Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation 1 Apr 25, 2010 3:39 pm Hope some one can help here.. My Samsung 50" Plasma TV allows me to plug my WD External Hard drive directly to it via usb. Its brilliant as i don't need a media centre to watch my avi files etc. I was wondering can I keep my external hard drive in my little comms cabinet and have 2 different TVs that accept usb input to share the same WD drive? I understand that I will need to have a USB-Cat5e link because of the distance from TV to WD. Cheers Re: External Hard Drive direct to TV Plasma 2Apr 25, 2010 3:54 pm I don't thihnk it will work as you can't really split USB like that also no way of updating it with new content without unplugging it also some AVI files arn't liked by these TV's Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal Hey guys, what’s everyone opinion on James Hardie linea direct fix to frame? Would this be the most common method and anybody ever had any problems down the track? 0 5116 Yeah mine about 9 metres long and 8 wide with slope of 25% at one point but the end point of the outlet is past the side of garage and if he concretes allowing for… 4 4516 Thanks Simon, I guess I'm no concerned with the volume of the noise rather that dead and hollow sound and feel that is associated with floating floors. But I'm not sure… 3 6109 |