WD TV HD Media Player

A quick out of the box first usage demo.
No commentary, just plugged in an external drive and off I went.
The media player is connected to the tv using composite (Red/White/Yellow) cables. I don't have an HDMI cable to test the 1080p output yet.
The videos played are 480p DVD rips encoded with h.264 (avi container), audio codec slips my memory with a 1gb file size, so fairly low bitrate.
The television is 1080p, so displaying 480p is inherently pretty bland, but looks just as good as a DVD would.
Video was recorded using an e71 cellphone, looks much better than the resulting youtube conversion.

I need to find out how to assign thumbnails to folders, or at least name the folders for easier navigation.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• WD
• TV
• HD
• Media
• Player
• E71

[WeEatPe0ple]

is it the Western Digital - WD TV HD Media Player?

if so, can you make it play movies with .sub files? And does it play .mkv movies?

[phiberz]

Yes it is the Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player .. I haven't got any movies with .sub files to test for you, though it doesn't expressly say it supports them.

Yes it supports .MKV

[Bk94541]

damn

i need the sun glasses watching this VID

[ZanoZik]

It is not the reason, stop believing in everything you read on internet, and you'll be fine (some of the reviews state that the reason is no int.HDD lol) DTS is passed through the optical out and should be enough, because, let's face it, if you own a hdd tv/projector and a hd player - you WILL have a DD/DTS receiver 5.1/6.1/7.1 or whatever. I feel sorry for those who will output the sound through WD TVs analog stereo outs :(

[drummergil]

im thinking of buying this one to watch 1080p movies from my external hard drive,

should i buy it?

or can my PS3 do the job?

[CicerchiaSeverino]

this player is shit

[andyroo89]

@VasiliyVorobets911 I am using tversity with xbox 360 and it plays all formats well the ones I am using does. I have no problems atm.

[VasiliyVorobets911]

@andyroo89 the xbox can only support a few formats,the WD media player supports dozens.

[emirates247]

Very good. I have a PS3 and simply hook up my Western Digital Passport HardDrive, to the usb port on the console. Then I go to videos and watch content from my external WD HardDrive. You can also browse through photos and music on the hardrive. So the PS3 kind of acts like the WD media player. The only reason I might consider purchasing one though is because you can view HD content from the passport harddrive on this media player. Still, good video.

[renekenshin6573]

This could play 1080p full hd mvk's, its amazing :D

[ravenousjerboa]

im thinkn of gettin this. does anyone know where i can download mkv movies?

[andyroo89]

You should of used your xbox 360 to stream your media and saved the money :/

[robdrums69]

PS3 would handle the DTS alot better than this thing anyway, wouldn't it?