Western Digital WDTV new version

[jagabo]

but what else can you watch beside Netflix on the Roku?

It looks like Amazon Video and Major League Baseball right now.

[lowellriggsiam]

I think the FreeAgent Theater+ is not wifi friendly like the WDTV2

This may be true, but still better than the WDTV1. I don't have mine even hooked to the internet yet as I am still awaiting segate to release the wifi adapter to market, but soon I will.

[MJA]

segate to release the wifi adapter

that's mean seagate is going to charge top dollar($49 ,and up) for their adapter

[spat]

Now if the TV Live streamed Netflix it would be perfect.

WDTV Live supports uPNP and is able to see a Playon media server. From there, one can watch online Netflix movies and Hulu content.

Actually it is DNLA certified so you can stream just about anything to it if you find or build the right tools to do so. I highly recommend "Playon" regardless of other tools you might try. I have tried others but Playon has been the easiest one so far. Currently I have about 25 sites I can stream from. There are more available but not of interest to me. And plenty of people are working on adding more. Go to Playonplugins.com to see what is available. Currently three formats are being used to get content: plugins, podcasts, and scripts. Though technically they are all scripts of some sort I think.

I love this little box, I watch online content almost exslusively now. And the audio is fine, though settings a little tricky. I suspect that may be where many are having issues on the audio. It wont flip back and forth between digital and analog on it's own so you have to do it manually. I suspect a firmware upgrade could fix that. I just leave it on analog and it sounds great to me.

[SatStorm]

AFAIK, those Western Digital WDTVs are nothing more than nmt based solutions. Symbas and the nmt community write the software and the applications. So, whatever appears on popcorn hour / egrate / etc, appears soon or later on WDTVs.

And all of them have problem with the ssa subtitles. so the anime fans can't really use them for watching them.

There are some ideas to convert those machines for internet tv. I follow the nmt community forum and there is some success in that direction.

But overall, I believe that the best solution we have today is a laptop running GeexBox. Cost around the same and gives more.

[rumplestiltskin]

re: subtitles on the WD TV Media Player (the original)

In my experience, dropping an AVI and the ".srt" subtitle file (otherwise named the same) into the HD attached to the WDTV let the device display the subtitles without a problem. I would have liked the ability to enlarge the subtitles with a preference setting but that was a minor complaint. I do not know if they added this preference to the new network-enabled player. I'll bet if enough people ask for it, they'll add it to the next firmware update.

[jagabo]

The WDTV Live has several choices of subtitle size when displaying SRT subs. They range from 24 to 40 (point? pixels?). I don't know how this corresponds the the original WDTV's sub size.

[rumplestiltskin]

Ask and ye shall receive...

[Fryster]

I'm very interested in this technology.

What's the difference between version 1 and version 2 of the WD TV live HD Media Player?

I've done some online searches and I'm not finding a lot of sellers... Who are some of the reputable retailers that are selling this item?

[jagabo]

The major difference is the addition of an 10/100 Ethernet port so the Live can access network shares and some internet content (very limited right now, Youtube, Flickr, Pandora). It also supports wireless networking USB sticks. Component outputs were added too.

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/index.asp?cat=30

Internally, the live has a stronger CPU and more memory. A lot more room for future updates (no promises from WD though).

Amazon.com
NewEgg.com
BestBuy.com

All about US$120

[redwudz]

I've done some online searches and I'm not finding a lot of sellers... Who are some of the reputable retailers that are selling this item?

NewEgg has it for $119US with free shipping. BestBuy should have it in their local stores.

I've used mine with a cheap USB Edimax 'N' ethernet adapter, works fine.

[branch]

One thing which confuses me when trying to author dvd's following the instructions here, is:

If i play the video_ts folder (which the WDTV Live can do) I don't see the subtitles.

But if i take the content from the video_ts folder and put it into an ISO and play that ISO it does show the subtitles (so far in weird colors though) - oh well - there are worse problems in the world i guess.

[mohannad_j]

dear all,
one question...

as we know the WD HD TV Generator.2 have an HDMI 1.3 which should can read HD-Audio like Dolby TrueHD and DTS-MA and pass it.
My receiver is Onkye 807 and support Dolby TrueHD and DTS-MA, so if i connect WD HDTV media player to my receiver by HDMI and play movie that have a Dolby TrueHD or DTS-MA , the quistion is can my receiver Read it and see the logo lamp of Dolby TrueHD or DTS-MA turning ON on my receiver display?

thanks...

[stiltman]

I would suggest posting your question here https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/311266-New-WD-TV-Live-%28WDTV-v2%29

Or look at the first post and follow some of the links.