Author Topic: WD TV HD Media Player (Read 181313 times)

demmet · « **Reply #60 on:** Nov 11, 2008 at 12:12 AM »

I Choose the LIST selection rather than the thumbnail,its easy for me to navigate.

demmet · « **Reply #61 on:** Nov 11, 2008 at 12:16 AM »

Quote from: kane on Nov 08, 2008 at 09:05 AM

hi sir demmet, can it play mkv files that has dts audio? May review kasi sa amazon that it can't eh. And also may hiccups daw when playing some 1080p files. Can you confirm this?

Tried Hellboy with DTS..flawless.

Weng! · « **Reply #62 on:** Nov 11, 2008 at 02:43 AM »

Quote from: demmet on Nov 11, 2008 at 12:16 AM

Tried Hellboy with DTS..flawless.

did u connect the HDMI direct to LCD sir or was ran thru an A/V receiver?

demmet · « **Reply #63 on:** Nov 11, 2008 at 11:59 AM »

Quote from: GneW on Nov 11, 2008 at 02:43 AM

did u connect the HDMI direct to LCD sir or was ran thru an A/V receiver?

HDMI= video
Onkyo 805= toslink

Weng! · « **Reply #64 on:** Nov 11, 2008 at 12:05 PM »

Quote from: demmet on Nov 11, 2008 at 11:59 AM

HDMI= video
Onkyo 805= toslink

ok, DTS thru receiver pala. have u tried to use HDMI (audio/video) direct to TV if it can decode DTS to stereo? thanks

STRIKER · « **Reply #65 on:** Nov 11, 2008 at 03:17 PM »

i got mine !!!

last unit na sa best buy!! havent tried it yet pero it looks and feels solid.

demmet · « **Reply #66 on:** Nov 12, 2008 at 08:30 AM »

more screenshots.

iiinas · « **Reply #67 on:** Nov 12, 2008 at 12:51 PM »

Quote from: STRIKER on Nov 11, 2008 at 03:17 PM

i got mine !!!

last unit na sa best buy!! havent tried it yet pero it looks and feels solid.

congrats!

sana may makuha ate ko, meron ba sa brick and mortar best nito or internet purchase lang?

JT · « **Reply #68 on:** Nov 12, 2008 at 02:38 PM »

Now available in SG @ 199sgd (6k php).

Looks like its only a player and not considered NMT since dont connect to network.

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=572

For those using this already, can the firmware be upgraded? if not, then it has limited
file audio/video playback capability.

richsen · « **Reply #69 on:** Nov 13, 2008 at 08:24 AM »

@demmet
internal yung hdd nung WD player mo? thanks!

nogie · « **Reply #70 on:** Nov 13, 2008 at 09:56 AM »

Got one from Amazon for $119 plus shipping. My friend's aunt will be bringing home December 12 from US.

Just wondering where pdvd'ers placed these (new) stuff whenever new gadgets comes out in the market. An-Yayaman ng members dito!! hehehe

R1DVD · « **Reply #71 on:** Nov 14, 2008 at 06:21 AM »

On sale right now at Dell ($99 free shipping)
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=A2161994&cs=19&c=us&l=en&dgc=SS&cid=30322&lid=680413
Too bad they require a US billing address. Oh well, got to contact relatives in the US

burnok123 · « **Reply #72 on:** Nov 14, 2008 at 08:05 AM »

magkano kaya aabutin kung papadala naman dito sa pinas?

iiinas · « **Reply #73 on:** Nov 14, 2008 at 01:29 PM »

Quote from: burnok123 on Nov 14, 2008 at 08:05 AM

magkano kaya aabutin kung papadala naman dito sa pinas?

shipping weight based on amazon is 3 pounds, lagay na natin 5 pounds para sure, so if you order sa amazon then have it shipped through johnny air cost would be:

118$ + 30$ (5 lbs x 6$/lb) + 5$ (handling fee) = 153$ x 49.5 = $7573.50

DVD_Freak · « **Reply #74 on:** Nov 14, 2008 at 02:05 PM »

Quote from: iiinas on Nov 14, 2008 at 01:29 PM

$7573.50

dollars? pesos na right?

jackryan · « **Reply #75 on:** Nov 15, 2008 at 12:49 PM »

Quote from: DVD_Freak on Nov 14, 2008 at 02:05 PM

dollars? pesos na right?

I think this will be in pesos...

ru$h · « **Reply #76 on:** Nov 17, 2008 at 08:12 PM »

wala pa rin dito?

R1DVD · « **Reply #77 on:** Nov 17, 2008 at 08:49 PM »

Just ordered mine at Buy.com for $99 (free shipping). Out of stock na kasi sa Dell. Will be arriving this Saturday coutesy of a balikbayan relative

iiinas · « **Reply #78 on:** Nov 17, 2008 at 08:58 PM »

Quote from: DVD_Freak on Nov 14, 2008 at 02:05 PM

dollars? pesos na right?

sorry, pesos nga!

ivannn · « **Reply #79 on:** Nov 20, 2008 at 09:22 AM »

is this available locally na?

TOY 01 · « **Reply #80 on:** Nov 20, 2008 at 02:09 PM »

Quote from: ivannn on Nov 20, 2008 at 09:22 AM

is this available locally na?

