Playing videos on TV

Hi i have a panasonic plasma TV with a SD card slot, but it keeps saying video files can be found, first of all my TV is approx 8 years old, i wondered if it is to old and a new TV is called for has anyone any idea what the problem might be please thank you...Ray

You have some work to do to figure this out!

There is a spec for the video; I don’t know what Panasonic was using 8 years ago. The internet knows. Try for a manual or old product spec for your TV by model number.

Some things to try:
Standard definition, 720p and 1080i/p
H.264 - you’ll want a plain vanilla version, like that created by the excellent Handbrake - free!
Possibly an MPEG-2 file that conforms to the Standard Def DVD spec, or, to the HD BluRay spec.

But I’d start with internet search. The answer is out there, but may not be found asking questions on forums...

It seems that TVs and audio equipment that reads and plays files from a USB drive or SD card slot will only work if the thumb drive or SD card are formatted correctly. TVs and other similar equipment usually specify that they can only read and play files in a certain file format, like maybe in FAT only. They are unable to recognize some newer formats like NTFS or exFAT.

Your TV's documentation should tell you what's required and you'll just need to re-format your SD card or USB drive accordingly.