external HD to TV

camoxiong · Jul 30, 2012

I have a friend that is canceling his cable and wants to know if he could connect his external HDD to his tv, his tv has usb ports. So, what do I do?

Crap Daddy · Jul 30, 2012

It depends on the TV set if it can read and play the content.

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