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slickooz · 10-19-2009, 02:30 AM

i dont know where this belongs but does anyone here have WD TV? and how does it work? its a digital AV player. my friend was talking about it today and says it can play 1080p vids that he can dl from online. its only 100 and was wondering if this can replace buying blu-rays. any help is appreciated. thanks in advance

dyerjp · 10-19-2009, 02:33 AM

i have one and highly recommend it. it will play HD files (usually in .mkv) and pretty much everything else that you can throw at it. it'll show pics, play music, and movies.

slickooz · 10-19-2009, 02:50 AM

so can it replace buying blu-rays? will it also have 5.1 surround audio tracks? thanks for the reply

kris26 · 10-19-2009, 02:11 PM

yes i think it will play ac3 5.1 format but not
true-hd
dts-hd ma
dts-hd
lpcm and another advantage is u can hook up another Harddrive to it

Darkthrone · 10-19-2009, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slickooz

so can it replace buying blu-rays? will it also have 5.1 surround audio tracks? thanks for the reply

probably not...i doubt there are any places that will sell un-compressed blu-rays or other file formats with hd audio...unless if you're talking about strikly illegal downloads?

onyxbfly · 10-21-2009, 01:22 PM

The WD TV can play DTS but only through the optical audio wire. It will not carry the DTS through HDMI................ If you want you have to convert the DTS audio tract to AC3 6.1 640kbps?(its been a while).

FYI there is a better version coming out in a few so you may want to hold your horses and wait for the updated version. Or if you look around long enough you can find peeps and shops selling the old one for about $70+

Enjoy

kris26 · 10-21-2009, 01:31 PM

none of these types of players which play from directly from HD units are not comptable for
dts-hd
lpcm
dts-hd ma
true-hd

the only unit it plays is ps3 and then standalone bluray players if iam not wrong
could someone update on these issue please

McBain · 10-21-2009, 02:11 PM

WD TV Mini: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=681

WD TV Live: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=735

WD TV: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=572

jruc03 · 10-21-2009, 03:01 PM

I have a WDTV and I use it every week its been great for playing mkv's instead of streaming them I store them on hard drives and just play right from them. I have never ran into any real issues with the device I highly recommend it.

lobo81865 · 10-22-2009, 01:31 AM

I have one too. It's a great little device.

ronjones · 10-22-2009, 02:14 AM

I own the original WDTV (that came out in late 2008) and also one of the new "WDTV Live" models that just came out a couple of weeks ago (I purchased at Best Buy for $119). The new "Live" model has additinal capabilites as it will bitstream Dolby TrueHD via HDMI and for a source file with DTS HD-MA is will output the core DTS via HDMI, but not the lossless HD-MA track. Also the new "Live" version supports networking. I definitely recommend the WDTV Live over the original model. I have ripped about 60 of the BDs in my collection onto USB hard drives and use the Western Digital box to play them in my dedicated home theater while I keep the actual BDs in my family room where I can play them on my PS3. I have maintained the full video and audio quality of the original BD (i.e., no recompression of the video or audio are used). I do agree that most HD downloads from the web are not legal copies and the overall video quality will probably be degraded as compared to what is on the BD. I have found that the typical file size for just the movie itself along with just the English audio track from a BD averages around 30GB while I suspect that most HD download files from sharing sites will be recompressed to a smaller file size which will degrade the video/audio quality as compared to the original BD.

azncarbos · 10-23-2009, 05:31 AM

I love my WD TV....i bring it everyone I go and watch movie from it....

slickooz · 10-29-2009, 05:25 PM

thanks a lot for your inputs. want a way to save money on movies, need to start saving for an ed a2-300 now

Rocky59 · 11-06-2009, 06:12 AM

More likely they'll make a new version called Wdtv superlive2 or something and add all the things there.
They still haven't fixed all the problems from the original WDTV nor really added features.
Unless they do i'm not buying anything from them anymore

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hoogoosedmoose41 · 11-06-2009, 02:37 PM

how does one of these units compare to streaming audio video and pictures from a ps3? I have 750 gb of music in wav format that I stream to my ps3... would this unit net me better sound quality than streaming on my ps3?

