Need External HDD with HDMI Port.

[ajayritik]

I recently purchased a Samsung 46" TV and looking to watch movies on this. I have couple of pen drives but it's very cumbersome every time to copy a video onto the pen drive and then play it over the TV. Also it takes more than 30 mins to copy an 8 GB file. Do we have any External HDD available in the market with an HDMI port so that I can copy the videos,clips directly on to the HDD and play it. I was also thinking about connecting the TV to the router and maybe playing the content of my Desktop PC however since my PC doesn't have an HDMI outlet so I can't view HD content.

Any suggestions?

 

[sukesh1090]

there is no external HDD with HDMI port in the market.you can play the videos in your HDD by connecting through USB port of the TV.for connecting you PC to the TV either you should have VGA/HDMI port in your TV and you should have HDMI port on your PC.if they doesn't have then you can get a converter from HDMI to vga and you can use it to connect the TV to PC.

 

[ajayritik]

If I connect the external hdd directly to the TV using USB will there be any loss in quality. Should I instead dump it onto my laptop and connect using HDMI.

 

[sukesh1090]

nope it will have very good quality if your video is of high quality.if the video which you have in the HDD will have HD resolution then you will have treat to your eyes.if your video is not of good quality then even connecting with your laptop will also won't help you to get good video.so at last the quality of the video which you have is important.

 

[gopi_vbboy]

I have a sata/ide hdd to external hard disk converte(USB)... will u b interested

 

[Krow]

Have you looked at options like Xtreamer or WD TV Hub? If you can get one of those then you would be able to dump movies on the device and play. Check them out.

 

[d6bmg]

If I connect the external hdd directly to the TV using USB will there be any loss in quality. Should I instead dump it onto my laptop and connect using HDMI.

Connect HDD directly to TV's USB port. It will work flawlessly for the supported extensions.
This IS the only & best way. USB ports are there in the TV only for this purpose.

 

[ajayritik]

nope it will have very good quality if your video is of high quality.if the video which you have in the HDD will have HD resolution then you will have treat to your eyes.if your video is not of good quality then even connecting with your laptop will also won't help you to get good video.so at last the quality of the video which you have is important.

Thanks for the details.

Have you looked at options like Xtreamer or WD TV Hub? If you can get one of those then you would be able to dump movies on the device and play. Check them out.

Well right now my Samsung TV plays most of the formats. So right now I wouldn't want to invest on these. Since primarily most of the formats are being played.

Connect HDD directly to TV's USB port. It will work flawlessly for the supported extensions.
This IS the only & best way. USB ports are there in the TV only for this purpose.

Unfortunately I don't have an external HDD right now.

My question to d6bmg & sukesh1090
If I connect HDD directly to the TV Vs connect the laptop with HDMI cable.
Which among this is better quality wise?

Also one of my friends had said that there is some device which lets you connect the internal HDD and then has a USB outlet so that I can plug to my PC. However I think it supports only SATA HDD. Is there anything like this for IDE HDD as well. I have couple of IDE HDD's lying maybe I can use them.
I think it is SEDNA and saw that in primeabgb

 

[hsr]

Re: Need External HDD with HDMI Port, seriously?

I think your friend is lying, people lie, everybody lies.

And there was some converter for hdd to hdmi, I have one, it's a Lenovo z570, but hey that's me

 

[ajayritik]

Re: Need External HDD with HDMI Port, seriously?

I think your friend is lying, people lie, everybody lies.

Bro are you kidding?

 

[whitestar_999]

If I connect HDD directly to the TV Vs connect the laptop with HDMI cable.
Which among this is better quality wise?

depends on how proficient you consider yourself regarding configuring various audio/video software settings.to give you an idea if you don't know the details of RBG limited range 16-235 vs full range 0-255 & their relation with graphics driver & tv black level settings,changing lcd tv refresh rate to match or reach closest video fps,using madvr/avisynth/frame interpolation etc then connecting hdd directly to tv is a better option & using laptop is for when tv does not support certain video files.of course if you know your stuff nothing beats the flexibility of a pc/laptop to get best possible quality.

as for hdd any thing which can convert a hdd to a usb device will work with lcd tv if it supports external hdd.there are usb enclosures for both sata & ide hdd.

