Dvd to External HDD via USB?

[thetcshop]

Hey there

I've been looking at all the dvd players with usb connections. If i purchase one of these 'bad boys' will i i be able to connect my external HDD to it and watch videos.

Cheers in advance to anyone who can help me out,
Ed

[koocha]

I personally wouldn't bother with an external DVD writer.

Get an internal one and an Easy IDE from Scna for a tenner to make it into USb 2.0, then you can plug anything IDE into it (DVD, HDD, 2.5" HSS, etc)

EDIT: Sorry, completely misread the post. Please ignore me!

[Funkstar]

i would guess so, but it depends what they are using the poort for. What you are looking for in the spec is USB Host support. this means it acts like a PC as for as the hard drive in concerned. The only other use of a USB port on a DVD player i can think of is to tunr it into an external DVD drive...and that doesn't sound very useful.

What models are you looking at specifically?

[thetcshop]

i havnt been looking at any dvd players specifically, just want one that can go from external HDD to dvd player. Any suggestions anyone??

Ed