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External Media Hard drive with Tv Connection

  • 24-01-2014 9:48pm
    #1
    Shades799
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭


    Hi Folks,

    I am looking for a hard drive that I can connect to my laptop and drag and drop movies onto it, then connect the hard drive directly to the TV using scart, red-yellow-white (whatever its proper name is) or hdmi connection .

    I've searched around and from what I can see they are called media drives but when I search for media drive reviews I get details about network connections and streaming from the net etc... But no clear indication that they will also do what I want so:

    What is the device called that I am looking for

    And

    Does anyone know of any that they would recommend around the <= 100€ price range

    Many thanks for any help!


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  • #2
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,735 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    If your looking to connect a hard drive of movie files, youll need a tv or ps3/xbox with built in media player functions and usb slots, otherwise youll need something like http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=400

    If your anyway tech savy, you could get a cheap raspberry pi, put xbmc on it, hook it up to telly via hdmi, and play your files straight off your connected hard drive.


  • #3
    Shades799
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Shades799


    Stuxnet wrote: »
    If your looking to connect a hard drive of movie files, youll need a tv or ps3/xbox with built in media player functions and usb slots, otherwise youll need something like http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=400

    If your anyway tech savy, you could get a cheap raspberry pi, put xbmc on it, hook it up to telly via hdmi, and play your files straight off your connected hard drive.

    Thanks very much for your reply! I don't want to have to use anything extra, just the box itself that will be connected to the TV and can be navigated with using its own remote for example. I know such a product exists cause I used to have one but I don't remember what it was called


  • #4
    FAET
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭FAET


    Cyclone Primus V2 2TB Media Player
    STOREX D-522 - 2 TB Digital multimedia hard disk
    No idea if either of these are any good.

    Or a separate WD WD TV PLAY and a separate hard drive.

    All will be over €100.

    Plenty of alternative methods above in Stuxnet's post above.


  • #5
    larchielads
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,734 ✭✭✭larchielads


    Stuxnet wrote: »
    If your looking to connect a hard drive of movie files, youll need a tv or ps3/xbox with built in media player functions and usb slots, otherwise youll need something like http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=400

    anyone know where i could buy one of these cant find it on their website?


  • #6
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,749 ✭✭✭degsie


    larchielads wrote: »
    Stuxnet wrote: »
    If your looking to connect a hard drive of movie files, youll need a tv or ps3/xbox with built in media player functions and usb slots, otherwise youll need something like http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=400

    anyone know where i could buy one of these cant find it on their website?

    Looks like it's discontinued. Have a search for 'WD TV Live', you can attach external storage and it supports a host of filetypes.


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