Hello,

am looking at a cheap blu ray player for some family and looking at the following players

Sony S3500
Sony S5500
panasonic BDT83EB
Panasonic BDT170

they all say they havea USB port and does this mean that as they have a USb port if i connect an external hard drive to them then i will be able to play videos or pictures from the hard drive ovia the blu ray player as some of the manuals dont clearly state this yet the panasonic does clearly state connect a hard drive for showing pics, videos,

I realise there are different other features with these devices such as DLNA, wi-fi, 3d and 4k but the main think i am after is being able to play multi region dvd's and to be able to use to show family and friends family pics and videos.


Or if someone can sugest another cheap blu ray that can do this it would be appreciated.