inputs.text: media player capable disk caddy nice - 25\\ laptop disk drive caddy usb also play media files marketed \\affordable media player\\ affordable easy install disk drive not come one get three important things keep mind not standalone media player no batteries no display no speakers not use understand play lists kind limited number supported formats audio video files must plug display kind speakers plug ntsc hdmi interface display information play back limited number audio formats play back limited number video formats play order playable files folder used navigate folders manage multiple usb partitions either sd card attached usb storage internal disk appears usb partitions fat32 ntfs act usb diskdrive internal disk computers decent video quality think could used effectively tandem incar video system hoteltv sources properly prepared cannot used standalone anything disk drive read form playlist audio video follow file links handle limited number mp3 wma encodings two audio formats handle likely not player would want hiking traveling lightly seems designed quite well seems run little bit hot observed elsewhere manufacturer deserves 5 stars actually not make ridiculous claims player seems fairly well made price mostly bargain responsive support questions comparison \\cheap affordable media player\\ theres another company used make nice mp3 player ran nimh aa batteries itwas much poormans player one first market not much way features played mp3 files m3u playlists fairly well acted usb disk plain came disk installed charged could used box easy use extensive online community even opensource firmware online instructions howto replace disk drive upgrades consider \\other\\ player ultimate \\cheap affordable\\ media player worked standalone handled \\easiest\\ playlist files well m3u