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7th October 2009, 12:57
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Play external Hard drive through TV
My father in law wants to play his external hard drive files through his tv.
On my setup my DVD player has a USB in that allows me to plug an external disc in and navigate files and play them.
No such joy on his Sharp Aquos setup. It has USB ports but they are purely for updating firmware.
Is there a device out there that would connect between the hard drive and the tv and allow playback?
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7th October 2009, 13:00
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If anyone is goint to produce a decent device it would be QED.
Let me have a gander at their website for you......
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7th October 2009, 14:06
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I doubt if there will be a dedicated device for this, seems like alot of money & effort since it would need a cpu, memory, surround sound & hdmi / component etc outputs etc, all the standard components of this type of a device & then in the end all it will be used for is to plug a hard drive into the TV.
Probably just have to get a DVD/Blueray player which has this option in it id have thought.
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7th October 2009, 14:24
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I feared that to i was hoping there might be something out there somewhere.
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7th October 2009, 16:34
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I use my ps3 with hard drive, works a treat, for the hard drive to work it has to be FAT32 formatted
you also have to click triangle on the playstation then click display all to view the video files
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7th October 2009, 16:40
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Just realised what confuddled English my reply was written in.
Any of the modern games consoles let you do this too, but your still talking a fair whack of €a$h. I think it will be some kind of combo device your after, see what Craig turns up though, i'm just speculating.
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7th October 2009, 18:55
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would something like this work ????
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7th October 2009, 20:22
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it might, thanks ill have a gander
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8th October 2009, 01:11
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im busy putting all my dvds onto hard drive now, so much easier than chopping and changing dvds 
if he really wants to splash out then theres always home entertainment computers, you can put multiple hard drives in, you have to use memory and stuff like that and an operating system to run it all but once set up they are sweet ill get some links up tomorrow
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8th October 2009, 14:01
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I have a lg bluray player.. cost around £120 because I got a deal on it with my lcd tv...
that plays my external hard drive straight through my blu-ray player to my tv, I can also just plug memory sticks in and bring up images etc...
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8th October 2009, 14:10
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yup i can do that on my setup, the father in law cant though. USB ports are for firmware updates only
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8th October 2009, 14:30
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best bet would be to build a media center can build em for 200 notes a very cheap one anyway
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8th October 2009, 15:49
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http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152007
Ive got this works a treat 
Not HD but does the job..
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20th October 2009, 16:44
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Oh well im guessing this is the same product that SaxoMuffin has posted up although the links broken.
Was dossing about killing time on eBuyer today & spotted this http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167205
For <£30 its worth a shot i reckon!
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20th October 2009, 19:45
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He ended up buying the WD one posted above. Hasnt tried it yet as hes on holiday
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20th October 2009, 21:20
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He ended up buying the WD one posted above. Hasnt tried it yet as hes on holiday
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That one is ace, comes with a remote and its really easy to use. Looks good too.
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20th October 2009, 22:21
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Originally Posted by Scott
My father in law wants to play his external hard drive files through his tv.
On my setup my DVD player has a USB in that allows me to plug an external disc in and navigate files and play them.
No such joy on his Sharp Aquos setup. It has USB ports but they are purely for updating firmware.
Is there a device out there that would connect between the hard drive and the tv and allow playback?
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What Format are his Files ?
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25th October 2009, 22:01
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Issue. His external disc is foatted for Mac. Wd only supports windoze. Any if the others above any use?
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25th October 2009, 22:45
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I thought mac uses FAT32?
Are you sure the file formats/codecs etc are compatible for playback on the TV?
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25th October 2009, 23:32
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Both Mac & Windows can read & write in FAT32 so if he reformats the drive in FAT32 that should keep both OSX & the WD drive happy (and Windows too if the situation arrises).
Only issue is that FAT32 doesnt allow for single files to be larger than 4.2gb so any HiDef movies etc would need to be broken into 4.2gb chunks!
EDIT: FAT32 size limit it actually 4gb
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The maximum possible size for a file on a FAT32 volume is 4 GB minus 1 byte (2^32−1 bytes). Video applications, large databases, and some other software easily exceed this limit. Larger files require another formatting type such as NTFS.
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