New to WDTV, bought it because of its glowing reputation for handling many filetypes I’m not interested at all in streaming anything, just want to play media from a My Passport drive connected to a WDTV by USB. So, do I need to connect the WDTV to the internet at all? Is a connection or the need …

Hello, You don’t need to connect your WDTV to the Internet in order to play files from a USB drive.