if I plug in an external hard drive with movies on it and I find an app to play the movies, would this adapter read the movies from the hard drive?
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It would depend on a number of factors. e.g. the format of the movie file, blue ray, mp4, oog, etc. It would also depend on the particular app. Does it support the files format? Or does it allow you to read from an external hard drive? I've plugged in a thumb drive into the unit being sold, and have been able to read/move files to and from the tablet. I've also been able to view some videos from the thumb drive. But I cannot say it would work for you for sure. It did for me.
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My Coby TF-DVD7377 reads and plays USB flash sticks with no problem. The ones I'm using are an 8-gig Lexar (for video) and a 4-gig Dane-Elec (for MP3 music). I do not currently own one of the newer USB-powered external hard drives, so I cannot comment on that. However, this Coby player is able to read and play files from my five-year-old Western Digital 80-gig hard drive (the WD drive is powered by an AC adapter).
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This definitely works on my tf700t. I have tried it with my external 1tb hard drive and it's able to play everything it can as advertised. Keep in mind, you wont be able to charge your tablet while this usb converter plugged in... bummer.
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I hooked up my tablet to the TV via this cable and are able to view my photos on the big screen. Also, I had downloaded some movies and they play as well. The tablet has a HDMI mini plug and this cable hooks up to it. As to the external power, I guess that depends on how long you use it.
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I believe so. The adapter should help you get files from a drive regardless of the operating system on which the drive used to run. The drive I used it on used to run Windows Millennium Edition (ME). Windows ME would no longer boot, so I used the adapter to rescue the files. After I removed the hard drive, I connected the adapter to it then connected it all to a working computer via USB. The working computer recognized the old hard drive as a remote drive, and I was able to harvest the files.
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Yes Harriet. As long as you have a television with USB ports you can do so. I watch movies I Watch movies in this way all the time on my Samsung tv. It is very convenient. Plug in the External drive and when it appears choose the video folder and your movies and shows will appear. Choose one, press enter on TV remote and you are go to go. Cheers
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Be sure to disable "Auto-Play" settings before attaching any external drive! I've seen USB sticks transfer malware this way, and since this device looks like a USB connection it could do the same thing.
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That was my original intent but was not good for that. I got the USB and SD card adapter for my Samsung tablet and phone (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009VBCSVI/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&ps;c=1) and it worked beautifully. My tablet did not have a USB port so I had to use the adapter to make the power plug into a USB port. For an external hard drive, as long as you have a USB port on your iPad you should be fine with the female-to-female adapter as shown here, if not you will need a USB adapter. Hope this helps.
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Yes:that is what its madw for. Not only from devices that are directly connected like your computers are but anydwvice that can play a movie( phones, pads Etc)...
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1. Yes it displays whatever is on your latptop screen and shows it on the TV or projector. Everything shows very good, except when playing videos the texture and color is a lilttle bit faded. 2. No you can not play an external hardrive directly with out it being connected to a pc.
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That was my original intent but was not good for that. I got the USB and SD card adapter for my Samsung tablet and phone (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009VBCSVI/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) and it worked beautifully. My tablet did not have a USB port so I had to use the adapter to make the power plug into a USB port. For an external hard drive, as long as you have a USB port on your iPad you should be fine with the female-to-female adapter as shown here, if not you will need a USB adapter. Hope this helps.
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you're wrong this device is used to connect an internal hard drive as an external hard drive via usb, but in my case it did not work.
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Yes it's for external hard drives that are up to 4tbs.It's for android and apple devices. For iPads only pics and video that you take on the device.For android all pics and videos and documents you download from websites or take.
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I'm certainly no electronics expert, but shouldn't you be able to use this to play movies on your TV by hooking the drive up to your laptop, and then running an S-video cable from the laptop to the television, and changing the video output (screen) from the laptop screen to the TV screen? I've never tried it, but it seems like it should work. I use my internal DVD drive on my laptop to play movies on my TV by this method all the time.
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I use my external hard drive without problems, but my external DVD drive will not work properly -- keeps losing connection. Both are USB powered. My work around for the DVD drive is to attach it to my USB hub that has its own power cord.
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Sorry, I have not tried that. I got this unit to use with my phone but it should be able to handle reading the external drive
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Yes it will play every video file ive tried. i will say i had trouble connecting a passport it didn't show the files. but a usb thumb or sc card played no problem. it recognized a usb drive attached but didn't show the movie. maybe i need to do something on my passport end but still yes it does. not to mention it still does everything your phone can as far as apps browse with firefox etc