Watching movies on television: How do we make it so we can run our movies that are stored on it on our television?
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If your TV does not have a powerful enough USB port you might be able to try a Desktop version which comes with its own power supply.
1405419
I have not tried this, but if a TV station or TV app streams live I don't see why you would not be able to watch it. Also, for archived stuff, there is a Hulu app, so that should work too.
142258
As long as you have airplay on the laptop you can. I downloaded the movies to my iPad and played them locally. If you are streaming them it may be a different story.
1680996
You would either have to do it on another computer and transfer to a memory card; or I believe there is a way to do it via home network. Obviously, this will be difficult/impossible if you dont have a computer with a DVD drive. Ofcourse you can buy an external DVD and save movies to the HD, but those drives arent very cheap. If I remember correctly, it is a multi-step process and you will need to download a couple free programs. Maybe the following link can help start you off:http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/rip-a-dvd/
615413
Actually I can copy something to a disk, but I haven't tried to watch movies on this drive. The only thing is sometimes it just can be recognized by my laptop. And I have to try several times to make it to be recognized.
148206
P.Hogan.. how do you stream BBC Acorn, Netflix and Amazon on your TV without going through a Blu-Ray or a Tivo?
428448
Yes I actually have this setup so I stream from my main pc to my multimedia room. Before i did try it i had the idea that a really big hd movie like 10Gb would give me problems but its pretty amazing how the media player reproduces the movie with no problems at all.Configuring your shared folder so the box can see your videos can be the tricky part but here is the video I used to configure my shared folder so it wont ask for password and all my family can view the content.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQstgQ4eJCM
1604897
you can only if you are streaming it to a computer, it will not stream to an apple tv. I have found it better to use it for back up and storing network files. and an external hard drive for files that I need quickly like my iTune Library.
1464750
My Amazon Instant Video does have the My Watchlist that I see can have Movies and TV shows. I'm not sure how I can get to watch on my TV. I can watch on my computer!
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All I know is you can record your movie to your DVD recorder if your have an output jack in your TV that you can plug-in to the input jack of your DVD recorder. There is also another way, if you have a device that produces your movie, instead of plugging the OUTPUT cable to your TV INPUT jack, plug it in to your DVD recorders INPUT jack and then from the OUTPUT jack of your DVD recorder connect it to the INPUT jack of your TV. Hope this will help.
544504
I do not know as this is for my grandmother. I believe you can show movies from the pad onto a television. It is a droid application and works much like a laptop.
653415
Yes, just have the TV setting to the other input (rather than watching from the HDD/DVD player) I am actually watching TV right now and channel surfing while the player is recording Mystery from PBS)
1291445
Yes you may, but playback will only excite if playback or veiwer app used supports the format that movie file was saved in or converted to.
845998
Simply put, it lets you play digital media files on your tv. As to my personal 'why': I have a bad tendency to scratch, mis-case or lose dvds. I could not find them when desired or the quality was poor due to prior mishandling. So I convert my DVDs to mkv on my computer and store them on a hard drive attached to this media player. When we want to watch a movie, there is no searching for the disc- we just pull up the menu, scan or search for the title, and start enjoying it. I have my DVDs in storage, so if anything happens (hard drive dies, etc) I still have my originals in mint condition to reconvert.
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Click the home button on your remote control. There should be a widget called smartshare, all of the movies that are available from the USB will be located here. I believe the supported formats are listed in the user manual. Note: If you try to access the movie by selecting input-USB, some movies will not be able to access the proper codec (will not stream the video, but you may hear sound)
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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.
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In theory, you should be able to; but in practice, I cannot say for sure since I do not have a Smart TV to test this theory out. If you already have the capability to play HD movies from your computer through the Smart TV, then the odds are more in your favor. Once you connect the external hard drives to your computer, then it should be just a matter of selecting your new NAS drives as the source.