My WDTV Live Media player (WDTV2) Review I bought this drive for $130 after tax from Best Buy. I also have the first generation WDTV which I loved but with no network support I only had a use for it in my living room that was always next to my dads computer. With a range of supported video formats I believe for the price the WDTV Live is the best network attached player you can get on the market today. The WDTV Live is pretty much the same as the WDTV except that it also has a network connection, wireless support, Dolby Digital and DTS decoders (Downgrade to 2.0), HDMI 1.3, and also some GUI changes and enhancements. For the price, it really is a great player for users like me who don’t want to spend much money on a media player but wants some great features. WD did a great job on WDTV series and I hope WD will continue to support this player and make it even better. As I started in the video I’ve had some problems with network shares. Here is a guide I used to fix the network shares problem in Windows 7: www.mede8erforum.com If you have any questions, please feel free to post in the comments and I’ll reply the best as I can. Specs: -Play Full HD 1080p video, music and photos on your HD TV -Supports widest variety of file formats and devices -Network capable for easy access to the newest content from PCs, network drives, internet favorites Kit Contents -Media Player -Compact remote with batteries -Composite AV cable -Component AV cable -AC adapter -Quick Install Guide …
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Hey, I got the exact same black dvd player.
PlayOn is really good DLNA server tv. I tryed it and it is comparable with wdtv live. watch hulu and other videos. watch mejdam video. I got it to work. I need to find free free version of PLayon . because I dont want to pay for Playon Dlna server tv. some how the wd tv live can detect the server from computer. never new about DLNA technology
Do you have any experience creating Video playlists? I can’t get my video playlists to work – they appear as a folder on my WDTV instead of a file.
wdtv 2 generation o firmware 1.1.77 & sync sound issue H264 mkv , trying to downgrade the firmware to 1.1.75 is very hard .some have figured out how. I need some one to make a video & teach us how
too bad, after the 01.24 firmware update, the WD TV Live can “NO LONGER stream HQ nor HD youtube videos”. this is why I returned it because I bought it for the HD youtube experience? which my PS3 does not provide. just something to consider for those of you looking to buy it
Sorry, Wish I could have helped more …
@acIdrain1983 Wow, that was quick, also not really as convincing as I was hoping. Thanks anyway
My TV in my room is a 720p and the receiver in my living room auto converts to 1080p, so I can’t really check. Plus, I gave the old WDTV to my brother so I don’t have it anymore. However, I didn’t notice any loss in terms compared to the original.
Yeah, hi, I got a question. There’s a rumor going about that WD TV Live is inferior to the original in terms of quality, or at least when it comes to upscaling (like simulating a 720p video as an 1080p or something) and PQ (whatever that means, probably non HD streatched across the TV screan). Since you got both could you check that out and reply please?
I’ve pretty much answered this before but I’ll answer it again. In order to play the “main movie” of a DVD you need it to be an ISO. The WDTV only plays one file at a time, and if you have subtitles they wont show if you play the VOB file by itself. This is due to the fact that the instructions for streams is located in separate files. Personally, I don’t understand why people decide to not make them into ISOs when its so easy to mount them with magicdisk or comparable tools. =/
Man I want one of these! My question is about movie folders, I took my entire dvd collection and put on my storage drive via dvdfab, i ripped the entire dvd (lots of vob files in the video folders). Will this device work to play those video folders of vob files as a group or will I have to go in and play each vob file one after another individually to watch the movies?
I don’t want to have to convert all those movies again into some special large vob or iso etc.
Thanks for any input!
i’m playing it from the wd hd 1 tb… but it’s not that.. the home page is slow!!!
Depends on your setup, Where are you playing the videos from? Network (Wired/Wireless, USB (HDD/Flash Thumbdrive)?
This was previously discussed, no it does NOT play RMVB files. Please read previous comments.
Will it play RMVB file?
hello.. i have a qurstion… why is mine always lagging??
The video I used in the review was 720p, streaming off my wired network. I’ve streamed a full 1080 (40gb) file off my network and I didn’t even notice any problems, It played like any other video.
Hey…at wired network speed does it stream like a 720p MKV perfectly??? Like in full honesty?
problem is its low when u have lots of avi movies on it and browsing thme is long the cover art is good but only about 20 per page so its long to flick through
You can yes, and it should ff/rr on them. However, Your best bet is to actually convert the files back into a .ISO. I don’t really see a point in converting the entire DVD into one huge VOB when the main movie of a DVD will play fine. If its a TV series, this may be your only choice I guess.
Excellent review. Love my WDTV.
I can rip a dvd into one large VOB file with DVD shrink. I assume the WDTV will play this. My question is, will it rewind, and fast forward a VOB file? I can’t seem to find this info anywhere. BTW, no need to convert to ISO for one large VOB file. DVDShrink – Edit – Preferences – output files tab – uncheck “split vob files into 1gb size chunks”. Then run DVDShrink, this will give you multiple files, and one large VOB file being the movie. (and only the movie)
It may seem like a con, but I don’t use it because I don’t need to. I use the feature they included to continue where you left off. Removes the need for any fast-forwarding.
no offence, but just cuz u dont use a major feature doesn’t mean that it odesnt count as a con…
forwarding is really important and WDtv does a poor job at it.
I never use it, and if I did it wouldn’t bother me much.