Western Digital WD TV Live Digital HD Media Streamer

Excellent niche product

The WDTV fills a niche that no other mainstream product does. This is the playing and transmitting of MP4 video files to the HDMI input of a TV. So if you want to re encode all of your old DVDs for hard drive storage to play anywhere without wifi or internet connection this does it well. Sure there are other products such as the apple tv which will allow such files to be streamed via wifi to the TV but this will not work unless you have a computer attached with iTunes running . Some TVs will allow the direct connection of a hard drive via USB to play such files but this is not the case with Panasonic or LG which I have tested so far which covers a large section of the market. The box will also stream Netflix and BBC iplayer if you do not have another portal for these services. Then there is the the option to play MP3 audio files through the TV and what ever sound system you have connected to it. Unfortunately WD are now discontinued this product so ebay is the only way to source one of these devices . I tried 3 times to get one which worked ! Third time lucky and now very happy.Read full review

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Wdtv live

This wdtv live media player is by far the best media player available on the market today. If you have a large movie collection on an external hard drive with a USB connection, plug it in to the media player and it will play all widely used video codecs e.g mkv, mp4, avi etc. The wdtv media player also has apps like BBCi player, Facebook, Netflix. You can also stream content from your pc on your home network to it. For such a small box it does alot. The wdtv media players are so good I now own two!Read full review

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One solution for all your formats

The we live tv in a well built, yet compact solution for all you media playback needs
It plays every format I've thrown at it flawlessly in 1080
The internet / network function works really well and it has an auto configure, so plug in the network cable and hey presto, your online.
It also take a variety of USB network adaptors if you want wifi.

It is a bit slow to boot up if dissconnected from the power along about 2 full minutes, but once booted up ( like a pic) , provided its connected to the power, it then turns on and off in seconds.
The only thing missing on these boxes is built in wifi , but network adapters are peanuts to buy now and there are two ports
This box is a parents dream for asking on holiday with a hard drive full of kids films to keep them happy
I went for an SSD as they are a bit ore robust to cart about on holiday.
All in all the best media player you can buy for the price, I have two of these.Read full review

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WD HD media streamer.

I only use it with my HD for films and TV shows . And it works fine. Haven't tried to connect it to the internet yet, will do it later to check if the programming is up to date.
This is the third WD player I have . I use them in different countries.
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Genius

Takes all formats in its stride. Simple to set up and reliably chunky, unlike newer alternatives which are too small to sit still and freeze at ISO and other less common file types. Arrived in the twinkling of an eye, well chuffed.Read full review

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A Little Bit Tired And Worn

A Little Bit More Worn Than It Looks In The Photos. So The Price Was A Bit Steep For This Product.
How Ever It Works And This Is The Chance You Take When Buying Second Hand Goods.

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small and light.

Easy to use and has a quick response to the remote.

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small compact can be taken any were so easy to us

Very good easy to set up very happy with it

WD TV LIVE. Excellent device. Easy to use. Bargain

I'm very pleased with this product, and will buy a spare if the seller has one!
Thanks so much

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Replacement WD TV Live Remote

Excellent replacement for the original remote. in fact it works better than the original.

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