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EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE TO TV

  • 12-12-2016 3:37pm
    #1
    TimTam82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40 ✭


    I have a seagate expansion 4tb external hard drive (3.0 usb connection) with some movies and pictures on it. Im wondering is it possible to get a cable to go from usb 3.0 to hdmi to connect directly into my panasonic viera tv. I'v tried playing the movies trough my xbox 1 but the seagate is formatted to a macbook pro and the xbox cant read it. Any help out there???


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  • #2
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,624 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    The cable from the hard disk drive (HDD) will need to go into a USB port on the TV rather than to a HDMI port which will only take a video signal from the likes of a DVD player or a cable/satellite decoder. Check the TV manual but you may find that it will only be able to read a HDD formatted for Windows using the likes of NTFS.

    An alternative is that you can buy a box called a media player which will read your HDD and connect to the TV using HDMI. But again, you will need to check compatibility to see if it supports a HDD formatted for a Mac.


  • #3
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,049 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    I think your best option is to transfer the contents of the drive to a PC or another drive with a filesystem that the TV understands.
    The TV should then be able to play the contents if the drive is connected via USB to the TV USB.


  • #4
    TimTam82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40 ✭TimTam82


    There is no USB port in the tv only hdmi. The TV is bout 6yrs old. It's a viera tx-p50x20l . The manual says nothing bout being Hdd compatible


  • #5
    TimTam82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40 ✭TimTam82


    It's an xbox1, how would I make a partition and format it?? Should I format on the mac or on windows?


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