can a USB Flash Drive be used on this to view movies? null

I was all set to buy this since Jonnett said it will play movies from a USB flash drive. However I finally found an owners manual for this tv and it appears it will NOT. .jpg is the only supported file extension. Talk a look at page 39 in the manual located here: https://www.manualowl.com/m/Insignia/NS-40D510NA17/Manual/474935 It has all the other features I need, HDMI ports, USB port [but only for .jpg photo's as it turns out] RCA input jacks [since I won't trash good DVD players that don't have an HDMI port] and others feature that are nice but not needed for what I need. So if you want to play movies from a USB drive, at least according to the manual this TV falls short as so many other's have that I found at this Best Buy site and I've bought a lot from them. Nothing against the store, but they need to add owners manuals for the products they sell so they will be open with the shopper on what the products will actually do. I've been reading the answers others have left and so, so many are just incorrect. An owners manual solves that problem. Let's get on the ball Best Buy, your consumers trust you need the "correct facts" and that's not a hard thing to do to list an owners manual or link to one. Had I bought this TV, went through all the trouble to set it up and then found out it won't do what I needed. I'd be done with you!! I say that respectfully as I like the Company and I spend thousands a year in your various stores. It's just for the room this TV will go in, I don't need to get into an expensive product. So folks copy and paste the link above in your browser to be sure it is what you need. I'm just trying to be a helpful shopper and intend no ill wishes on anyone :), I'm sure they are trying to help but to often they miss the target. So what will I do now, I'll put a TV show in the following formats on a flash drive [AVI, both Divx and Xvid, MP4 and MKV extensions and take it to the store with me] If Best Buy won't let me play it [But they always have in the past] I just won't be shopping for what I currently need there. So My search continues, good luck to the other shoppers that read this little note. Hope that it helped you! Sincerely, Dirk

Yes! I have done so myself and no issues.

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I was all set to buy this since Jonnett said it will play movies from a USB flash drive. However I finally found an owners manual for this tv and it appears it will NOT. .jpg is the only supported file extension. Talk a look at page 39 in the manual located here: https://www.manualowl.com/m/Insignia/NS-40D510NA17/Manual/474935 It has all the other features I need, HDMI ports, USB port [but only for .jpg photo's as it turns out] RCA input jacks [since I won't trash good DVD players that don't have an HDMI port] and others feature that are nice but not needed for what I need. So if you want to play movies from a USB drive, at least according to the manual this TV falls short as so many other's have that I found at this Best Buy site and I've bought a lot from them. Nothing against the store, but they need to add owners manuals for the products they sell so they will be open with the shopper on what the products will actually do. I've been reading the answers others have left and so, so many are just incorrect. An owners manual solves that problem. Let's get on the ball Best Buy, your consumers trust you need the "correct facts" and that's not a hard thing to do to list an owners manual or link to one. Had I bought this TV, went through all the trouble to set it up and then found out it won't do what I needed. I'd be done with you!! I say that respectfully as I like the Company and I spend thousands a year in your various stores. It's just for the room this TV will go in, I don't need to get into an expensive product. So folks copy and paste the link above in your browser to be sure it is what you need. I'm just trying to be a helpful shopper and intend no ill wishes on anyone :), I'm sure they are trying to help but to often they miss the target. So what will I do now, I'll put a TV show in the following formats on a flash drive [AVI, both Divx and Xvid, MP4 and MKV extensions and take it to the store with me] If Best Buy won't let me play it [But they always have in the past] I just won't be shopping for what I currently need there. So My search continues, good luck to the other shoppers that read this little note. Hope that it helped you! Sincerely, Dirk
Answered by Dirk 8 years ago
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Yes! I have done so myself and no issues.
Answered by Jonnett 9 years ago
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