Western Digital USB 2.0 WD TV Live Network-Ready HD Media Player

If you don’t have a ps3 or x-box to stream movies try this Western Digital. 

All you do is connect this small box to your TV. 

Then you have 2 options: 

• you can stream the movies from your pc, or
• you can connect 2 extrrnal hardrives to the wd tv live box [it has 2 usb ports]

The Western Digital will PLAY HD movies in mkv,avi, and other formats. 

No more burning DVD’s! 

The quality looks better than the DVDs you burn on my setup. 

Western Digital USB 2.0 WD TV Live Network-Ready HD Media Player remote control

It’s like having it in on your hard drive. You click the folder, select the file, and click play. 

I have movies stored in folders like DVDRIP, R5/SCREENER & DOCUMENTARY. 

You can either have the files look like a list or thumbnails. 

It plays music and you can view pictures, too! 

Western Digital USB 2.0 WD TV Live Network-Ready HD Media Player complete package

Question: Does it show full file names? My dvd player only shows eight letters so I often only see the release group name which makes it difficult to look through a few hundred gigs. 

Answer: yes in full size names and when you put the shadow over a file the name of the file turns big and scrolls 

ok what ever the file name is on the drive thats the name it will have in the HD tv player, it will show the full name no matter how long the title is. 

Western Digital USB 2.0 WD TV Live Network-Ready HD Media Player diagram

Question: Isn’t it cheaper and less work to just hook the computer up to the TV? 

Answer: Maybe. But, my pc and tv arent close enough to do that. Besides, with this, the pc wont even need to be on. I prefer it this way. 

Question: Does anyone use this with a universal remote? 

Answer: I got it to work with the Harmony 880. You can basically ditch all your other remotes. 

Logitech Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote Control

This thing controls just about every electronic in your house. Theres a new version out at as well, called the 890, i dont know what the difference is, but i think it can control IR devices that are behind closed cabinets, something like that. 

I caught mines on a deal before the price went back up though. 

I updated the firmware on the Western Digital. It was the first thing i did. Took about 3 minutes. 

Question: Does it work with all external HD’s? 

Answer: It DOES work with all external HD. You only see pictures of it with the WD hard drives because WD will want you to purchase one of their HD, but I repeat, it DOES work with non-WD hard drives and thumbdrives. 
 

Question: Is the firmware upgraded via a usb device? 

Answer: Yes. The WDTV has Two usb inputs. You could leave your HD plugged into it and connect a thumbdrive into the other input and easily upgrade the firmware. Just download it to either a HD or Thumbdrive, connect it to the device and it will ask you if you want to upgrade the firmware. Thats it. 

Question: I’m still having a hard time updating mine though… 

Answer: 

If you are using a portable hd, just download the zip file that contains the updates, open the zip and move the files to the portable hd. then just do this:
# Turn the WD TV on and connect your USB drive
# Use the remote control to select SETTINGS from the home screen
# Highlight the firmware upgrade icon, and press ENTER on the remote
# You will be prompted to perform the firmware upgrade. Select OK and press ENTER.
This will restart the system
# After restarting, the system automatically enters firmware upgrade mode
# Once the update process is completed, the HD media player will restart again 

Yes, it shows subtitles too. 

just make sure they have the same name as the movie, the name on the subs have to match with the movie 

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