Has anyone connected an external USB hard drive to a tablet and p

[Tab Let]

Has anyone connected an external USB hard drive to a tablet and played movies from it?

 

[Charlesleonard]

Re: Has anyone connected an external USB hard drive to a tablet a

Yes, Acer A500

 

[RocketJeff]

Re: Has anyone connected an external USB hard drive to a tablet a

Yes, on an Acer A500 (same as Charlesleonard).

If the hard drive is USB-powered, it will run down the battery quite a bit to watch the movie from the hard drive. Copying the movie to internal memory and watching it from there is a much better option.