10-19-2009, 02:30 AM	#1
slickooz Senior Member Member since:Aug 2009 Home Theater Gallery:16 Blu-ray collection:99 Blu-ray reviews:4	what WD TV? i dont know where this belongs but does anyone here have WD TV? and how does it work? its a digital AV player. my friend was talking about it today and says it can play 1080p vids that he can dl from online. its only 100 and was wondering if this can replace buying blu-rays. any help is appreciated. thanks in advance

10-22-2009, 02:14 AM	#11
ronjones Active Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Ft. Myers, FL	I own the original WDTV (that came out in late 2008) and also one of the new "WDTV Live" models that just came out a couple of weeks ago (I purchased at Best Buy for $119). The new "Live" model has additinal capabilites as it will bitstream Dolby TrueHD via HDMI and for a source file with DTS HD-MA is will output the core DTS via HDMI, but not the lossless HD-MA track. Also the new "Live" version supports networking. I definitely recommend the WDTV Live over the original model. I have ripped about 60 of the BDs in my collection onto USB hard drives and use the Western Digital box to play them in my dedicated home theater while I keep the actual BDs in my family room where I can play them on my PS3. I have maintained the full video and audio quality of the original BD (i.e., no recompression of the video or audio are used). I do agree that most HD downloads from the web are not legal copies and the overall video quality will probably be degraded as compared to what is on the BD. I have found that the typical file size for just the movie itself along with just the English audio track from a BD averages around 30GB while I suspect that most HD download files from sharing sites will be recompressed to a smaller file size which will degrade the video/audio quality as compared to the original BD. Last edited by ronjones; 10-22-2009 at 02:18 AM.

11-06-2009, 06:12 AM	#14
Rocky59 Banned Member since:Nov 2009	Western Digital WDTV Live More likely they'll make a new version called Wdtv superlive2 or something and add all the things there. They still haven't fixed all the problems from the original WDTV nor really added features. Unless they do i'm not buying anything from them anymore __________________________________________________ ______________________________ patio aluminum furniture \| recycled plastic benches \| pet car seats \| pet stroller Last edited by Rocky59; 11-09-2009 at 05:28 AM.

10-19-2009, 02:33 AM	#2
dyerjp Active Member Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Northern VA Blu-ray collection:139 Trading Score:1	i have one and highly recommend it. it will play HD files (usually in .mkv) and pretty much everything else that you can throw at it. it'll show pics, play music, and movies.

10-19-2009, 02:50 AM	#3
slickooz Senior Member Member since:Aug 2009 Home Theater Gallery:16 Blu-ray collection:99 Blu-ray reviews:4	so can it replace buying blu-rays? will it also have 5.1 surround audio tracks? thanks for the reply

10-19-2009, 02:11 PM	#4
kris26 Senior Member Member since:Mar 2009 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:6	yes i think it will play ac3 5.1 format but not true-hd dts-hd ma dts-hd lpcm and another advantage is u can hook up another Harddrive to it

10-21-2009, 01:22 PM	#6
onyxbfly Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2009 Blu-ray collection:780 DVD collection:29 Trading Score:47	The WD TV can play DTS but only through the optical audio wire. It will not carry the DTS through HDMI................ If you want you have to convert the DTS audio tract to AC3 6.1 640kbps?(its been a while). FYI there is a better version coming out in a few so you may want to hold your horses and wait for the updated version. Or if you look around long enough you can find peeps and shops selling the old one for about $70+ Enjoy

10-21-2009, 01:31 PM	#7
kris26 Senior Member Member since:Mar 2009 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:6	none of these types of players which play from directly from HD units are not comptable for dts-hd lpcm dts-hd ma true-hd the only unit it plays is ps3 and then standalone bluray players if iam not wrong could someone update on these issue please

10-21-2009, 02:11 PM	#8
McBain Senior Member Member since:Oct 2006	WD TV Mini: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=681 WD TV Live: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=735 WD TV: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=572

10-21-2009, 03:01 PM	#9
jruc03 Special Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Cincinnati Ohio Home Theater Gallery:57 4K collection:94 Blu-ray collection:580 Trading Score:4	I have a WDTV and I use it every week its been great for playing mkv's instead of streaming them I store them on hard drives and just play right from them. I have never ran into any real issues with the device I highly recommend it.

10-22-2009, 01:31 AM	#10
lobo81865 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Aug 2008 Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:562 Blu-ray collection:3659 DVD collection:3326 MA collection:1323 Digital collection:3018 iTunes collection:1551 Prime collection:950 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:102	I have one too. It's a great little device.

10-23-2009, 05:31 AM	#12
azncarbos Expert Member Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Santa Ana/Newport Beach Home Theater Gallery:18 Blu-ray collection:22 Trading Score:13	I love my WD TV....i bring it everyone I go and watch movie from it....

10-29-2009, 05:25 PM	#13
slickooz Senior Member Member since:Aug 2009 Home Theater Gallery:16 Blu-ray collection:99 Blu-ray reviews:4	thanks a lot for your inputs. want a way to save money on movies, need to start saving for an ed a2-300 now

11-06-2009, 02:37 PM	#15
hoogoosedmoose41 Senior Member Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:308 DVD collection:103	how does one of these units compare to streaming audio video and pictures from a ps3? I have 750 gb of music in wav format that I stream to my ps3... would this unit net me better sound quality than streaming on my ps3?

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