DVD Player with a USB Port?

[Sportster]

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[Judge]

Has anyone seen a DVD player with a USB port? I'd like to put multiple episodes of a program on a flash-drive so I won't need several disks.

Lots of external USB Optical players to choose from. I've made numerous purchases from newegg.com without incident.

http://www.newegg.com/External-CD-DVD-Blu-Ray-Drives/SubCategory/ID-420

Though I'm assuming your source disk has no copyguard protection/ripping/DRM concerns. And that your motherboard has a USB 2.0 or 3.0 port for a faster transfer rate for the flash drive.

But I'd also suggest doing some research online to determine how viable it is to stream High or Standard definition video from a flash drive. Sounds like you may have problems if the source is High Definition.

 

[Judge]

I don't "speak the geek," but I think I understand what you're saying. There are no copy right issues, but I may have not been clear on my intentions. I want a DVD player for the TV, not the computer. The disks can hold up to 4 GB and I think I can figure out how to squeeze three episodes on one disk; I saw instructions on how to do that with Windows DVD Maker. I was thinking it would be so much easier if I could put everything on a big flash-drive and not have to go through the hassle of trying to burn so many disks.

Since I learned how to do it (I think you're the one that told me how), I've been burning everything. The only drawback is it takes about three hours to burn a disk.

LOL. Nope, I'm not sure exactly what you are doing or the hardware you have to get the job done.

But you still have to be aware of the drawbacks of transfer rates running video sources relative to USB 2.0 specs. I can only guess that you want to use your computer to load DVD data to a flash drive, and then be able to play that flash drive directly through the USB input port on a DVD player connected to your tv set that you want to purchase. Is that correct? If so, you're still gambling on achieving satisfactory playback. As far as I know the USB inputs on current Blu-Ray/DVD players run at USB 2.0 specs. Which may or may not be fast enough for good playback.

Does your existing DVD burner on your computer accommodate Dual-Layer DVDs with 8.5 GB capacity? Seems to me that would be an optimal choice regarding playback concerns. Better transfer rates than running anything at USB 2.0.

Don't you have a widescreen tv with its own USB 2.0 input port? My tv does, but I've never even given a thought to running video data on a flash drive plugged into it. I use flash drives (USB 2.0) and love them, but only to store computer data files- not video. You can experiment with USB 2.0 specs...but there's no guarantee you'll get exactly what you want. I just find it pointless to invest in technology with limited performance potential.

Now if your computer's burner and your existing widescreen tv supports USB 3.0, that's an interesting option. Supporting transfer rates to nominally display HD video from a flash drive alone. If not, it strikes me as a better bet to stick with double layer recordable discs if your burner and player connected to your tv supports them.

http://www.verbatim.com/subcat/optical-media/dvd/dvd-r-dl/

 

[Mr Allen]

Rather than copying to DVD, might be quicker and cheaper depending on your Internet speed to stream from your PC to TV.

 

[Judge]

My TV does have the USB ports, but it won't play videos; I've already tried. I can look at images all day, but no video.

Not every widescreen tv with a USB input that can universally play every video format. You might check to verify what formats your tv will play directly through a flash drive. It may simply involve converting your existing video files to another format.

http://open-media-community.com/2015/05/25/watch-movies-on-tv-via-usb/