Hi.. we have a sony bravia HDTV, can u please let me know how to connect an external hard drive to that?

Question

Hi.. we have a sony bravia HDTV, can u please let me know how to connect an external hard drive to that?

Answer 1

I don't think you can.

Why?

Your bravia might have a 232 connector, HDMI, component, s-video PC/15 pin connections etc, but that's about it. You might be able to hook a PC to it, but just a bare hard drive? I don't think so.

Explain...

Answer 2

Umm...why do you need to connect an external hard drive to your tv? Do you have video content on it that you want to view on your TV? If that is the reason, there's no way for you to navigate the hard drive or even play media directly to your tv. What you can do is connect a Laptop/PC to your tv, via VGA, DVI, or HDMI depending on what kind of input your tv has, and output your computer has. You can then navigate the hard drive through your laptop, and play it through your laptop, while displaying it on your TV. If you need that in more detail, you can e-mail and i can try to help :)