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USB drive and TV compatibility?

Macro Device

Macro Device

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I have a TV that happily recognises and works with some USB sticks but has troubles understanding others. All of the sticks in question work perfectly fine on my PC, no hiccups, no nothing. All of them are USB 3.0 but from different vendors. All FAT32, the format method is identical. One of the drives that don't work is Sandisk SDDD3-016G-G46. Don't know the specs of those that work, don't have any way to know as of today because I left them at the parents' place and they can't connect to the grid because of weather conditions there. But I'm sure they're 128 GB and 16 GB and my not working stick is also 16 GB so size limitations ain't the thing.

The TV in question is DEXP F32H7000C. Possibly you've never heard of this vendor if you're outside Russia.

How do I tell if my future stick will stick with my TV? Or is it only trial and error?
 
Beginner Macro Device said:
How do I tell if my future stick will stick with my TV? Or is it only trial and error?
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Probably just trial and error. Sorry.

I tried to download a few DEXP TV manuals in "English" but they all turned out to be in Russian. Have you read the instructions?

In my experience most removeable media bigger than 32GB arrives formatted to ExFAT, not FAT32. It might be worth checking your USB drives to see if they're FAT32, ExFAT, NTFS, or something else. For Windows related drives, I sometimes reformat them from exFAT to NTFS.

You can format larger media (above 32GB) to FAT32, but your TV may be applying it's own unique format or encryption, to prevent you from playing back recorded TV shows on another device.

https://www.howtogeek.com/316977/how-to-format-usb-drives-larger-than-32gb-with-fat32-on-windows/
 
Beginner Macro Device said:
All FAT32, the format method is identical. One of the drives that don't work is Sandisk SDDD3-016G-G46.
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Funny, I've bought a Sandisk USB too, formatted in FAT32 as my USB car reader wants.
Guess what, it doesn't work on the car. Not recognized. Work everywhere else.
Just my 2 cents :)
 
Yeah this feels like standard USB shenanigans. I forget the reason why this is a thing, but it's probably about controllers and coltages and stuff.
 
"Smart" TV software can be pretty hopeless, even if yours runs Android, Tizen or webOS.

I find the best way to make a TV truly "smart" to get a cheap TV box (either a Roku or earlier-generation Apple TV) or an old Mac mini (late 2009 through mid-2012 models are great picks and generally inexpensive in the used market). There are some other weird solutions like the old Intel compute sticks - shopping around you can probably find something that doesn't cost a lot and would solve pretty much all current and future issues with compatibility at the cost of an HDMI port.
 
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