Can you play hd movies 1080 from a USB?
1480604
Yes if you're using USB 3.0. Movies will play on USB 2.0 but will be clunky instead of smooth animation.
1480605
I'm uncomfortable with the yes answers since, as far as I can tell, the USB port is only for updates. The USB port is a good power source for small portable speakers (e.g. those from iHome).
1504275
When I first got my tv, I remember playing video files with it via a usb key. The last time I tried, it did not appear to work, and I recall recreating the files using handbrake or something in different formats, and was never able to make it work. I think I was about to unplug everything else and retry it when I gave up and put it on disk and played it through the blu-ray player. This is the link for my particular tv , which displays a list of the supported video formats. http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/201104/20110427083150372/BN68-01691A-02Eng-110427.pdf I took a snap shot, but apparently can't paste or attach via this communication mode. ( sorry ) there were some avi modes listed.
1815794
I don't see any reason why not, assuming you have the proper drivers for the bluray.
19927
Yes it will play videos from USB. Not sure of the formats, but I think it plays the standards.
2126555
So my non-hd movies from other regions would be able to play on this player in the upconversions with no problem? Thanks for the info.
873942
Sorry, I don't have HD cable, and it's not the greatest player and was overpriced for what it does! I would look around for something better.
903262
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.
957426
Yes, there is a USB port attached to the unit for you to connect a USB hard drive to. Obviously, the videos need to be in the supported format.
1174738
It will only play from a USB drive type device but not a USB hard drive. Would not recommend it for watching movies.
1170520
Yes it can. I am actually using an external Blu-ray drive via USB 3.0 port.
618565
yes. I put a 11gb MKV of a bluray rip. Played fine. The MKV was on a thumbdrive which was formatted NTFS
2103297
yes you can...but if it is anything like mine you will have to find software for it to actually play bluray discs
502124
It may, but the speed constraints of USB1.1 will mean the playback would be choppy, with audio and video out of sync. I can't even get a Divx encoded file to play from a USB drive without some amount of glitches.
543517
The manual says it only supports playback of pictures from USB devices, though it lists the supported file types as JPG, DIVX, and MP3. I have never tried playing anything from a USB drive on this device, and don't know if firmware updates might have changed what is described in the manual.
1003688
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.
2115309
I'm not sure if you can plug an External USB device and play the files, you could however share your DVD/BluRay drive on your computer and play the files over the newtork (wired gigabit connection to be stable). It will play bluray/dvd iso or raw files. I bought a few 4TB externals and just created ISO files out of my blurays so I don't have to get up and get the disc, I can just select them from a list and play them.
1202128
I would like to know this too! I have a ton of movies on my computer, and I would like something that can play them on the TV.