Hometheatersound.com Updated:
2011-10-04 15:15:31
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A few years ago, two of the most intriguing products reviewed by the SoundStage! Network were the Logitech (formerly Slim Devices) Squeezebox network music player and its big brother, the Transporter. By making it easy to stream digital audio files fr...
At a street price of just over $100, Western Digital’s WD TV Live offers plenty of versatility in the number of audio and video file formats it can play, in addition to its network streaming capabilities. It does have some limitations when playing aud...
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Western Digital's WD TV Live is a tiny and inexpensive high-definition media player that can access a wide variety of video, audio and photo files from both local and networked storage devices. It is extremely easy to use but lacks wireless connectivit...
Extensive format support, Easy to use...
Limited photo viewing options, No integrated WiFi...
The Western Digital WD TV Live is a media player and a high-definition media streamer rolled into one. It boasts an Ethernet port and has ability to view YouTube videos and photos on Flickr. The WD TV Live's extensive format support lets you access al...
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In the current age of media consumption, movies and television are being utilized in vastly different methods than five years ago. Nothing is more of a testament to the changes in how consumers are viewing their media than Western Digital’s TV Live H...
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When I reviewed the WD TV last month, I found it was a very capable little box that could play most of the videos, music and photos that I threw at it. But one key limitation of the WD TV is its stand-alone design. The WD TV has no network features a...
Attractive UI, Extensive video formats supported, 1080p support, Silent...
Can't attach USB hub, Flickr Issues, Internet content playable is a bit thin...
Inexpensive and surprisingly flexible media player...
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maximumpc.com Updated:
2011-10-04 15:15:35
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One media streamer to play them all High-definition video files were meant to be seen on big-screen televisions, not your 19-inch PC monitor. But getting these files—either personally ripped from high-def sources or downloaded from the Internet—from yo...
File playback over a network; component video output; improved file compatibility over the first WD TV.
No DRMencrypted file support; timeconsuming directory navigation; not ideal for music playback.
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This is a review on WD TV Live, a portable and easy-to-use HD media player from Western Digital.Most of us here would have plenty of movies, photos, and music collection in our hard drives (Gigabytes if not Terabytes of them). Unfortunately not everyon...
WD TV Live is a great compact media player capable of delivering HD quality videos to your living room. It supports a large variety of formats for delivering videos, photos, and music to your home. WD TV Live, unlike most media players in the market...
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With an explosion in the sales of external USB hard drives, its no surprise to see people storing media such as photos, music and videos on such drives. They offer a reasonable capacity to price ratio. However, to view these files, you generally need...
WD Live TV delivers what it promises to in a fool-proof way. We do wish it was slightly cheaper. With an explosion in the sales of external USB hard drives, its no surprise to see people storing media such as photos, music and videos on such drives. T...
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The new WD TV Live HD Media Player is an update to one of our favourite media players, the WD TV HD Media Player. Long names aside and putting it in simpler terms, Western Digital took their successful (and capable) HD and upscaling media player...
Plays almost everything, Flawless HD upscaling...
Proprietary video cables, No RMVB support...
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insidehw.com Updated:
2011-10-04 15:15:42
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WD TV Live brings probably the most important fix comparing to WD TV - support for wired network connection. The packaging of both devices is identical, with the exception of component and composite cables that are here non-standard because of unified...
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Hardware storage company Western Digital seems to be shifting its focus from just making casual and professional HDD drives for various respects as it is now getting into the entertainment segment. It already has two products, both of which we have rev...
Small and compact, HDMI output, 1080p Full HD, network storage media/device, format support, slick interface...
Sluggish (Network or broken files issue), no RMVB support, no hardware buttons, price...
Hardware storage company Western Digital seems to be shifting its focus from just making casual and professional HDD drives for various respects as it is now getting into the entertainment segment. It already has two products, both of which we have rev...
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These new devices help you bring tunes and video files to your TV from your PCs and drives around your house. Which one is best? The year is almost at an end. While the year was chock full of praise-worthy trends in technology and consumer electronics...
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Technology really moves at a breakneck pace. It was only a few months ago that we took a look at the original Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player and now the company that usually specializes in hard drives has already released that product’s succes...
The Western Digital WD TV Live has made substantial improvements over the version that was released earlier this year. The file support is a lot better, easily handling just about any video file that I threw at it. The video quality is just as good as...
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People are now creating and compiling more and more home multimedia than ever before. These files are typically stored on your personal computer’s hard drive or some external storage device waiting for you to call it up to view it or play. Too many t...
Plays HD content and content from the internet flawlessly. Affordable.
No RMVB playback.
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Earlier this year I reviewed the WD TV HD Media Player. At the time I appreciated the fact that it could handle just about any video format I threw at it, but wished that it would also connect to my home network and other services. In addition, the int...
