Forgive me for a dumb question ; but here goes: Can I download movies and store on this Wi Drive and play without internet connection?
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That was once possible, but no more (for apple products). Kingston stopped supporting this product and when IOS and OSX were updated the widrive ceased to function on the updated operating systems. I also own a kindle fire and we were never able to stream videos on it. It was still a good product until Kingston abandoned it and left their customers hanging without recourse. I still use mine as a portable hard drive for documents and pictures and occasionally to extend wifi range by placing in between myself and the wifi source, but the media streaming capability that we purchased it for is no longer supported and according to Kingston will never again be supported. That was once possible, but no more (for apple products). Kingston stopped supporting this product and when IOS and OSX were updated the widrive ceased to function on the updated operating systems. I also own a kindle fire and we were never able to stream videos on it. It was still a good product until Kingston abandoned it and left their customers hanging without recourse. I still use mine as a portable hard drive for documents and pictures and occasionally to extend wifi range by placing in between myself and the wifi source, but the media streaming capability that we purchased it for is... » Read More That was once possible, but no more (for apple products). Kingston stopped supporting this product and when IOS and OSX were updated the widrive ceased to function on the updated operating systems. I also own a kindle fire and we were never able to stream videos on it. It was still a good product until Kingston abandoned it and left their customers hanging without recourse. I still use mine as a portable hard drive for documents and pictures and occasionally to extend wifi range by placing in between myself and the wifi source, but the media streaming capability that we purchased it for is no longer supported and according to Kingston will never again be supported. « Show Less
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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.
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Once you install the proper software on your device, the WI-Drive is it's own network. You will no longer have internet connection, just the WI-Drive. There you can access videos, music, pics, etc. So, yes, you can then open the video with an app on your device.
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No. The wi drive is hard lines to your computer to save files then disconnect from the computer. After that's done, your mobile devices can hook up to your wi drive thru the wi drive app or by entering http://192.168.200.254 into your URL browser
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Yes, just install the Wi-Drive app, follow the set up instructions and you'll be good to go.
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Yes. Although with my wireless N network playback is glitchy/stuttery 30 feet away. It's best to hook up an external HD to it (you can then share the HD over your network to transfer or watch movies wirelessly from your computer). This gives me perfect playback of the few ISO that I have (just started to convert my small collection), one of which is 40GB.
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Sure you can. You connect to the drive via Wi-Fi and the drive connect to the Internet bridging you to the Internet. Works really good.
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Yes, you can play without thw internet, but only the story mode.You don't get a disc. You download the complete game from steam, which installs automatically, hence, no disc is.needed.
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You can upload content on the micro SD card slot that is available and play it while connected via USB. Otherwise you'll need a wifi connection for other streaming functions
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Yes, as long as you are connected to the Wi-Copy's, WiFi network and have the free download app.
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I don't know about google play purchases, but you can transfer movies, music, books, documents, pictures, etc...... to and from the wi-drive....and to and from your PC/ or android device. If the files are not DRM protected to a specific device, they can be used anywhere (e.g., video of a family birthday party). If the files are DRM protected to a particular user, than the files can be opened anywhere the user could normally use them (e.g., PDF/ ePUb-DRMs). That said, I would imagine that if the item(s) being transfered from a PC/or device had been purchased as (in essence) a DRM Specific to that particular device, than the transfer would basically be a backup for that specific device, rather than a file transfer from one device that could be used on another device..... but it would still let you run the file from the wi-drive for play on the device to which it had been purchased. In general, I have had no problem transfering movies to/from the wi-drive and my android devices (including Kindle Fire, 2nd gen not HD), or my PC that I originally downloaded from Archive.org, Gutenberg.org and other Public Domain sites, no have I had a problem transfering video from a personal home video camera. Additionally, as far as using a wireless network (while I've not used this feature) the wi-drive dose appeare to allow for "bridge mode". The wi-drive is basically just an external hard drive, or memory card that can be used via a USB type connection or wi-fi. The files that you can transfer/use with an external hard drive, or memory card you can transfer/use with the wi-drive...whether by transfer, or streaming.
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Yes but you have to put a memory key flash drive with all the movies an steam over the built in wifi
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Plug in the cable from the HIDEF port to your computer and Windows 7 asks if you want to download the files. I DO NOT try to use WiFi.
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No, this is a pretty terrible product in my experience. The only way to use it at all is with the network mode. Save yourself the trouble and just buy a stand alone hard drive.
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If you want to access video's or anything on the internet then you would need wi/fi, that is to use the tablet. You can use the cd and radio without the internet.
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Depends, most cannot. These players are not very sophisticated. Go to a "pad" or netbook if want games as well as music, video, pictures, ebooks plus you can use the internet as well, r00t
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No. Just straight up Sega Games as it advertises. No wifi , but you can put games on an SD card.
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You can only download books when wifi is available, but once they're downloaded, you can read them without any wifi. :)
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Yes. This drive connects directly to your computer using a USB port. A different kind of drive, called Network Attached Storage (NAS) plug into a switch or router, and could (for example) be accessed wirelessly from a tablet - without your computer at all. These USB drives don't have that kind of support yet. It is possible to plug this drive into other hardware that isn't a 'computer', such as a media server in your entertainment center. The media server would take the place of a computer. (Actually, media servers are computers nowadays, just as TVs and tablets are.) Of course, whatever you want to plug it into will need to support the newer USB 3.0 standard.