Technical Details
Stream Netflix and other online media
Play almost any type of media file
Access media anywhere on your home network
Supports DVD Navigation
Product Details
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Product Description
From the Manufacturer
WD TV Live Plus – Stream movies and Internet video to your HDTV.
Play media from your home network and the Internet on your big screen TV. Plus, enjoy access to your Netflix unlimited membership and other premium content. Don’t confine your movies, music, and photos to your small computer screen. Experience them as big as life on your TV in Full-HD 1080p with WD TV Live Plus HD media player.
Experience your movies, music, and photos in spectacular 1080p Full-HD video and crystal-clear digital audio.
Access Internet sites like Facebook, YouTube, and Deezer. Instantly stream movies and TV shows with Hulu Plus, Netflix, CinemaNow, and Blockbuster On Demand.
Play your movies, music, and photos from your home network, USB drives, and other devices. This media player supports the most popular file formats.
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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.
Enjoy popular movies, classics, and TV episodes instantly – Don’t wait for the mailman to deliver your movies and don’t settle for streaming to your small computer screen. Choose from over 10,000 titles from Hulu Plus, CinemaNow and Blockbuster On Demand, or access your Netflix unlimited membership and watch TV episodes and movies on your big screen.*
*Hulu Plus subsription (US only), CinemaNow account (US only), Blockbuster online membership (US only), or Netflix unlimited membership required (US and Canada only).
Play videos, music and photos from the Internet on your big screen TV – Play YouTube videos, access Facebook, see your photos on Flickr, play music on Pandora, and watch daily video podcasts from CNN, NBC, MTV, ESPN, and other online content.
Play almost any type of media – WD TV Live Plus HD media player supports a wide variety of the most popular file formats. No need to spend time transcoding.
Access media anywhere on your home network – The Ethernet port lets you connect this media player to your home network through a wired connection or an optional wireless connection.
WiFi ready – Supports wireless network connection to your home network with an optional USB wireless adapter. Or, get the speed you need to stream HD with a WD Livewire powerline AV network kit—it extends your Internet to any room in your home using your electrical outlets.
Supports DVD Navigation- View all the content included on your DVDs, including complete menu navigation, chapter listings, special features, and subtitles.
Turn your USB drive into an HD media player – Play content from most popular USB drives, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Optimized for My Passport portable hard drives.
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.
Control your media from your computer – This media player is Windows 7 compatible, so you can use the “Play To” feature to easily stream your Windows 7 computer’s files to your TV through your WD TV Live Plus HD media player.
Transfer files easily – Copy, move, or delete files stored on a USB drive, a network drive, your camcorder, or a camera to the attached USB drive using the on-screen menus.
Show photos and movies directly from your digital camera or video camera – Works with digital cameras, digital video cameras, in fact, any digital imaging device that supports Picture Transfer Protocol.
HDMI 1.3, composite video and component video output – The HDMI port lets you connect to the highest quality HDTV or home theater. Additional composite (RCA), and component outputs ensure compatibility with virtually all television sets.
SPDIF digital output- The optical audio output sends digital signals to your AV receiver for the best surround sound experience.
Ultra-compact design – Fits easily into your entertainment center.
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Ideal for
- Full-HD video playback and navigation
- Watching movies and TV shows from Hulu Plus, CinemaNow, Blockbuster On Demand, or Netflix
- Playing media stored on computers and USB drives connected to your home network
- Accessing popular Internet sites such as Facebook and YouTube
- Playing virtually any media file without transcoding
What’s in the box
HD Media Player, compact remote with batteries, composite AV cable, component AV cable, AC adapter, Quick Install Guide.
Requirements
Standard or high definition television with HDMI or composite video connections, home network and broadband connectivity for online services.
Thursday, September 22nd 2011 at 2:12 pm |
This review is from: Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p HD Media Player (Electronics)
THIS IS A GREAT LITTLE STARTER MEDIA PLAYER..IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS INSTALLING OR NETWORKING JUST CALL TECHNICAL SUPPORT (ENGLISH) @ 800-257-4932…THEY WILL TALK YOU THROUGH IT..AFTER THAT NO PROBLEMS..THE INSTRUCTION ARE IN THE SOFTWARE THAT IS ON THE PROGRAM DISC..
