Any chance you are looking to upgrade to a newer tv? If so, most will be DLNA compatible, so you will be able to stream from you Windows 7 machine to the TV, either as a push or a pull. You can also do the same thing with the newer BlueRay players. Works very well. I've go that working with all Samsung hardware, and have had no problems. So for a low cost solution, and going under the assumption that you have wireless setup in your home, you could just get something like this:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Samsung-BD-C6500-Blu-ray-Disc-Player/15935485?wmlspartner=jXot6eVeYJg&sourceid=08681188370744904582 And hook up the external storage device to your home PC (Windows 7). So the content shows up in Media Center. And let DLNA do the rest. Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP Technical Support III Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From: James Rankin <[email protected]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Date: 09/12/2011 09:24 AM Subject: OT: playing video on TV from external storage device Looking for a few recommendations here. I have a load of episodes of children's TV (Fireman Sam and the like) stored on my external hard drive and also on my home NAS device. I'd like a quick and easy way to be able to play these on my TV. The solution I have at the moment is simply to connect my laptop to the TV and run the videos from the computer to the VGA output on the TV, but this is a) dangerous, as my seven cats regularly scuttle past the laptop and could bring it crashing to the floor, and b) far too technical a setup for my wife to put together for the kids herself when I am out of the house. Is there some sort of device I could purchase that could have a USB device plugged into it, and would then be able to deliver the content to my TV, or can you just get (for example) DVD players that accept USB drives or the like now? (I'm way out of touch with home tech, please forgive me). Or is there any other quick and dirty way I could deliver these videos so that it's easy for my other half (she is a complete technophobe)? All ideas and sharing of own configurations welcome, thanks! 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