Sir wala pa dito available...

rubenpp · « **Reply #81 on:** Nov 20, 2008 at 03:37 PM »

bought one at the Bestbuy palo alto branch for my bro a few days after they posted it on their website. they only had 1 on stock.

pros: as mentioned in the Maddhat review it plays .m2ts files (Blu-ray backups) without breaking a sweat.
pq is much better than my old philips divx player . although videos seem a bit dark, for my taste....

some of the issues:

"Sometimes the video won’t completely fill the screen at first. It’s easily fixed by zooming in, then back out. But for some reason, the decoder just doesn’t scale the video properly. This doesn’t happen always. It seems to happen completely randomly. Once I zoomed in and out to fix it, it would play properly for the rest of the file. This issue is pretty annoying, and hopefully it can be fixed."

...."Finally, I wish this device could switch the output resolution to the currently playing file’s native resolution. If I’m playing a 1080p file, output 1080p. If 1080i, output 1080i and let my TV do the deinterlacing (the chip inside of the player, while not terrible, does not do a great job). If 720p, output 720p, and so on… you get the point."

i suggest you read through the comments @engadget http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/01/western-digital-quietly-intros-wd-tv-hd-media-player/#comments and avsforum http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1080840

burnok123 · « **Reply #82 on:** Nov 20, 2008 at 08:46 PM »

available na yata sa axis global....may ads na sa tipidpc about this player...

demmet · « **Reply #83 on:** Nov 24, 2008 at 03:45 AM »

Picture quality is good on my 1080p television, and the menus and interfaces are simple to use -- but not fancy.

The player lets you search for a specific file by name, or browse your files by type (music, pictures, video). Within a type, it is possible to have it show all the available files or just the most recent. Forward and reverse scan within a video file is possible at 2x, 4x, 8x, or 16x speed. It's not particularly fancy, but it does mostly seem to work well and it is certainly functional.

For the price, I am certainly satisfied.

R1DVD · « **Reply #84 on:** Nov 24, 2008 at 06:37 AM »

Mine is definitely going back to the store. Got it from Buy.com and got it last Saturday. For a day, it was working fine. Yesterday, the remote control started to act weird. Sometimes, nothing happens when I press the remote. On other times, pressing any of the D-pad buttons to navigate the menu would cause the remote to fire continuously making it impossible for me to navigate the menu properly. It will make me overshoot my target. Tried replacing the remote's batteries and it's still the same.

During the first day that it was working, I was impressed. For the price, I thought it was a good buy. My only complaint is the speed of the scan function. For me, 16X is a bit slow. Probably, I'm just used to the scan speed of the PS3 (120x max). Anyway, my brother-in-law will be returning to the US on Friday, and so will my WD media player.

ivannn · « **Reply #85 on:** Nov 24, 2008 at 08:18 AM »

Quote from: R1DVD on Nov 24, 2008 at 06:37 AM

Mine is definitely going back to the store. Got it from Buy.com and got it last Saturday. For a day, it was working fine. Yesterday, the remote control started to act weird. Sometimes, nothing happens when I press the remote. On other times, pressing any of the D-pad buttons to navigate the menu would cause the remote to fire continuously making it impossible for me to navigate the menu properly. It will make me overshoot my target. Tried replacing the remote's batteries and it's still the same.

During the first day that it was working, I was impressed. For the price, I thought it was a good buy. My only complaint is the speed of the scan function. For me, 16X is a bit slow. Probably, I'm just used to the scan speed of the PS3 (12x max). Anyway, my brother-in-law will be returning to the US on Friday, and so will my WD media player.

hopefully WD gets to address that problem. baka sa next na mga release nila eh na correct na ang problem na yan.

Niknok · « **Reply #86 on:** Nov 24, 2008 at 08:54 AM »

very promising and at a dream price! kaso mukhang may mga issues pa. i think i'll wait for the technology to mature and the prices to drop a bit more.

R1DVD · « **Reply #87 on:** Nov 24, 2008 at 11:26 AM »

Ok sana siya if only I didn't get a lemon. Again, for the price, it's hard to beat. I just don't know if the scan speed can be increased by a firmware upgrade. I wish it could go as fast as the PS3.

sleepygeepy · « **Reply #88 on:** Nov 25, 2008 at 05:51 PM »

@tonedeaf

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Can you ask your friend which shops in particular?

I'll ask, he's coming here to the Philippines on December 20. Last we spoke it's 189 SGD (about Php 6,237.00?) so my officemate decided to order one so we can test it here. I wanted to get one for myself, but having gotten myself a popcorn hour A-110 it would be a waste really hehehe!

Anyway they did test it over there and so far they said that the performance was good. It's much smaller than it looks, even smaller than a WD My Book, which is kinda neat. I'm just a little bit wary of the firmware support but I think with WD coming late to the market they might have fixed most of the early bugs encountered by other Sigmatek based media players

JT · « **Reply #89 on:** Nov 25, 2008 at 06:18 PM »

Quote from: sleepygeepy on Nov 25, 2008 at 05:51 PM

@tonedeaf
I'll ask, he's coming here to the Philippines on December 20. Last we spoke it's 189 SGD (about Php 6,237.00?) so my officemate decided to order one so we can test it here. I wanted to get one for myself, but having gotten myself a popcorn hour A-110 it would be a waste really hehehe!

Anyway they did test it over there and so far they said that the performance was good. It's much smaller than it looks, even smaller than a WD My Book, which is kinda neat. I'm just a little bit wary of the firmware support but I think with WD coming late to the market they might have fixed most of the early bugs encountered by other Sigmatek based media players

Price here at Challenger SG is 199sgd for non-member and 188sgd for member.