USB Stick / Large File transfer / windows supported TV only /

The question is also, will the TV read NTFS format drives? You'll have to check its specifications for that, or format an empty drive with a few jpgs on it and see how it reacts.

If it won't and you're stuck with FAT 32 you could try splitting up the larger file. I have a DVD player that will play USB drives. In fact I found that when I did try playing a long video using it that the audio got out of synch even though they played fine on the computer. I think it is happier with shorter files. I do know it will play multiple videos almost seamlessly. I haven't needed to view a long video again but next time I do I will take an editor and break the video into smaller chunks with sequential numbers so it will play them as one.

Assuming the TV does take NTFS, will doing what i suggested in the initial question work?

Probably, since we're just talking writing files to a drive. there's also the freeware NTFS-3G

You mention splitting the file? How simple is that to do?

Depends upon the format file and the software you have. When I need to do it I will probably try MPEGstreamclip which is free. I think I have also seen software that splits up automatically, but I really can't recall the name. I also just tried a utility called Clip Creator 2 which doesn't do it automatically be seemed to handle what Streamclip found a problematic file.