Bit of connectivity help please

cormie

Hi folks,
I currently own this projector: http://www.projectorcentral.com/InFocus-X6.htm

I'm going to be buying one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Passport-2TB-Portable-Hard-Drive/dp/B007IA3S22/ref=sr_1_5?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1363652129&sr=1-5#productDetails

and I was thinking it'd be nice to be able to have a direct connection from the HD to the projector without the need for a pc. This: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sumvision-Cyclone-Adapter-Internal-Surround/dp/B0073H7LKA was suggested but I don't think it will work as I don't think it can be powered and read from an external hd at the same time and I don't think it has the correct connectivity to use with my projector.

Does anyone know of anything similar that I could just have External HD > Media Hub > Projector?

Any feedback appreciated!

gctest50

This sort of thing might suit you ?

http://www.dabs.ie/products/western-digital-tv-hd-live-media-player-usb-2-68PH.html

there are probably better versions of the same yoke out now - that one is no longer available

cormie

Thanks for that. I was looking at the WD live tv hub alright, seems like it might be the best option to go with. I'm just not sure if I can connect it to my projector as the projector has quite dated input options from what I know and I'd be connecting the audio to a separate set of multimedia speakers, so not fed through the projector itself..

cormie

I've drawn this diagram

Hopefully it will better explain. So I have the current set up and looking to replace my current argosy 500gb media player with some sort of hub which I'll be able to connect a WD 2tb external HD to via usb and view the media from that. Whether or not the media hub has any internal space isn't really important, if I can get it cheaper by not having any space and still being able to read from the WD 2tb passport, that would be preferred as all the recent data will be on the WD 2tb, I can't imagine myself using any network methods of transferring files.