 

[dashing.sujay]

it takes more than 30 mins to copy an 8 GB file.

On first hand, change your pen drive. You own probably the slowest on earth (don't tell me its cruzer).

Get a JetFlash/Voyager, and all will be done under 10 mins.

 

[Cilus]

ajayritik, your friend is not lying but actually provided half the info. These are HDD based Media Players which does have an Internal HDD , very good interface, outputs like multiple HDMI outputs etc. Now most of them have one or multiple USB ports where you can connect your Pen Drive as well as your external HDDs.
Check it here: GADGETS - Media Players - www.deltapage.com

 

[skeletor]

If I connect the external hdd directly to the TV using USB will there be any loss in quality. Should I instead dump it onto my laptop and connect using HDMI.

This is a weird question imo. Quality "as per say" will be same.

You just get few post processing controls via media player software in a PC.

 

[Minion]

Invest in external HDD and use it to store your movie collection use usb to connect it to T.V

 

[samiryadav]

I recently purchased a Samsung 46" TV and looking to watch movies on this. I have couple of pen drives but it's very cumbersome every time to copy a video onto the pen drive and then play it over the TV. Also it takes more than 30 mins to copy an 8 GB file. Do we have any External HDD available in the market with an HDMI port so that I can copy the videos,clips directly on to the HDD and play it. I was also thinking about connecting the TV to the router and maybe playing the content of my Desktop PC however since my PC doesn't have an HDMI outlet so I can't view HD content.

Any suggestions?

kindly mention the model you purchased.

most of the latest LED/LCD TVs have USB port which supports external HDD.
and play quality is nearly same as what you will get with HDMI .
these have inbuilt HD video processing engine.

i have samsung 32 inch LED TV and it works well with seagate freeagent external HDD.i am able to play most of the video formats.

 

[ajayritik]

kindly mention the model you purchased.

most of the latest LED/LCD TVs have USB port which supports external HDD.
and play quality is nearly same as what you will get with HDMI .
these have inbuilt HD video processing engine.

i have samsung 32 inch LED TV and it works well with seagate freeagent external HDD.i am able to play most of the video formats.

This is the TV.
SAMSUNG - 46" Class (45.9" Diag.) LED 6000 Series Smart TV customer reviews - product reviews - read top consumer ratings

On first hand, change your pen drive. You own probably the slowest on earth (don't tell me its cruzer).

Get a JetFlash/Voyager, and all will be done under 10 mins.

Earlier I had posted a query asking about which pen drive I should buy but most of them were saying Saandisk.

Invest in external HDD and use it to store your movie collection use usb to connect it to T.V

Currently don't have the budget to get an external HDD.

as for hdd any thing which can convert a hdd to a usb device will work with lcd tv if it supports external hdd.there are usb enclosures for both sata & ide hdd.

Thanks for your advice.

 

[dashing.sujay]

I'm really sorry for you but kill them who suggested sandisk. Its the worst pen drive. For god sake change it.

 

[Zangetsu]

Also one of my friends had said that there is some device which lets you connect the internal HDD and then has a USB outlet so that I can plug to my PC. However I think it supports only SATA HDD. Is there anything like this for IDE HDD as well. I have couple of IDE HDD's lying maybe I can use them.

Yes its the external casing for making interal IDE/Sata to external.I use one for IDE.

 

[ajayritik]

Yes its the external casing for making interal IDE/Sata to external.I use one for IDE.

Actually I did purchase one External Casing for Internal HDD which was China made had a tough time making it work and finally had to return it.
Also as mentioned before the friend who suggested was saying the casing which more looked like a docking station will enable USB 3.0 I think that is the reason why its over 1k. The other normal External casings I believe are around Rs 500.