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maclife.com Updated:
2011-10-04 15:15:49
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After months of unconfirmed rumors about its maybe, possibly imminent arrival, Western Digital finally released its next-generation WD TV media player--just mere days after we finished our Dec/09 issue, in which we named the previous-gen model as one o...
Plays back media in tons of common formats. Use your existing network to move media to and from the device. 1080p output. Access to online streaming content.
Navigation can be inconsistent. Onscreen keyboard is confusing and cumbersome. Media library doesn't consolidate all media.
Network capability adds a tremendous amount of flexibility to WD TV Live. Easy transfers to and from the device meake it perfect for media freaks who want to take a break from staring at their Macs for a while.WD TV Live...
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Western Digital has upgraded its core entertainment product, adding network capabilities to its compact high-def media player...
Incredibly Easy Setup, Compact enough to fit into any A/V rig, Up to 1080p output, Excellent sound quality, Copy, move or delete files from the couch...
No WiFi out of the box, No HDMI cable included, A lot of missed opportunity with services, No search features for audio/video services...
Chances are, one of your many devices already streams YouTube, photos, music or other media from your network or from the internet at large. If not, the WD TV live could be a fun little gadget. However, for $149, we'd like to see it add Netflix or oth...
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Media PCs and their place in our living rooms are a controversial topic here in the office. While they can offer enormous flexibility through the use of a conventional operating system, for many they’re expensive, noisy and needlessly complex, esp...
Size Isn't EverythingThe unit itself is incredibly small for a device so capable - it measures 125.5 x 100 x 40mm (W x D x H) - so you should have no problem finding space for it alongside your TV. Connectivity options are excellent and cater to any s...
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Western Digital’s original WD TV digital media player was notable for the its HDMI output, strong support for just about every popular digital media format, and the fact that WD didn’t force you to pair the product with one of their own portable hard d...
Network support, support for every important media file and container format, HDMI output, small and quiet...
Can’t stream Netflix movies, wireless networking costs extra, currently supports only a limited number of online media services...
The WD TV Live sounds great, looks great, and is an absolute breeze to set up and use...
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It is extremely easy to use, but the WD TV Live lacks wireless connectivity, so it may not suit all home theatre setups.The WD TV Live media streamer is slightly larger than the WD TV it supersedes but, as it lacks internal storage, it is still one of...
Western Digital's WD TV range has always offered extensive format support and the WD TV Live media player doesn't disappoint. This tiny box can play most popular audio, video and photo formats, with Real Video and DRM-protected content being the only...
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Media Players seem to be the next best thing these days. Soon our entire rack of DVDs will be obsolete, what with one terabyte drives carrying all our films and music. With products such as Western Digital’s HDD based media players, one can connect the...
Very good Feature list, Reasonable, Above average performance...
Small iffys in VC1 playback...
Complete List of File format SupportVideo: AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1), MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264),M2TS, WMV9 Image: JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG Audio: MP3, WAV/PCM...
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Today we present you with a video review of the Western Digital WD TV Live HD media player. It is the third media player to be released by the American hard drive company in the past year and from all accounts and our testing; they’ve hit the nail...
Today we present you with a video review of the Western Digital WD TV Live HD media player. It is the third media player to be released by the American hard drive company in the past year and from all accounts and our testing; they’ve hit the nail...
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The WD TV Live is a definite improvement over its older sibling (the non-Live). If you are looking for an HD media solution that will play pretty much every type of media known to man (see the list above), has a very small physical footprint, network...
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dvice.com Updated:
2011-10-04 15:16:03
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There've been a number of reports about the new Western Digital WD TV Live media server going on sale this week, but I think most of these reports missed the point. I got a chance to play with one, and I think I get it now.The $150 WD TV Live is the la...
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hardwaregeeks.com Updated:
2011-10-04 15:16:05
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Today WD launched the brand new WD TV Live, an upgrade to the WD TV which was released last year on November 3rd. WD sent me the WD TV Live two weeks ago and I have been playing with it non stop. The WD TV was a cool device that allows you to connect a...
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homecinemachoice.com Updated:
2011-10-04 15:16:07
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Western Digital's WDTV set the standard for easy-to-use media servers – now WDTV Live is adding network capability and more to what was already a highly-regarded product. Western Digital's original WDTV was basically a dock which connected to yo...
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Western Digital's WD TV line of streaming media players includes two current models: the basic WD TV Live and the step-up WD TV Live Hub. Both models allow you to stream content from most of the popular Web-based providers, such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, Vud...
Rocksolid performance, best user experience in the business, and Bluray quality downloads...
You need the disc vault to store your Blurays, the system is expensive, and the Kscape doesn't support HD music files (yet)...
The WD TV Live sells for about $100, pitting it directly against the Apple TV and top-of-the-line Roku 2 XS. The WD TV Live has more functionality than either of those boxes, in its combination of Web services and outstanding file support. Its features co...
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