Does it work with external HDD? Can it play movies from external hard disk drive?
1469321
I do not think so. Even if it did i wouldn't try it, mine was bricked after attempting a firmware update which should have been simple. These models are so old and slow it's probably better to plug a computer into the tv.
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.
513817
It plays DVDs (not blueray) and avi movies saved to your usb drive. According to the manual it will convert the songs on a music CD to music files on your usb drive but I haven't tried it. Has output to your TV for HDMI and composite video.
1032036
I don't know. I use a seagate movie player to access my movies. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
125682
No, it doesn't. You'd need to buy an external drive if you wanted to play DVDs through this machine.
1036269
It only has an hdmi output that plugs into a tv. It has android software so if you can find an android app for it, it will work. I'm assuming you mean a 2tb hard drive or possibly a 2gb USB drive. Either one would need to be connected to the Internet to stream to the device.
1484360
No, you can run a hdmi from it to a TV and play movies on the TV but it does not server as a monitor for external devices. It is however a great little play, use it alot, suggest getting an additional usb power pack, extends the play time. www.newtrent.com sells some good ones, sometime great sales
872259
Yes. You can play stored movie files directly from the sd card or transfer it to the internal memory. I would keep it on the sd card, though.
1586966
Yes it will play movies from a external hdd and wifi i do not know. With XBMC you have alot of tv shows and movies. Great box to have...
335304
3 usb 2.0 ports. I have used an external usb dvd drive but not tried playing media. External hard drive works too, but have not tried media play on that either.
1041442
You do not need anything special to be able to play media stored on a portable, external hard drive. The only thing you must do is make sure that your media is in a format that is compatible with this receiver.
868962
It plays DVDs like any other DVD player. Just switch it to the DVD setting rather than the hard drive setting
1827253
In theory, yes. The PS3 can play media files from an external HDD, just like from a thumb drive. If your TV can play media from a thumb drive, it should also be able to play media from one of these.According to various forums, you should put files in the appropriate folders on an external drive: "Photo", "Music", "Video". You also MUST format the drive as FAT32, not as exFAT or NTFS.
2125199
Yes pretty much anything USB or SD will work. However I tried hooking up my external hard drive and it took so long to load I gave up. Although my HD is like 400gb so that's most likely why. But I've never had issues putting like 20 movies on a flash drive and playing them. Watch out for the file type tho, MKV files won't work
851251
No.. It only plays videos from DVD... USB will allow pics to be shown an screen captured.... Nice unit but limited
1624517
Yes it connects easily to external USB HDDs. The limit is 2TB, have a 3TB and had to partition it into 1TB and 2TB partitions to use it. It is a great little Android box. Turned my "dumb" 50" flat screen into a "Smart TV" at a fraction of the cost and far more powerful & scale able than any Smart TV currently on the market. I was really surprised how small the device itself is. Finding the right wireless keypad has been the challenge.
89254
Haven't really used it for music, but I do play movies off of my usb flash drive. I assume you can play music the same way. In fact will try tomorrow and update response.