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No it doesn't, you're right, it's outputted through video connectors from the Zune dock
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Does the 3808 have the software to opperate a hard drive?
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Fred, when I was wondering if my Seagate external hard drive would connect to my 3808 I'm pretty sure someone in the forum successfully connected their external hard drive to their 3808.
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Sure it does, but I think it only decodes MP3s on that drive. A hard drive formatted in FAT32 is the same (as far as a computer's concerned) as a flash drive.
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Yeah, the zune only plays *.wmv movies by default.. but you can convert to that format from others to make it work. From my experience any time I tried to play a movie from my zune on my 50" tv it looked like crap.
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Hmm. So if Denon chose to, they could provide support to decode other audio formats (as long as there is enough onboard processing power).
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It will decode any audio format it is programmed with, it covers the usual suspects, FLAC, WMA, MP3, ACC, etc. from a hard drive. All Denon would have to do is add video codecs and possibly a stronger processor to do video from a HDD.
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I suppose they could, but they're likely worried about getting pushback from the media conglomerates (guess who has too much power).
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Attaching a HDD to the 3808 is only going to get you music & pics. SAM - Do you have a PS3? If so, you could plug your HDD into the PS3 and get at your DVDs that way. Here is a thread that goes into great detail about that. Unfortunately, the thread is Windows-centric and you mentioned you have a Mac. While MTR will rip a DVD, you need to get it into a single .vob file (of less than 4GB) and load it onto a HDD that is formatted in FAT32. Read throught the thread to see what I am talking about. Alos, you may be able to find some info at Videohelp.com about the .vob file thing. That would really be the only problem.
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Does your graphics card have s video out? You could just hook your pc up to the Denon or straight to the TV for the Video and run a cable from the line out on the soundcard to the Denon.
Play the movie on your PC using any player you like and watch it on your HT.
I used to that with mine, my PC is 30 feet from the TV.
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