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Playing movies from laptop to tv

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  • 12-01-2013 6:06pm
    #1
    benji2012
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭


    i have movies saved on my laptop, i have a ferguson arivia 250, if i save movies on to a usb stick can i play them on the above mentioned?
    Thanks :)


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    gaelicyoda
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭gaelicyoda


    Hi benji - I don't have one myself, but from looking at the Ariva 250 page on the Ferguson website as long as the movie is in a format that the ariva can decode (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264), which would cover the most common formats, then yes.


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    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Your main issue could be the codecs. I've a 120 and it doesn't play many of my movies due to codec problems. Nevertheless I can play them on the laptop and connect them to display on the TV via a HDMI cable.


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    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Look into getting soemething like a Western Digital WDTV medial player, they are really good. Plays almost anything and pulls it straight frm your pc over the network.

    http://wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=330


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    areyawell
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭areyawell


    If you connect a usb directly to the tv via a USB the quality is downgraded and looks terrible. Better off connecting a HDMI cable or getting a media player.


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    areyawell wrote: »
    If you connect a usb directly to the tv via a USB the quality is downgraded and looks terrible. Better off connecting a HDMI cable or getting a media player.

    Is this in reference to this specific tv or in general?


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    U_Fig
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭U_Fig


    Several ways I've done it over the years

    S-Video with audio jacks
    VGA with audio jacks
    HDMI cable
    NAS to Raspberry pi
    Transcode from laptop to media server on tv

    I now have a dedicated HTPC under my tv that is connected via hdmi to the tv and to all my other devices; NAS n laptop over the network I usually stream to it now

    My problem with plugging hardrives directly into the tv is a lot of videos don't play because of codec issues and there is loss of quality sometimes due to the way the tv scales the video to fit the screen


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