QUOTE(Tealifos @ May 4 2022, 10:57 AM)
Can the ipad mini watch video straight from ext hdd ?
Or still need itunes
Actually im the same with yr situation but 64gb is a no for me
But then 256gb for ipad mini is 2.9k and ipad air 256gb is around 3k something
Might as well add another 500 for 128gb ipad pro
I got same dilemma with you initially with ipad mini.
64 vs 256 price different quite big
if can reach 256 price, might as well top up a bit to buy ipad air - see you need that air size or not
another top will get ipad pro 128 - see you need that size and features + spec or not, alternatively can consider ipad air 5th gen
all down to budget, screen size and processing power that you really need.
64 GB currently is enough for me, anything I just keep it in external ssd that I formatted as exFAT which works with android, ios and even windows.
tested with a video from own camera with .MOV, can straight watch from external HDD.