external cd/dvd drive

[johnblaze322]

would i be able to plug a external cd/dvd player into my acer a500 usb port and play cd's/dvd's or burn cd's. I dont want to buy one unless i know it will work.

 

[lded21]

the short answer is no - there is no hardware support for that in A500

 

[PavtubeVideo]

in my opinion, ripping DVD discs for Iconia a 500 is the best solution, you don't need to spend too much money, and the video quality is still lossless...

this article supplys all the info you need to convert DVDs for iconia a500, you may have a look

Top DVD to Iconia Tab Converter - Rip/Play DVD Movies on Iconia Tab A500

 

[elsuirad]

Well, except for mouse, and joystick. I don't know if can recognized an external DVD-CD-ROM.

if you're planning to view files from your external drives (USB Flashdrive or HDD's) even it's NTSF format, update it via OTA to 3.2.

I can watch all movies from my external HDD 500GB and 1TB.

 

[BucketAcerTab]

Hi, How do you view whats on a USB thumb drive ? It flashes as it reading it but I don't see a name for the drive... I have Open Manager app.
Any help would be great
Mark

 

[Douvie]

Hi, How do you view whats on a USB thumb drive ? It flashes as it reading it but I don't see a name for the drive... I have Open Manager app.
Any help would be great
Mark

You will need a File browser app like FILE EXPERT which you can down load from the android market - ir free. Use it to browse to the USB DRIVE.