It isn't as robust as Roku's plus lineup, but it's arguably better than Apple TV's limited offerings. Most of the important ones are onboard, including the aforementioned Netflix and Pandora, as well as YouTube, Live audio, Flickr, and Facebook photos.
We were also happy to see the Mediafly channel, which offers a huge selection of audio and video podcasts. You won't find the Roku's MLB. And the upgradable firmware means that Western Digital could always expand this channel list in the future. Indeed, if this product had integrated Wi-Fi, it'd be a 4-star product and a potential Boxee Box killer.
Still, for those who've managed to put together a nice collection of video files and want to create a sort of movie jukebox that can also play Netflix movies and spin some Pandora tunes, this product will make a lot of sense. Yes, it's more expensive than some competing products, but those simply don't come with a 1TB hard drive.
And for some, the inclusion of that networked drive will make all the difference. David Carnoy. No built-in wireless; ever cheaper Blu-ray players offer many of the same Internet-viewing and home streaming options plus disc playback; most advanced options will require an expert user to fully exploit.
The user interface is clean, straightforward, and easy to navigate. This knocks some of the gloss of the offering, but no more so than the lack of Netflix on the already limited Apple TV.
As for actual video quality little has changed from previous WD TV players. Obviously quality will depend on your TV you have calibrated it, right? HDMI 1. Notable amongst these are the slightly ponderous scrolling through the homescreen dock often animations must complete before you can continue to the next option and the icons for the red, yellow, blue and green shortcut buttons are a little small and vague until you get used to the layout.
The good news is Mochi is XML based so it is extremely customisable with user created themes in the pipeline and hopefully plenty of scope for little tweaks. Less easily fixed is the lack of WiFi. A few other irritants: the flashing WD TV logo on the front of the Hub is distracting, especially as it runs when in power saving mode — though it can be switched off in the options. The good are fundamental deal makers: comprehensive codec support if no more extensive than previous WD TVs , extended functionality via the media server, USB keyboard support and http controls which could provide invaluable for third party apps.
Ultimately the pros of the WD TV Live Hub do indeed outway the cons so if you want a media player with local storage this is definitely a top choice. If, however, you can do without the internal hard drive the older WDTV Live HD is still one of the best out there, especially now its price has dropped.
Some additional work, but saves some time…. Is there some benefits to use it? Support Downloads Knowledge Base. German Spanish Italian French. HGST Support. This is all from what I have read. It would be nice to have someone I trust test this. A thorough list of codecs and containers needs to be tested to call this a review. We need information on how well the WD TV Live copes with a plethora of real world files at different bitrates and encoding settings. The level of support on web content also needs tp be explored — does this device give you the same level of access on Netflix as a PC?
They could have based it on a 3. And with the cost of 2. That or WD is just preserving some margin. Needs to be 2TB. Type search above and then hit Enter.
Media Playback Building on one of the key perks of its predecessors, the WD Live Hub can play just about any media file you throw at it. YouTube and Facebook are but two of a handful of services accessible via the Live Hub.
Multimedia Personal tech Storage. Comments closed. Containers can be worked around. BobbinThreadbare 11 years ago 3. Steel 11 years ago q[. Steel 11 years ago It ranges from 6 to 10 watts according to my Kill-A-Watt. Wirko 11 years ago And it would be so nice to know the power consumption of this thing, at least at idle. Disco 11 years ago Seems like a lot of money.
That totally breaks it. Prospero 11 years ago Nice box, and pretty good review of it. Voldenuit 11 years ago Ah, gotcha. Not interested in optical media these days. Voldenuit 11 years ago Netflix has a streaming facility. Hulu and Hulu Plus support is another interesting question. Voldenuit 11 years ago A thorough list of codecs and containers needs to be tested to call this a review.
Otherwise, this is just a blog post. Thanks for the review! It looks nifty! Follow Us Today! Contact Privacy Guest Post About.
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