USB to TV player

brianposter

Is anyone aware of a box that permits playing from a USB on a TV which has no USB facility ?
While it can be done with a decoder box, none that I have found seem to work well.

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raspberry pi, one of thpse small hp sff boxes about 20cm each side, or a laptop

Owain_Moneysaver

My cheap Bush DVD player has a USB socket on the front. I think that's for playing from USB sticks.

debitcardmayhem

Might help if you say what the TV is and does it have HDMI and what is on the USB you want to play

Jon_01

Any Android box running Kodi should play almost anything you throw at it.

But as above, it would help if you said what file format the stuff is on the stick?

AndyPix

An Inter compute stick is basically a W10 computer in stick form and with a USB slot will play anything you need to play

brianposter

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Might help if you say what the TV is and does it have HDMI and what is on the USB you want to play

I was hoping for a general purpose box to replace the DVD player which I currently use. I would expect to use it with various TVs (the TVs which already have a USB port are not partcularly flexible) and for a variety of video streams.
What amazes me is that such a device does not seem to be readily available.

DoaM

brianposter wrote: »

What amazes me is that such a device does not seem to be readily available.

It does ... it's a small form factor media player, either self-built using a Pi or similar, or as an Android TV box.

capital0ne

brianposter wrote: »

I was hoping for a general purpose box to replace the DVD player which I currently use. I would expect to use it with various TVs (the TVs which already have a USB port are not partcularly flexible) and for a variety of video streams.
What amazes me is that such a device does not seem to be readily available.

Buy a cheap dvd or Blu-ray player but make sure it has a USB socket, mine has and it plays most video formats, mpg, mp4, avi and so on, and it displays jpgs, i.e. photos.

almillar

Lots of nice small devices suggested - I'll go a bit more old school - a PC! You might already have one lying around that would be perfect for that USB stick, streaming and loads of other stuff. Heck, it might even have a DVD player. This is the cheapest suggestion I've seen.
And as for that general purpose box OP wants, as capital0ne suggests, a DVD player with a USB port would do great.
Now, let's talk about what file type is on the stick...!

Pikeyp

I use a Sumvision Cyclone 4 box for this sort of thing , works well enough for what I need ... would that work for you?

http://sumvision.com/product/Cyclone-micro-4/micro4.html