Its going to vary between different brands since the operating system also needs to support large hard drives including GPT partition that is used on 3TB and larger hard drives.įor most people the ability to play optical discs with high quality video and audio is the most important feature in a Blu-ray player. The newer Blu-ray players in the last few years should work up to 16TB sizes if they support exFAT and NTFS file formats with GPT partition. Some older Blu-ray players require FAT32 and well only work with up to 2TB hard drives. 500mA to 1000mA USB rating can take care of many hard drives below 2TB. You have to try your 2TB hard drive to see if the player has enough juice to navigate with comfort.
You can find BR players for that price, and sporting a USB port. I know, $200 total is a lot of money today, do you have a budget that is a lot less, like $20? It's expensive because it plays 4K, 3D, SACD, DVD Video and Audio, Blu-ray Video and Audio, audio files.tons of them, and it has streaming apps.the main important ones.Ī 2TB external hard drive nowadays on sale is $49. The Sony X800 doesn't have it, but it plays Blu-ray discs and it has a front USB ug a 2TB external hard drive there, without power supply. Thanks in advance.ĭo you need Dolby Vision from your BR player? I am in the process of transfering my dvd/blu-ray collection into digital. Can anyone help? I am looking for a Blu-ray player that I can plug my external 2tb hard drive into and play movies from that also that is budget friendly.