Hi All,
I am looking at a simple setup to allow videos to be played through a TV from HDD. Previously, I have carted my laptop around with a combo of S Video cables and RCA plugs.
As much fun as that is, I'd be keen to work out some other way of doing this. I went to a store today to ask about some products I'd heard of that simply connect to your TV and have a way to connect via USB, so you can connect your HDD to this. I think one such product is Apple TV and there is some other thing from Western Digital that I'd heard about also.
The bloke in the store told me that a cheaper and better option these days is to simply buy a Blu Ray player as they also have this capability. Is this true? If so, can anyone recommend a player that is cost affordable with reasonable codec support (AVI, MP4, DivX etc)?
If anyone has any alternative ideas, that that would also be great. My main aim is to keep it simple. It is going to be for my Mum, who at 73 is not all that adept with tech things.
Thanks,
Chris
P.S. -> Stupid question, but do Blu ray players play DVD's?