Topic: WD TV HD Media Player

[disturbed]

well me certain running temperature ang hard disks..not sure if maapektuhan na ng casing mo yun.

here is the link po > http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/wdtv/

[waywardsoul]

Sirs,

Newbie here.

I'm still planning to purchase this product. Can I directly connect this to my z5500 using optical cable?

TIA. 

[2fast2furious]

give it up, would have been better if you'd just shut your mouth in the first place since you were the one who apparently wanted to ripoff Western Digital. maybe if you stop responding altogether, maybe then i'll leave you alone. sorry but i just hate hypocrites. and if you haven't noticed, i'm trying my hardest to contribute to this forum, maybe you should do the same. a simple "my bad" or "my mistake" would have been enough, but no hehe. oh well....

to all, sorry for the OT

now who is the hypocrite after all.   No need to explain my post. It's your dirty mind haunting on you. Let's end this to preserve the thread. ok...

[moejun]

man, learn to move on. if you can pretend that you really didn't mean to ripoff WD then i guess you can also pretend that my previous posts were not directed at you. it takes a real man to fess up, and by that logic i guess you aren't one. 

to the TS: sorry for going off topic again. this will be my last post regarding this matter.

[moejun]

in a few hours i'm gonna jump ship and swim over to the other side. i guess it's goodbye WD for me and hello _ _ _. i have nothing but good things to say about the WDTV, it's just that i need network functionality. oh yeah, i'm  a bit of a nerd too so i need something which i can tinker with hehe.

[disturbed]

^ yes I think since me optical naman for audio and product na to

[bluemist]

Hello, I need help regarding DTS audio decoding.

We have this WDTV player but we have no LCD TV yet. I have MKVs with DTS audio on them and so it doesn't play audio using the composite cables.

We're planning to upgrade to an LCD but I'm not very familiar with the new tech.

- Would my video with DTS audio play when I use an HDMI cable alone to the LCD?
- Or do I need an optical audio cable? Do LCD TVs generally have optical in?
- Some say I need a DTS-encoder receiver... what is it? Can you give local examples/recommendations so that we can purchase it along with the TV?

[borly]

Hello, I need help regarding DTS audio decoding.

We have this WDTV player but we have no LCD TV yet. I have MKVs with DTS audio on them and so it doesn't play audio using the composite cables.

We're planning to upgrade to an LCD but I'm not very familiar with the new tech.

- Would my video with DTS audio play when I use an HDMI cable alone to the LCD?
- Or do I need an optical audio cable? Do LCD TVs generally have optical in?
- Some say I need a DTS-encoder receiver... what is it? Can you give local examples/recommendations so that we can purchase it along with the TV?

We have the same problem.  My LCD TV is not capable of decoding DD nor DTS tracks via HDMI.  You will have to purchase a home theater system or a speaker system capable of decoding DD and DTS.

This will done via the optical out cable on your WD TV.

[andre]

You can buy Egreat or wait for WDTV 2.

[john5479]

If the wdtv2 is at the same pricepoint then its a great buy. small form factor, networkable and does dts decoding

[cire6]

kailan kaya ilalabas 

[Riaden]

Sirs,

Newbie here.

I'm still planning to purchase this product. Can I directly connect this to my z5500 using optical cable?

TIA.  

Similar question..

Regarding the DTS decoding, does my Logitech Z5500 supports this stuff? 
Most of my MKV files are DTS.

[borly]

Similar question..

Regarding the DTS decoding, does my Logitech Z5500 supports this stuff? 
Most of my MKV files are DTS.

yes, according to Logitech's website.

"Onboard 5.1 Digital Decoding: Hear every detail of your favorite Dolby® digital and DTS soundtracks"

[lucky023]

WD New Product?

WD TV Mini?

File Formats Supported  
Video -AVI (Xvid, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MP4/MOV (MPEG4), RM or RMVB 8/9/10
Photo - JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG
Audio - MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, OGG, APE
Subtitle -SRT, SSA, SUB, SMI
Note:
- RMVB supports up to 1024x576x24, 1024x576x30, or 800x600x30 compressed video resolution
- MPEG1/2/4 supports up to D1 resolution (720x480 in NTSC, 720x576 in PAL)
- MPEG2 ML/MP conforming to ISO-13818
- MPEG1 ML/MP conforming to ISO-11172
- An audio receiver is required for multi-channel surround sound via the digital optical output

For details, please refer to the user manual.  

