Testseek.com have collected 24 expert reviews of the Western Digital WD TV HD Live Media Player Plus and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital WD TV HD Live Media Player Plus.
July 2010
(78%)
24 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
It plays a large variety of file formats, including iTunes, It is a compact unit that you can pick up and reconnect to another TV, In the file list display, there is a preview of the video so you know you have the video you want, It can play Pandora music over a slideshow, It transmits 1080p Full HD video, easy to find interesting podcasts in Mediafly, displays the next song when playing musi
The organization of the onscreen menu is confusing and not intuitive, It will display only ten thumbnails onscreen at a time so you have to scroll down to find your desired files, Photo thumbnails are slow to appear if you have a lot of large files, Some music and movies in compatible unprotected file formats would not play, To make adjustments to timing and transitions of slideshows, you mus
Abstract: The Device The WD TV Live Plus is a small device, measuring 1.57"(H) x 3.94"(D) x 4.94"(W), weighing in at 0.67 pounds (yeah, it's small). There are two USB 2.0 ports (one front, one side), composite A/V (RCA), component video, HDMI and a 100 Mbps Eth...
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As it is, the WD TV Live Plus is only the second such media player I've used, but I have to say that it impressed the heck out of me. While ASUS' O!Play was just as full-featured, if not a bit moreso in certain regards, it had other issues that held m...
Abstract: You're sitting down on the couch and want to watch some of your network content. Even better, you want to watch the unlimited content of the internet. Western Digital has your needs covered. They have released some media player in the past, but the WD TV...
Simplest way to get video files from Mac to TV. Supports a huge range of audio and video formats.
Netflix feature lets you browse predefined lists, but there’s no search capability.
We would’ve liked to have seen full Netflix search capabilities, but the Live Plus’s streaming works great, and its support for DVD navigation makes it feasible to set one up as the hub of your digital film library.WD TV Live Plus...
Abstract: After being announced in early June, Anandtech recently put the Western Digital WD TV Live Plus through its paces and discovered the Netflix enhancement works as advertised. Like many Netflix-enabled devices though, the TV Live comes up short compared ...
Supports Netflix, Pandora, Live365, Flickr, MediaFly, Extremely small, silent, Excellent file support, including VOB, Windows 7 “Play To” capability, Plentiful outputs for any TV, Included component and composite cables, Relatively inexpensive
Crippled clients for some services, No built-in Wi-Fi, No support for copy protection, Occasionally befuddling interface, Some bugs with Windows 7 “Play To”, No included HDMI cable
Western Digital’s amped up WD TV Live Plus goes beyond Netflix with Flickr, Pandora, DVD menu support, control through Windows, and more....
Plays many video formats. Streams Netflix, Pandora, and YouTube. Accepts many USB drive types.
Unattractive interface. Some bugs in PC streaming. Hard drive is an added expense.
The Western Digital WDTV Live Plus plays Netflix video, Pandora music, and a wide variety of video files in full 1080p on your HDTV with no fuss, but streaming from network-connected PCs can be fussy. Buy it now...
