Is there such a thing as a DVD player with a USB input where I can access the USB drive and skip the disk drive to watch movies on USB stick? Any good deals on them if they exist ?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world · 23 days ago

Is there such a thing as a DVD player with a USB input where I can access the USB drive and skip the disk drive to watch movies on USB stick? Any good deals on them if they exist ?

niemcycle@lemmy.ca · 23 days ago

Honestly, I think most DVD players have them these days. For that matter, many TVs also have a USB port on the back which supports playback, but that varies a lot more between models.

T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 23 days ago

They do exist. As for deals, I cant help you there, maybe a second hand store

cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 23 days ago

Try your tv if you have one already. My flat screen tv has a USB port, the only issue is it only reads a few levels deep so if the folders or files are nested too deep, they might need to be moved so they are only 1-2 levels deep

BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world · 23 days ago

Yeah, no problem. I have 3 of these Samsung BD-J5700 players. Found 2 of them at thrift stores, cheap. At one time, I had a hard drive I just left plugged into it with a bunch of shows and downloaded YouTube videos. It worked great. Now, I just have a PC plugged in and my players are just collecting dust. But if you can find one of these, they work great for playing off USB.