Want to play HD content on my TV

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Just bought a Sony Ex-520. TV's great but the only problem is USB connectivity. I wanted to play some HD content from my hard disk,turns out that it only supports FAT32 or everything FAT only (no NTFS) . My friend has a 22" samsung LED TV and it detects my HD beautifully. No problems there. What is wrong with Sony??!


Anyhow, I want alternatives. Started searching for my Pen Drive but seems like its lost. I have no clue how to play the content.
Options that seem likely -

1) Buy an HDMI and connect my laptop. Seems like the best bet but got confused when looking for cables. This is my first encounter with a big screen TV. So help needed indeed. Links are welcome. Cheap and best will do
2) Backup and Format my(1 TB) HD to FAT format and play. Will that in anyway affect my HD? Very time consuming. Don't think I even have the space to create the backup.

Help me with your inputs guys.
Thanks.
 
seraph said:
1) Buy an HDMI and connect my laptop. Seems like the best bet but got confused when looking for cables. This is my first encounter with a big screen TV. So help needed indeed. Links are welcome. Cheap and best will do
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2) Backup and Format my(1 TB) HD to FAT format and play. Will that in anyway affect my HD? Very time consuming. Don't think I even have the space to create the backup.
first backup. if you dont have spare, if you have tons of content get a hdd, else get a pendrive and copy the content to watch.
it wont affect your HDD.
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If your hard drive is formatted to FAT32, you may not be able to transfer files that occupy > 4 GB. Most backups of bluray discs may be well more than 4 GB in size.

Your best bet here is to buy a cheap media player such as the Asus O!Play Mini which will let you play those media on NTFS formatted drives.
 
gREen said:
first backup. if you dont have spare, if you have tons of content get a hdd, else get a pendrive and copy the content to watch.
it wont affect your HDD.
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I created a partition on my external HD of around 20 GB. I changed it to FAT32. Still the USB wasn't detected. I am really in a fix here. I spend money and I don't get a simple feature like USB connectivity???!!! Whats wrong with SONY?
 
Buy any HD media player (Asus O play, WD Player, seagate flex etc) it will cost you around 4k and its the best option with maximum number of supported formats etc.
 
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