Looking for a cheap, small box that I can easily move from room to room so I don’t have to fight with unplugging my shield. I tried to use an Onn one with the otg cable trick but it absolutely refused to play nice with my external drive. So I’m looking for the cheapest option for a box that will connect and read from said drive. Ideally it would also support Kodi or at least MX Player Pro.
EDIT: some clarifications - if the solution involves connecting to the actual internet outside of the setup scrape for Kodi (if that - that’s a bonus on top of MPP) I don’t think it will work - my internet is very poor and when I tried to run PMS from my shield it caused the device to chug and freeze on top of Plex just being clunky. Some sort of local network might be more feasible but I’m not hopeful.
The dynalink box, although similar in design to the onn, supports NTFS over usb otg.
The tivo stream 4k also supports NTFS over usb otg. Some retailers have been blowing out the tivo dongle for 5 to 10 american dollars.
If you don't need a certified box, there are more choices. Although the certified devices are often cheaper because they are subsidized on the back end through advertising and "spying-on you" deals.