Does the My Passport Cinema work with LG TV's?

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I have an LG OLED65E6P TV. Will it display UHD/HDR movies stored on a My Passport Cinema drive? The following makes it seem possible, but the VIDITY website only mentions Samsung TV models.

At CES, LG displayed scenes from 20th Century Fox’s “The Martian” on its HDR-enabled OLED TVs, using the Vidity video player from Western Digital.

I’d certainly buy a My Passport Cinema if I could confirm it works with my LG OLED OLED65E6P. If it does, do both Vudu and Fandango NOW work?

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At the time of this post the compatibility list does not mention LG televisions.

As such, I’d recommend contacting WD Support about this. You can do so over the phone or via E-mail.

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I just looked into this, and my advice is to read ALL the reviews at Amazon on this gadget (from first post to last) and make your decisions. It’s not so much the drive that is an issue, it is the whole ball of wax.

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Nothing in the Amazon reviews on on the WDC site mentions LG OLED TV’s. The WDC site does say: “More compatible TVs and devices are on the way so check back soon.” Since they demoed an LG OLED TV and WDC drive together at CES this year, I hope the 2016 LG’s are supported soon.

The Vudu site says 2016 LG OLED TV’s are supported, but it doesn’t say whether it’s only streaming or also includes the UHD downloads. The Vudu app runs just fine on 2016 LG TV’s, but there’s no way to test UHD download capability without actually purchasing a My Passport Cinema drive. I’m sure someone with both devices will eventually post about their success or failure.

The VIDITY site (https://www.vidity.com/consumer-faq/) is mainly marketing fluff, and has no link to any support. I expect they’d push me to WD, LG, or Vudu for an answer. They say: “What are the device requirements for VIDITY UHD with HDR playback?
You will need a UHD TV that is HDR capable and a VIDITY player that supports HDR.”

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My point was not if It would work on your TV, the takeaway I got from the reviews is that this Vidity and the whole thing sound fraught with disaster and high cost of entry. no matter what drive is used. The drive got decent reviews; it was the whole concept that got slammed.