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A tiny, well-priced slice of genius technology that works brilliantly Works fantastically / Great image quality / Well priced Short features list / Occasional de-interlacing issues On most home media devices, you could be forgiven for expecting a few t...
Works fantastically, Great image quality, Well priced...
Short features list, Occasional deinterlacing issues...
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Most media playback devices stick to a fairly rigid blueprint: they either play back files stored across a wired or wireless home network, or they store files locally on an internal hard disk. Western Digital's WD TV dares to be different. Look at the...
Western Digital's WD TV is simply the most accomplished, most affordable media player we've ever seen...
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For most of us downloading video, music and pictures from the internet is easy, but watching it is another matter, unless youre happy to sit hunched over a computer monitor. Ideally, you would view them on your main TV, but how do you transfer the mat...
HDMI output, 1080i support...
No in-built storage...
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Apple supremo Steve Jobs described the Apple TV media player as nothing more than a hobby. Here in the UK we didn’t even get the price cut they got in the US almost a year ago, leaving the Apple TV looking pretty over priced – especially the £195 model...
Connects any USB hard drive to a HD television...
Can’t read iPod song names properly, can’t play copy-protected songs from iTunes Store...
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We tested the WD TV with a variety of music and video file formats and it coped well with everything except DiVX video. So people with big librarie...
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Western Digital's WDTV is a media player, but it's what you might called a bare-bones system in that the user almost has to build it up themselves.Unlike with a media streamer the WDTV has no network access and unlike other players we've seen there's n...
Impressive format support, nice interface, good degree of media control...
No network access or internal storage, no HDMI cable supplied...
An excellent media player as long as you can put up with the lack of network access...
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To describe this little box as mini is something of an understatement. Its not going too far to say you can hold the whole thing in one hand. Despite its small size, its clear that a lot of effort has gone into the case, with a robust plastic case...
Reads plenty of formats, Compact form factor, Excellent interface...
Decoding chip could do with a firmware update, No network connections...
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We were extremely impressed by how easy the WDTV was to use and how hard the company has worked to provide an excellent degree of format support and a great way to control your digital media. Those who desire network support or internal storage may lo...
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The next step was the ‘multimedia hard disk’, drives equipped with video ports that allow you to connect them to a TV. Instead of streaming files across a network, you copy files from your computer to the hard disk and then plug the drive into the TV...
The iPod issue is disappointing, but the WD TV is still an excellent option for anyone that has a collection of music, ripped DVDs or video downloads stored on a USB hard disk that they want to play on their TV. Its 1080p output provides very good ima...
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Viewing PC media on your TV can be a pain, but Western Digitals WDTV, in effect, adds a USB2 input to your TV, so you can stream media from any USB device directly to the screen. WDTV is a small plastic box with two USB2 inputs, and HDMI, phono AV and...
Useful software, Good quality images, Easy to use and set up...
No HDMI cable supplied...
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It's not often we're truly gobsmacked. While we see a fair number of outstanding products grace the pages of our site, most of them have been talked about so much prior to us actually seeing them that there's little left to surprise us. There are exceptio...
Comprehensive format support, Easy to set up, Fast...
No included HDMI cable, No rmvb support...
If you're the type of person that has a comprehensive digital media collection and that doesn't already have a fancy media centre setup with networked storage and the like, the Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player should be right at the top of your Chris...
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This media player, from hard disk manufacturer Western Digital, is designed to plug into your HD TV, and play media files from USB removable storage devices such as portable hard disks. It eschews the network-streaming capabilities and built-in hard...
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The Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player is a £78 device that plays back high-definition video on a television. The WD TV HD Media Player also features audio and photo playback. You connect one or two USB hard drives (or a USB camera, camcorder, or...
Its early days, but on first impressions we really like the Western Digital WD TV. Jonathan Seff Buy it now: click here...
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Western Digitals WDTV offers a simple way to view digital multimedia files - music, photos or video - direct to pretty much any TV. Its not as fully featured or lust-worthy as a DLNA solution, but it does a cracking job of just getting the tas...
Extremely simple setup; Supports flash or external hard drives; Remote works well...
No networking features; Main unit looks and feels cheap...
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If you’re anything like me, that previously huge pile of DVDs in your living room is constantly shrinking, parallel to the growing number of media files stored on your PC. Accessing that PC-based media from your TV has been possible for some time, but...
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smarthouse.com.au Updated:
2011-11-06 06:38:56
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The WD HD Media Player is a little black box that can play digital files stored on flash or hard drives straight to any television set. It is a simple solution for users who don’t have the time to turn on their computer, connect it to their TV, log-in...
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Your browser doesnt support Javascript or you have it disabled. Please try again later to view this video. Western Digitals WD TV HD media player is not only a bit of a mouth full to say, but an incredibly smart device in such a small form factor...
Your browser doesnt support Javascript or you have it disabled. Please try again later to view this video. Western Digitals WD TV HD media player is not only a bit of a mouth full to say, but an incredibly smart device in such a small form factor...
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This isn't the kind of device you'd want for channel surfing or NetFlix shopping. It's aimed squarely at he who regularly pulls content from the Web and wants to watch it on TV rather than at his computer. And this player's great for that kind of use: The...
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