Can you play movies directly off a USB drive?
355142
i have not tried that. so i am going to say nobut it is a great buy and would purchase again
253658
You can but as I recall you can only do it through the FireWire port and then when you finalize the disc you can play the movies back on a regular DVD player
1732588
yes.. just be sure the "software" will play MTS (transport streams)and the USB drive has enough storage space1 hr of high def video is approx 16bgstreams are blu-ray compatiblei play them with VLC player and Media player classic
384090
I use my external USB drive to download and watch movies. Works great and I have a Macbook Pro.
1619917
Yes. Its possible but its only for a firmware update and presentation from other display devices that support USB videos like some high-end mobile phones. You cannot use the port to view slideshows or other files eg movies loaded on to the drive.
321715
You can download movies and music onto a flashdrive and pkug it into the usb port to play them,or buy a hdmi to usb adapter and play your phone through the tv
1465266
I haven't found a way to get SD or the USB to work for several formats of movies.
1296741
you don't have to use an external DVD drive - sheesh! use Handbrake to convert or download an .avi/mp4 version of your movie and watch it via streaming network feed, off a USB thumbdrive, off your SSD, or off an SDHC
903262
Yes you can play movies through the USB connection. In fact, you can connect a PC to the television and play them right from your PC.
1298221
The usb port is just a port. Not a driver. It can play videos though your computer, DVD player, etc. It will not play directly from a thumb drive.
1290053
I don't believe you can watch movies right from the Flashdrive. You can hook other peripherals up to the projector such as a computer or laptop and play the movies from there. This is a great projector and we love the image it provides on our 110" screen in the media room.
1485874
I try to hook mine up to ex- hard drive via USB and it did not play/or read any of the files.
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.
1419023
I've only tested the USB port on it once, so I may be wrong, but I'm fairly sure you can only do a photo-slide show using a usb drive. Any video content has to come from an actual player of some sort (computer, DVD plater etc.). But like I said, I've only tried that once, so anyone else please correct me if I'm wrong :)
2101580
I have not used that drive, but I have used a Western Digital 3TB USB 3.0 drive with no problem at all. No problem playing any format video that I have come across with the player.
1039832
Yes! But, I wouldn't perform this task, due to the size of some movie files. Most of the time, I would drag the clip on to my desk top and play the media. Some times the stream of data coming from your flash drive, may be too slow. This will sometimes cause pauses, while watching your movie, to refresh the buffer.
636235
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