usb play External USB DVD Player Support

[Brody Sommer]

Is there anyway possible to use an external usb 3.0 DVD Player on my WebOS tv? I’ve went as far as getting a hub so it connects through HDMI even and still it doesn’t recognize anything there 

[Patman]

Based on my own experience, I think before the LG tv will "recognize" the DVD player, the DVD player has to be hdmi-cec enabled. HDMI-CEC is the communications protocol that allows components to communicate and control each other via hdmi connections (LG calls it SIMPLINK). In my case the Blu Ray player can be recognized by the tv when hdmi-cec is turned on but becomes "invisible" when turned off. So your DVD player has to have hdmi-cec capability, the DVD player has to be set to enable hdmi-cec, SIMPLINK has to be turned on on the LG tv, and the DVD player has to be connected to the tv via an hdmi cable. 
 

if any of these requirements are not met, including connecting the DVD player to the tv's USB port, then the tv can’t "see" it or control it. 
 

Having said that, you should still be able to use the DVD player by manually selecting the input on the tv to which the DVD player is connected—whether that be an hdmi or USB port—and then controlling the player with its own remote. 
 

Hope this helps.