How To Play Movies In Chrysler Town And Country

I wanted to play movies that I have on my HDD through the rear entertainment system in my minivan. The minivan has a 110V outlet and composite "IN" in the back left and it has a HDMI port in the back right. Can I just get a cable that has one end going from my HDD and the other end into HDMI? Will that work? Any help is appreciated.

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Nope.
As said you need something to take the video file from the HDD and convert it to the video to be displayed. A Roku3 should work well for you. Also if the DVD player is something you can upgrade, a new unit might had a usb input port that would support video formats.

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HDD is a DUMB storage device, it doesn't know what to do until SOMEBODY tells it to. Both composite/HDMI hookups require some sort of "outboard intelligence" like a laptop between the HD and the display unit.

I recommend upgrade the VAN system with something with a USB port that you can attach, and can "talk" to a USB-attached HD. Note video format supported, more the better obviously.

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