Use tv to view movies

I have a Blusens M94 TV and I want to view movies and fotos (MP4s and jpegs) using an eternal hard drive plugged into the tv. I used OSX to format the 500 GB WD as FAT 32 as required by Blusens, but the TV will not recognize files I have written with my Macbook (but will play commercially produced dvds). Even if the file recognition problem is solved- aren't FAT 32 files limited to 4 GBs? Many of my MP4s exceed this size. Blusens people are not helpful and can only suggest that I get a windows computer. Any recommendations?
Charles in Mexico

The Engadget review of Apple TV (September, 2010) expressly states "And of course, you can't sideload any content or playback from a standalone hard drive". This would seem to rule out just reformatting the external drive and the implication would be that another devise- a computer- connected to the Apple TV- would be necessary. Am I missing something?
Charles in Mexico

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