File Formats Not Supported  
Does not support protected premium content such as movies or music from the iTunes® Store, Cinema Now, Movielink®, Amazon Unbox™, and Vongo®
 

External Drive Formats Supported  
FAT32, NTFS, HFS+
 

Language Support  
User Interface: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese  
Subtitle: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Greek, Russian (KOI8-R & Windows 1251), Portuguese, Central European, Turkish, Vietnamese, Bahasa, Hindu  

 Performance Specifications  
Serial Transfer Rate
 USB 2.0
 Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 2.0) 480 Mb/s (Max)
 
 Physical Specifications  
 Capacity N/A
 Interface Component A/V , Composite A/V, USB 2.0
 
 Physical Dimensions  
English
 Height 0.8 Inches
 Length 3.6 Inches
 Width 3.6 Inches
 
Metric
 Height 21 mm
 Length 91 mm
 Width 91 mm
 
 Environmental Specifications  
Temperature (English)
 Operating 41° F to 95° F
 Non-operating -40° F to 149° F
 
Temperature (Metric)
 Operating 5° C to 35° C
 Non-operating -40° C to 65° C
 
 Electrical Specifications  
Current Requirements
 Power Dissipation
 AC Input Voltage 100-240 VAC
 AC Input Frequency 50-60 Hz
 

[batanglambak]

ang liit nung WD TV Mini Media Player kaso walang support for mkv files ...

[Weng!]

ang liit nung WD TV Mini Media Player kaso walang support for mkv files ...

meron na ba nagbenta nito and how much? i want this one for car use. i don't need mkv sa kotse kasi low resolution pa ang mga car lcds ngayon.

[cire6]

kaya lang ang presyo niya halos parehas lang nung wdtv 

[Weng!]

oo nga no same price sya sa wdtv HD. dapat nasa $60 lang sana pricing nito.

[bootsubay]

does this "mini" really not have an hdmi output? but i noticed that this one plays *.vob. Yung originalba na WDTV hindi kaya play ang *.vob files?

[jaypd97]

meron na ba nakagamit na ng third party firmware para sa WDTV? ok ba?

[vinlovski]

anyone here has this kind of set-up?

WDTV HD and a logitech z-5500?

just curious regarding the audio formats regarding mkv files

kaya ba ng z-5500 yun?la bang problem na n-encounter?how was the sound?

how do you set it up sa WDTV?

thanks guys!!

[batanglambak]

i don't have the wd tv hd media player yet but i have the logitech z-5500 ...

the z-5500 can decode dts so i don't see any problem regarding the audio formats of the mkv files ...

to set it up you'll need a toslink (optical) cable from the wd tv hd media player to the logitech z-5500 ... choose audio output to optical cable

hope i was able to help ...

[audiojunkie]

does this "mini" really not have an hdmi output? but i noticed that this one plays *.vob. Yung originalba na WDTV hindi kaya play ang *.vob files?

it can play vob files ripped from dvd... 

[blued888]

does this "mini" really not have an hdmi output? but i noticed that this one plays *.vob. Yung originalba na WDTV hindi kaya play ang *.vob files?

The "Mini" version indeed doesn't have HDMI output. It only has component and composite outputs.

It also doesn't play .MKV files either, as per e-mail correspondence with WD press relations.

[uvax]

it can play vob files ripped from dvd... 

It plays .vob files but does not recognize .ifo which means it pretty much sucks for playing your DVD backups as you won't have your DVD menu structure.

[audiojunkie]

It plays .vob files but does not recognize .ifo which means it pretty much sucks for playing your DVD backups as you won't have your DVD menu structure.

what I did.. I converted the whole movie into single Vob file...   if you're after the menus better load your dvd to the player...      or covert to MKV w/ menu option... 

[uvax]

what I did.. I converted the whole movie into single Vob file...  if you're after the menus better load your dvd to the player...       or covert to MKV w/ menu option...  

One of the reasons why some choose to buy original DVDs is for the added features that are included in them. For example, I have the complete Lord of the Rings set where the extras are really worth it.

I won't bother to encode my DVDs - I don't have the patience to wait that long. If the player had .IFO capability you can just copy all the DVD files into your HDD and have it play as if from the DVD itself.

In my case I have a tvix player. What I do is create a single .ISO image file from my DVD. The player handles that perfectly as in it's like you're watching from your DVD. Much much better to have all your DVD files in the hdd and just select using the remote than having to hunt through your DVD collection.

[jaypd97]

guys do you have any idea when the WD TV 2 will be released?

should i buy my parents a wdtv now or wait for the wdtv 2?

[moejun]

if your parents are just after superb picture quality and ease of use, i'd say get them the first gen. it's practical, has a small footprint and does the job. now if they want to stream movies from the network then an NMT is the better choice so wait for the 2nd gen.

[jaypd97]

oic...i have a wdtv here for my panny...gusto ko din sana ng may network support coz my younger bro wants to access my movie files... do you have any idea when are they gonna release the 2nd gen?