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WD TV HD Media Player

WD TV HD Media Player turns your My Passport, or similar USB drive, into an HD media player. Connect your USB hard drive to this device and play crisp HD movies, listen to high-quality digital music, and watch slideshows of your family photos on your TV. No need to figure out complicated home networking or reconnect AV and power cables. What could be simpler? There?s no limit to the size of your media collection; just add more drives for more movies. Supports Full HD 1080p video playback and navigation. Also works with most popular USB drives.

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WD TV HD Media Player

Interface
Input	USB
Output	HDMI

Media Formats Supported
Video Format	MPEG 4
Audio Format	AAC\|MP3
Broadcast Format Supported	1080p (HDTV)

General
Device Type	Media Player
Energy Star Compliant	Yes

Warranty
Warranty Information	1 Year Limited Warranty

Dimensions
Height	1.57 in
Width	4.94 in
Depth	3.94 in
Weight	10.7 oz

More Info
URL	http://www.wdc.com

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WD TV HD Media Player

Reviewed by: edgar53

02-18-09

Duration of ownership: 3 Months

Strengths: Plays just about any video file format.

Weaknesses:No hard drive but for 99 dollars it's great.

Overall Evaluation: The player will play multiple VOB fileS as long as they are in an ISO file or just one big VOB can be created and played. I have not found a file it won't play well, have used external HD and flash drives. So far Western Digital has issued two firmware upgrades in the 3 months I haved owned it.
Reviewed by: dylan915

11-03-09

Duration of ownership: 2 Days

Strengths: Easy To Use

Weaknesses:Another PC Restricted Product

Overall Evaluation: I bought this product because I thought the idea was great.Im tired of DVDs all over the place, and I wanted an intelligent MENU DRIVEN product that I could store movies on, and actually browse through a MOVIE MENU to see what's in the drive.I have a brand new Seagate 320 Gig hard drive, but apparently its a Mac format, so immediately after setting up the entire system, I turn on the WD TV Box, and the first thing that pops up on my screen is that it does not support the format.There is no menu to see the films that I had stored , about ten for the test.Still it says it will play the movie, which it did, but there was a lot of black clogged pixilation on the images of all the films I tested.Bottom line is YES, I guess I should have asked the people at Best Buy if this product supported Mac. You'd think with Mac now at almost 40 percent of PC users that companies like Western Digital would format their products to accept Mac hard drives.Im not sure if the poor video quality is because the products don't sync, or if this is actually what the WD TV quality is, but either way I'm really pissed off .I don't recommend this product to any Mac users who expect quality from their products !!
Reviewed by: Sandiegoparis

03-10-09

Duration of ownership: 4 Months

Strengths: Quality of the picture and simplicity of use

Weaknesses:none

Overall Evaluation: I got tired of looking around the house for DVDs misplaced and kids complaining that they could not find them. I backed up all the DVDs on a WD Passport hard drive. Plugged the WD TV into to my television and plugged the hard drive into the WD TV. Now I never have to lose my mind looking for a missing DVD or worry about a scratched one! All I do is turn on the WD TV and search through the menu to pick a video and play it!!!! Such a great product. Does everything it says it will do.
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02-24-09

Duration of ownership: 1 Months

Strengths: Ease of use, full HD playback via HDMI and optical audio, small footprint.

Weaknesses:None.

Overall Evaluation: Excellent product, I would highly recommend it. Hey Nsup, instead of blaming a great product for something it never claimed to do, how about you do some research before you rant nonsense in your review. If you had looked at the product description, you would have noticed that it doesn't mention VOB playback support anywhere...You having to return this item is due entirely to your lack of research.
Reviewed by: JoyceH

02-22-09

Duration of ownership: 2 Months

Strengths: Plays everything

Weaknesses:non

Overall Evaluation: I love the product,it does plays all my video,save money and save time and make life easier. I think its very creative and friednly deisgn.

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Western Digital WDTV Media Player

Despite being saddled with a sluggish interface, the WDTV is a good choice for all home theater enthusiasts, thanks to its 1080p support and HDMI connectivity.

The Western Digital WDTV ($110 as of March 5, 2009) marks the hard-drive maker's first foray into the field of media players, but the move makes sense as an extension of the company’s existing hard-disk products. The WDTV box lets your HDTV play media transferred from any USB storage device (flash drive or external hard drive), without any need for a streaming network device to bridge the distance from your storage drive or PC to the TV. Western Digital’s first-generation WDTV accomplishes its core task fairly well, but its menu system is slow.

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