Western Digital WD TV

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Wer noch keinen Fernseher mit DLNA-Streaming-Funktion besitzt, benötigt zum Transport von Filmen vom Rechner zum TV entweder eine USB-Festplatte, oder ein Gerät wie den WD TV Live von Western Digital. Der kleine Kasten kostet kaum mehr als eine...

geringer Preis; einfache Bedienung; schickes Benutzerinterface; gute Format-Unterstützung

spielt einige Dateien nicht ab; Netzwerkfunktion könnte einfacher sein

Wie sein kleiner Bruder WD TV ist auch der WD TV Live von Western Digital am unteren Ende der Preisskala von Media-Streamern mit 1080p-Unterstützung angesiedelt. Im Gegensatz zum magerer ausgestatteten WD TV bringt die Live-Variante einen...

Mit dem WD TV Live landete der amerikanische Hersteller Western Digital im Jahr 2009 einen großen Erfolg. Der Player surfte damals auf der ersten Erfolgswelle der kleinen Universal-Abspielgeräte und verkaufte sich hervorragend. Im Jahr 2011 angekommen,...

Am Ende ist der Gesamteindruck sehr gespalten: Wahnsinniges Potenzial durch starke Hardware und eine hübsche und schnelle Software ist gegeben, wird aber durch nervige Funktionsfehler und optische Mängel wieder stark entkräftet. In Anbetracht des...

Der Festplattenhersteller Western Digital (WD) sucht den Weg in die Unterhaltungselektronik. Der "WD TV HD Media Player" erlaubt, digitale Foto-, Video- und Musiksammlungen in Full-HD-Aufl?sung auf dem Fernseher wiederzugeben.

Vielleicht bin ich mit dem WD TV Media Player etwas zu hart ins Gericht gegangen, denn f?r den Preis erh?lt man ein vielseitiges Ger?tchen, das Bild und Ton in erstaunlich guter Qualit?t auf dem Grossbildschirm resp. die Stereo- (oder Surround-)Anlage...

As we stride purposefully into the 21st century and beyond, more and more people are storing digital content on their computers -- especially when it comes to home entertainment. After all, why subject your living room to a tottering mountain of burnt...

Hassle-free set up, user-friendly interface, extensive file support, tailor-made for HD TVs ;

HDMI audio occasionally out of sync with video, sluggish and tiny remote ;

The rise of HD content, be it from your camcorder, digital camera or downloaded from the Internet, has lead to a rise in options for storing and conveying this media to your television for optimal viewing. Some of these solutions have fallen far short...

Wide file support, intuitive and slick interface, potentially a convenient media "bridge" for some users

No Ethernet connection, shame about no memory card support, no HDMI cable

We found that music, photos and movies played back smoothly and the WD TV was a pleasure to use. Combined with a discreet slick design, and a simple to use interface, for some it will be a real winner

Like its little brother, the WD TV, the Western Digital WD TV Live is a bargain-basement media streamer capable of handling video up to 1080p. Unlike the more basic WD TV, the Live adds an Ethernet connection and the ability to stream files over your...

Low price ; Simplicity ; Appealing user interface ; Good format support

Occasional inability to play files ; Networking functionality isn't as simple and well-designed as the Popcorn Hour A-110's

If you want the ultimate media streamer, we still think you'd be better off with the A-110. The option to internally mount a hard drive is well worth considering if you want a centralised place to store media, and the A-110 just feels like a more...

An all-in-one media player and streamer

Compact, tidy design; easy to set up and use; good format support and streaming performance; excellent value

No built-in wireless; Youtube streaming is awkward

Despite some minor problems the WD TV Live was a joy to use and excellent value

Award: Kauftipp!

We reviewed Western Digital's first media player, the WD TV, almost a year ago.

Adding streaming to this already excellent media player makes it better than ever. If you don't need wireless, buy this.

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.

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...

Considering how little it costs, it's hard to complain about the Western Digital WD TV. And, as much as we like the Seagate Freeagent Theater, it doesn't have anywhere near the same playback capabilities as the WD TV, which can play back proper 1080p...

Low price ; Simplicity ; Appealing user interface ; Good format support

Occasional inability to play files

The lack of network connectivity is a barrier to convenience, though, and using external storage is something of a pain. Rumour has it that there is a networked WD TV due soon, so it might be worth waiting if that feature is important to you. The...

For the price of $110 this is a great product.

This is a great device that enables you to watch movies from the thumb drive of this device. Set up was a snap. Once I got the hardware out of the box it took no more than a minute to set up. The on-screen menu is simple and easy to interact with

Spent more time tracking down this media player in the store then setting up the device. It's not well know

The WD-TV can play a large number of video and audio formats, from any USB drive. It has 2 USB connectors, so it is convenient to have a hard disc permanently attached to it, and left the other free for playing from a pen drive. I have read that you...

Capability of playing CD-quality sound files (FLAC) to hi-fi RCA connectors ; Full-HD TV playback through HDMI ; Easy firmware updates ; Playing from any USB drive

cumbersome organization of files ; not continuous playing of sound files

It is a useful HD media player especially when there are very limited players available in the market to play HD clips (I think IOmega Screenplay PRO HD is the other available one). I have a HD TV and HD camera. Always the camera need to be connected...

1) Easy setup and play ; 2) Since there is no built in drive, no fear of becoming obsolete in storage ; 3) Plays most formats -audio, video and photo with very good quality ; 4) Compact in size ; 5) WORTH the Money spent

1) No proper product promotion and manual ; 2) Does not use the playlist in HD recorded movies. Each movie clip need to be played separately ; 3) The unit I brought required firmware upgrade to play ".mts" files (the file format in AVCHD cameras)

If you download movies especially H.264 or MKV formats this little box plays them with no conversion and avoids the need to burn them to a dvd or blu-ray disk. You load the file on an external hard drive plug the external hard drive into the WD TV...

Easy setup ; Excellent quality ; Plays H.264 and MKV movie formats without conversion ; Relatively inexpensive

No built in Hard Drive ; Have to physically move the external hard drive back and forth from you computer to your Home Theater System to download movies ; Stays warm in standby mode ; No HDMI Cable included ; Small remote contol

I originally set the WD TV up using a HDMI switch using 1.3 cables to my Sony Bravia KDL-40X2000. The interface hung 1 in every 3 boots (it would go to save screen mode after a while but the remote never responded until switching the device off & on at...

When it works properly this product has a great interface reads nearly every video format is compact & easy to use & set up

The device hangs. Is to hot even when in standy it also keeps the power running to the external HD in standy mode & needs to be turned off at the power socket after every use. The maximum working room temperature is 35C to low especially in summer

I have come across many video files that it will not play due to code issues. There have been many complaints logged to WD yet they have not released an update that fixes the issue. The whole point of buying it was so it'd play all formats, however i...

easy to use

remote, does not play all formats

Every time I use the device to play music MP3's it plays 3 or 4 then stops. So frustrating. I've tried using different USB sticks and it still stops. Also, the video quality when playing xvid is not as good as connecting a laptop to the TV (both tested...

plays any file format

stops after a few MP3's

I love using this and it is cheap the problem is my dog chewed the remote and I can't find a replacement, can anyone help

So easy and simple to use with great quality

mine tends to be a bit temperamental in finding files

This little device has changed the way we watch media now. We can record items onto a hard drive and simply watch them !! Easy !!

Ease of use, Cheap, Simple

Can't think of any really