from usb drives but that's a "$400.00 solution". Think of my usb input as a new place to charge my phone.
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yes.. just be sure the "software" will play MTS (transport streams) and the USB drive has enough storage space 1 hr of high def video is approx 16bg streams are blu-ray compatible i play them with VLC player and Media player classic