ALSO IT IS A SPACE SAVER..THE VIDEO AND AUDIO IS GREAT..GREAT LITTLE MEDIA PLAYER…
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3.0 out of 5 stars I almost bought another Western Digital WD, September 21, 2011
This review is from: Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p HD Media Player (Electronics)
I purchased a WD TV Live Plus. It was easy to connect wirelessly albeit I bought a Rosewill RNX-N180UBE 802.11 b/g/n wireless adapter because the device did not have built-in wireless ability. Setup was a snap. The WD worked perfectly, but the user interface seemed rather drab. There weren’t a lot of channels, but I had never owned such a device and thought it sufficient. I don’t like shopping and rarely prolong the experience by taking something back to the store.
Having read many customer reviews on media players here at Amazon, I decided to try a Roku 2 XS. I thought that even if I liked the Roku, I wouldn’t return the WD. However, the interface and the large number of channels were so much better than the WD that I was compelled to return it in exchange for another Roku 2 XS. I liked that the Roku also had a USB port and would play media from a flash drive. In addition, the Roku comes wireless capable.
I was informed that the WD can access media on a computer hard drive connected to a network provided the computer is running Windows 7. I don’t think Roku has this ability at this time, but the bright colorful user interface and the incredible number of channels ore than make up for this. If the price of the Western Digital WD was half that of the Roku 2 XS, I’m not sure that I would be interested. Perhaps if I had a media server I might think otherwise.
5.0 out of 5 stars Almost didn’t buy it from all the bad reviews!, September 19, 2011
This review is from:Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p HD Media Player (Electronics)
Almost didn’t buy it from all the bad reviews, but it’s become my most favorite purchase!!! How I love this thing, let me count the ways! I love that I no longer have to spend hours burning movies, pictures and music onto discs if I want to watch/listen to them on my TV. Now I simply plug in my Flash Drive/External Hard Drive and I’m good to go! Everything in one compact place. My other new favorite thing is that now I can stream Netflix movies. I’ve had my netflix membership for years, but now I can watch movies and catch up on shows I’ve never had the patience to watch sitting at my computer. I just lay in bed and really enjoy this device!
A lot of bad reviews about this player freezing up or jamming, and constantly needing to be restarted to function again. I had experienced this in the beginning about a dozen times, but there’s an option that pops up that asks you if you want to upgrade to the latest version of this product. It took several minutes to upgrade, but be patient. Once it upgraded and restarted itself, I have (knock on wood) NEVER experienced another freeze-up or any problem again!
Nothing but absolute love for this thing!!!!!!! I use it almost everyday!
Friday, November 18th 2011 at 9:44 pm |
1.0 out of 5 stars Hard to compare if you used apple TV, November 18, 2011 This review is from: Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p HD Media Player (Electronics)
Boy is this thing disappointing and quirky after using apple TV
setup was easy but unless you use local media this thing is just
as slow as was the apple tv over wifi. I wish I just bought apple tv
with a 160 gig hard drive instead! If you are using a Mac go with apple tv
with built in hard drive. Much much better and integrated with Itunes.
5.0 out of 5 stars Plays almost anything!, November 16, 2011
This review is from: Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p HD Media Player (Electronics)
Great product! This is a great media player! Its definitely the best among its competitors out there like the Sea gate syatem or the Lacie one but this is simply the guru of all! What I like about it is its simplicity….easy to hook up as son as you take it out of the box, great user interface. The quality is amazing! Digital sound and video quality is brilliant!!!
It plays all popular formats for movies, music and photos! Allows for 2 hard drives to be attached! That is 6GB right now! How much more space would you need! There are other more expensive alternatives out there like Sonos but for this price it doesn’t get any beter than this!
1.0 out of 5 stars I didnt’ like it, November 16, 2011
This review is from: Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p HD Media Player (Electronics)
I only kept this for a couple of days. It was way too slow and it didn’t add anything to my system that I couldn’t do quicker with other options. I have a PC next to my HDTV and I use WMC to watch movies steamed from Netflix or Amazon Instant Video. I have an HD TV card that connects my PC to the TV so I don’t lose any picture quality.
4.0 out of 5 stars WD TV Live HD does what I want, November 16, 2011 This review is from: Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p HD Media Player (Electronics)
Installation was easy.
