Using portable hard drive in Japanese hotels?

Hi all,

Not sure if I�fm in the right place. If you think I should be asking this somewhere else, please kindly direct me.

I brought my hard drive with me to Japan last trip, and was hoping to watch my movies on nights where I just needed to relax in hotel room. However, every hotel TV I tried, the hard drive seemed to connect but I couldn�ft access my movie folders.

I�fm not sure if this is a format problem or not. Should I be purchasing a hard drive from Japan and transferring some movies to that?

Thank for any help.

I am not sure..
but maybe the problem is because of the format that the movies are saved in. It may not be compatible with the TV systems of Japan. Have you tried playing them on your laptop?

You can try putting some movies on a flash drive. I found that MP4 is the most common video format that plays on all my devices (yes, I know that MP4 is just a container, that holds several codecs, but I am going by common usage) . While AVI is popular, it doesn't always work on TVs. Of course you can put your movies in both formats, or including MKV, on the same drive. I will assume you know how to change the TV input to other devices, like the hard drive or flash drive. I've played my own movies on TVs in hotels worldwide. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. By the time I get to the hotel at night I am ready to go to sleep anyhow.

Your trying this on a hotel TV yes?

Because most TVs in hotels around the world have the USB and HDMIs disable by default. Plus they have their own custom interface and also could have the pay for movies card insert machines.

Hope this helps!

PAL vs NTSC would not normally be an issue, but format/access issues might occlude the device. Did you check the tv model can access you HD?

Normally, these more common TV run on android, usually called smart TV, brands from Samsung, sony and LG, but it's best to find the model number and check the specs on what format it supports.