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Western Digital WD TV Live Network-ready HD Media Player WDBAAN0000NBK-NESN | 
| Brand: Western Digital
Category: CE
List Price: $149.99
Buy Used: $69.95
as of 9/7/2010 11:40 CDT details
You Save: $80.04 (53%)
New (13) Used (18) Refurbished (3) from $69.95
Seller: Photo-Nerd aka Noah sells his personal stuff.
Rating:  309 reviews
Format: CD
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Windows XP Professional Edition
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.10
CPU Type: PowerPC G4
Processors: 1
System Memory: 2000
Memory Type: SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 3.9 x 4.9 x 1.6
MPN: WDBAAN0000NBK-NESN
Model: WDBAAN0000NBK-NESN
UPC: 718037749341
EAN: 0718037749341
ASIN: B002KKFP9Y
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Play Full HD 1080p video, music and photos on your HD TV | | • | Supports widest variety of file formats and devices | | • | Network capable for easy access to the newest content from PCs, network drives, internet favorites | | • | Play network and internet content |
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Product Description
Play a world of HD media on your TV.HD video, photos and music - they're on your computer, on your USB drives, on the Internet, but how do you enjoy them on your TV? Now it's easy! Play a whole world of Full-HD, 1080p media on your big screen TV with the WD TV Live network-ready HD media player. Full-HD video playback and navigation - up to 1080p - This is the real thing; Full-HD 1080p playback. Sit back and enjoy the spectacular picture quality of brilliant high definition video and the crystal-clear sound of digital audio. Use the included remote control to make your entertainment choices using our crisp, animated navigation menus. Play a wide variety of file formats - WD TV Live supports a wide variety of the most popular file formats. No need to spend time transcoding. Play videos, music and photos from the Internet on your big screen TV - Explore and watch YouTube videos and Flickr pictures on the big screen. Rock out to thousands of radio stations via Live365 and discover new music with Pandora radio. Access files anywhere on your home network - Play movies, music, and photos from any PC or drive on your home network. The Ethernet port connects this player to your home network through a wired connection or via popular, supported WiFi adapters (sold separately). Turn your USB drive into an HD media player - Play content from most popular USB drives, and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Optimized for My Passport portable hard drives. Collect without limits - There's no limit to the size of your media collection; just add more USB drives for more space. Play media seamlessly from multiple USB drives - Two USB ports on the player let you connect multiple USB storage devices and access them simultaneously. Our media library feature collects the content on all the drives into one list sorted by media type. Transfer file
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 309
 Can't Live with out it! September 3, 2010
edel
I love it! To be honest thought when it says "network-ready" I thought it meant it would pick up wifi automatically. You have to put in a usb wifi adapter (not inluded) to get the other features such as youtube, etc. Other than that it's perfect. I'm not to crazy about how it looks but hey it really does the job.
 Please re-send package, sorry due to a post offfice error-- August 30, 2010
marc
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is not a review about the seller. I am only trying to contact the seller through the only way I see. Seller, please resend the package when you receive it back. The local post office made a mistake about the delivery address. If I may ask since it is coming back to you from the postal error, can I exchange it for a better model? if you cannot, just resend it back to me using the same address as before. I now have the post office straightened out.
Thanks,Marc
works like a charm August 30, 2010
vinod
I gave this as a gift to one of my cousins & have heard it works wonderfully.
WD TV Live Media Streamer August 27, 2010
Buzz
This is the second one of these I bought. No, the first one was not bad. I bought the second one because I was so pleased with the first one. I might as well just do the review based on both since they are the same model.
Right out of the box it is a simple hookup. Basic hookup: Plug in your network cable, HDMI cable and then the power adapter. It right away configures and lets you know that there is a firmware update available and it gives you the option of doing it or not. I let it and this takes a little while so be patient. When it is done it reboots itself.
There is different firmware out there that is available if you are the tinkerer type of person like I am. Know this, I immediately found it on the internet, downloaded it, put it on a USB stick and reflashed the firmware. Much too cool! This adds lots of features and allows one to get into the code and play! It's in Linux. Do a search for WD TV Live Firmware and you should find it. Hats off to B-RAD for coming up with this and all of those who help and support him.
I should note that I use this to stream movies and music from my 4 Tb's of server space, and media on my PC's but also I purchased software named "PlayOn". This software is installed on one of the PCs and allows Hulu, Crackle, Netflix,ESPN,etc... to be streamed. Please also note that some of these services require subscription and some do not.
In a nutshell the box work great for me (It replaces and out performs a DLink DSM-520 media player I have). WD support is much better than DLinks product support, B-RADD's firmware has some really good forums supporting it, and PlayOn support is quite active and helpful too. Be aware for internet streaming you should have a bare minimum of 1.5 meg service.
I give this box a 4.5 stars out of 5.
 Needs refinement... August 25, 2010
Michael Borowiec (Chicago, IL, USA)
Users should beware the following "features"...
1) NO Gigabit Ethernet. You can stream full DVD quality over the built-in 100 megabit Ethernet adapter. However, if you're planning to stream BluRay material (real HD quality) over Ethernet, this box won't work - it drops frames like crazy. Gigabit (1000 megabit) Ethernet is needed and, frankly, I can't believe WD didn't opt for the slighty more expensive Gigabit chip. If you want to watch real HD quality stuff, be prepared to attach a USB hard drive (which works quite well if you have a disk that's fast enough).
2) NO support for Samba network shares. Works fine with Windows 7 media server, but I could not access my UNIX/Linux Samba servers which use industry standard SMB protocol, even tho all my Windows machines use them just fine.
3) NO Netflix support... EVER! Western Digital strung their customers along for months, saying they were looking into adding this feature to the Live when I believe they knew it could never work. While continuing to sell Live inventory, they were quietly working to bring out the Live Plus. The only difference between the Live and Live Plus is a slightly more expensive CODEC chip with Macrovision support. Customers who kept their box thinking that Netflix was a real option are now stuck with the Live. Solution: buy the Live Plus too! Sure... don't hold your breath.
I was lucky to be able to return my HD TV Live and get a full refund. If WD ever decides to fix these shortcomings, I would reconsider my decision not to buy any more Western Digital TV products. However, as far as I'm concerned, WD has really damaged their own reputation with the Netflix debacle, and should be racing to offer existing Live purchasers a trade-up program to the Live Plus.
If you don't care about these issues, it is a nice little piece of technology. But, be advised it may have a very short shelf-life (months). The next feature (HULU viewing?) may require a completely new box (Live Super Plus?) because of WD's short-sighted engineering choices. IMO, WD should spend an extra buck or two for more capable chips and avoid having thousands of disgruntled customers stuck with obsolete hardware.
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