Gospel Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 HI all, Is there a DVD player which connects to a TV that will also play movies off an external USB drive? I have quite a few DVDs and would like to import them onto a hard drive. This part I know how to do. We would like to leave a DVD player at our cabin. So, when we go there all I need to do is bring the hard drive instead of a large case of DVDs. We don't want to leave a very expensive DVD player in case that place gets broken into. Thanks! Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mas Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 A DVD player? I think you are misunderstanding the relationship. A DVD player is only required to actually play the DVD in order to transfer the data from the disk to the receiver/processor. If the data is already transfered to memory, you do not need a DVD player. There are an increasing number of receivers that are equiped with various data transfer interfaces such as USB. ..which are a welcome addition. But one suggestion would be to wait about a year and you should see USB3 surface and become ubiquitous (as well as the UWB based 'wireless USB') which will provide a substantial increase in throughput. The advantage of this is that a simple external harddrive as well as more elegant network attached storage can ideed be used. And this is a very cost effective format. Lacking that, I would suggest looking at a device such as Apple's iTV or even a small Mini-Mac (although that solution provides a full blown UNIX based computer solution that goes far beyond simple memory. Or, if you are a real masochist, you are pretty much stuck with westling with a 'media center PC' which is rather an oxymoron.} But be aware, with the addition of network attached storage, you will be able to push media content to the storage from your computer, providing a very simple solution to your content management, and that would be the direction in which I would be heading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyholiday Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 oppo.com latest model DVD or SanDisk Sansa® TakeTV™ Video Player maybe? www.sandisk.com/Products/Catalog(1383)-SanDisk_Sansa_TakeTV_Video_Player.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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