- Jul 25, 2014
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Hi all,
I find myself in an odd situation where I need an ability to play video files on a Panasonic Viera Plasma TV I am 99% sure doesn't have a USB port, and in a place without wireless internet access.
I have plenty of nice large external hard drives and large USB sticks I can put the files on... but I need some way to get them streamed onto the TV.
I have an open HDMI port and an open power plug to work with.
I'm thinking the best way to go about this might be to get a DVD or blu-ray player with a USB port, connect that to the TV via HDMI, and do it that way.
Is it fairly common nowadays for a DVD or blu-ray player to have the ability to explore and play the contents of a USB stick or external hard drive?
I'm looking for the cheapest, easiest, and smallest way to do this. If there's some simple little box or converter where you plug USB in one end and the output is HDMI... that would work great. I know I need some means to explore the contents of the USB storage and select what to play, though, and I'm pretty sure this TV doesn't have any abilities in that regard built in. It's a bit old, and as I say I'm about 99% sure it has no USB port on it.
If anyone has a suggestion for a fairly inexpensive blu-ray or DVD player which could enable this, I'd love to hear it.
I find myself in an odd situation where I need an ability to play video files on a Panasonic Viera Plasma TV I am 99% sure doesn't have a USB port, and in a place without wireless internet access.
I have plenty of nice large external hard drives and large USB sticks I can put the files on... but I need some way to get them streamed onto the TV.
I have an open HDMI port and an open power plug to work with.
I'm thinking the best way to go about this might be to get a DVD or blu-ray player with a USB port, connect that to the TV via HDMI, and do it that way.
Is it fairly common nowadays for a DVD or blu-ray player to have the ability to explore and play the contents of a USB stick or external hard drive?
I'm looking for the cheapest, easiest, and smallest way to do this. If there's some simple little box or converter where you plug USB in one end and the output is HDMI... that would work great. I know I need some means to explore the contents of the USB storage and select what to play, though, and I'm pretty sure this TV doesn't have any abilities in that regard built in. It's a bit old, and as I say I'm about 99% sure it has no USB port on it.
If anyone has a suggestion for a fairly inexpensive blu-ray or DVD player which could enable this, I'd love to hear it.