Connect it to the network and minutes later you can start watching.
Picture quality is fine. I mainly am using it to watch Netflix.
It could be a bit faster – after switching on it takes some time before the Menu is shown.
The device doesn’t look very modern, but since it’s very small, this doesn’t make much difference.
I am using the device in The Netherlands; this model is not for sale here.
Amazon delivered within a few days after ordering. I am using unblock-us to be able to watch Netflix outside the US. It works fine with the WD TV Live Plus HD.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great, November 15, 2011
This review is from: Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p HD Media Player (Electronics)
This player works great, it is really easy to setup and very useful, i love the way i can watch netflix easy on my tv for a great price.
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely love this thing, November 11, 2011
This review is from: Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p HD Media Player (Electronics)
I’ve had it now for a while and I love going on it and surfing Youtube and watching Netflix. I’m sure it will continue to improve and be well worth the money I paid for it.
3.0 out of 5 stars Easy to use, but…, November 10, 2011
This review is from: Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p HD Media Player (Electronics)
Very easy to use, connected flawlessly with my home wifi network. But we found some video files that it simply refuses to run.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Amazon sent the wrong item, November 9, 2011
This review is from: Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p HD Media Player (Electronics)
The WD TV Live took forever to get here from Amazon and when it arrived they sent the NON Plus version. Customer service said they will ship a replacement but it will be 5 to 7 days before it arrives. Generally Amazon does a good job with orders but they are dropping the ball all over the place here.
2.0 out of 5 stars Flash video files are only playing in the fast forward mode, November 9, 2011
This review is from: Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p HD Media Player (Electronics)
Is there a problem with playing FLV flash video files on this media player, when i tried to watch a movie based on flash video.
Media player is renedring the video in teh fast forward mode only.
Is there an issue with the media player?
Any one on the board has teh same problem.
3.0 out of 5 stars Great for streaming native AVCHD 1080p at 30fps, November 8, 2011
This review is from: Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p HD Media Player (Electronics)
I have both the latest Apple TV, and this WD TV Live Plus. Yes I keep the firmware current.
KEY POINTS:
1) No question the Apple TV is vastly superior for browsing digital photos, and your iTunes music collection off your server PC located in your home network. It is superior because the Apple TV’s UI is so much better. All of this assumes (requires) you are willing to run iTunes on your server PC.
2) WD TV Live Plus is vastly superior to Apple TV if you want to stream a wide variety of video formats, some in 1080p HD from a local USB drive, or from your server PC. The Apple TV cannot display 1080p and it cannot handle your video unless it is MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, H.264 video up to 720p X 30fps, AND you must get that video into the iTunes video library.
With the WD TV Live Plus, I literally dump the raw AVCHD 1080p X 30fps video files from our Canon HFS100 HD camcorder onto my network-shared video folder on our home PC. Then I walk over to our flat screen and the WD TV Live Plus steams those across the home network in buttery-smooth quality at full high def. The Apple TV cannot do that! In fact, every time I throw a wacky video format at these products, the Apple TV fails to display it, yet the WD TV Live Plus always plays the video format.
So the biggest benefit my family got from the WD TV Live Plus is that it got our years (and terabytes)of HD family videos conveniently browse-able on the flat screen in our family room! The Apple TV did that for my mp3 music collection, and digital family photos.
3) I never expected my entire family to enjoy watching “in theater” movie previews on the Apple TV as much as we do. The previews are generally in HD (720p), and the UI for browsing them is great. It is far more fun and convenient to watch moview previews on Apple TV, compared to doing that using a laptop or PC to browse youtube, or whatever.
4) Please be warned that initial setup of network sharing on the WD TV Live Plus is very complicated, and the product manuals do NOT describe the complex solutions. You have to browse user forums and then you find the complicated steps and process to get WD TV Live Plus to recognize drives or folders shared from your home network server PC. And when I write “complicated” keep in mind I’m an engineer tech geek who routinely builds PC’s from scratch, with 8 TB RAID10 arrays and nonsense like that. So I mean complicted.
5) The other reviewers are correct: the remote for the WD TV Live Plus is a total piece of cr…
I think the WD TV Live Plus loses one star for the bad UI, and one star for the POS remote control.