What's a good & simple USB media player?

stickyfingers on 28/11/2013 - 22:54

We're looking to get a media player for my Grandmother for christmas so she can watch videos off a USB flash drive.
It doesn't need internet capabilities (she wouldn't use it, at all).

  • It needs to play a 1080p files
  • It needs to support formats such as (and I know some are just containers): mp4, mkv, mov, avi
  • It needs to be simple!

Not too worried about pricing but preferably not too much, it would just be for 1-2 hours or so worth of video here and there (twice a week or so).

I've thought about doing a custom UI on a RaspberryPi but it seems like more effort than it's worth :P

Electrical & Electronics

Comments

  • ethereal88 on 29/11/2013 - 07:21
    +1

    WD Live Gen 3. Plays 25GB mkv's, so it will play close to everything. Does not support DTS-MA/HD Audio so if you have fancy 7.1 audio look elsewhere. A Pi is pffft.

  • stickyfingers on 29/11/2013 - 12:30

    I had a WD Live Gen 3 (thanks to an awesome deal here) but it's packed with features.
    She'll only be using the regular output of her Samsung TV speakers. Is there anything a bit lighter in terms of functionality?

  • batrarobin on 29/11/2013 - 19:19

    Probably go for Minix Neo G4. It's very stable, UI is simple and cheap too.

  • Davros on 29/11/2013 - 19:30

    I can plug a usb into and play movies with my samsung TV, no need for media player, its inbuilt

    • stickyfingers on 29/11/2013 - 22:35

      Sadly hers doesn't support that :/

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