Topic: WD TV HD Media Player

[natosan]

any news on when the wdtv live/wdtv2 will be released in the philippines? sino ba distributor dito?

[natosan]

wdtv doesn't support ext/3 file system, right?

[nogie]

any news on when the wdtv live/wdtv2 will be released in the philippines? sino ba distributor dito?

distributor of wdtv if not mistaken is axis global.  mas madaling makabili ng wdtv2 kasi pwedeng 6 mos. 0% interest.

[Bitstream]

wdtv doesn't support ext/3 file system, right?

FAT32, NTFS, HFS+ (no journaling) only

[macdon]

WD finally updated their site with the WD TV LIVE

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=735

[HD_MOVIES]

- An audio receiver is required for multi-channel surround sound digital output.

does this mean still no DTS downmix?

[macdon]

File Formats Supported:
   
Video - AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1), MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, WMV9 
Photo - JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG
Audio - MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS
Playlist - PLS, M3U, WPL
Subtitle - SRT, ASS, SSA, SUB, SMI 

Note:
- MPEG2 MP@HL up to 1920x1080p24, 1920x1080i30 or 1280x720p60 resolution.
- MPEG4.2 ASP@L5 up to 1280x720p30 resolution and no support for global motion compensation.
- WMV9/VC-1 MP@HL up to 1280x720p60 or 1920x1080p24 resolution. VC-1 AP@L3 up to 1920x1080i30, 1920x1080p24 or 1280x720p60 resolution.
- H.264 BP@L3 up to 720x480p30 or 720x576p25 resolution.
- H.264 [email protected] and [email protected] up to 1920x1080p24, 1920x1080i30, or 1280x720p60 resolution.
- An audio receiver is required for multi-channel surround sound digital output.
- Compressed RGB JPEG formats only and progressive JPEG up to 2048x2048.
- Single layer TIFF files only.
- Uncompressed BMP only.

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®


Physical Specifications   
   Capacity   N/A
   Interface   Ethernet, HDMI, Composite A/V, USB 2.0


Physical Dimensions   
English
   Height   1.57 Inches
   Length   3.94 Inches
   Width   4.94 Inches
   Weight   0.67 Pounds

Metric
   Height   40 mm
   Length   100 mm
   Width   125.5 mm
   Weight   303 g


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

[2RM]

Ano kayang chipset gamit nito? Parang di sinabi sa specs or na-overlooked ko lang

[natosan]

Sigma 8655 ang chipset. One of the fastest today at 500mhz, better than any realtek out there so far. its memory is also good at 512KB both for RAM and ROM. this is one reason why i'm excited with this unit.

For comparison of the specs on the available media players, check this link:

http://www.iboum.com/artkill/tablesort.php

[keymaker]

Maybe we should have a separate thread for the WD TV Live?

It's already available at amazon, too bad I already got the xtreamer.  Anyway, here's an interesting thread at avs, wdtv2 vs cinematube http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1187146

[allanmandy]

i'd buy this without hesitation, if only it supports DVD menus in ISO files.

[Tempter]

Sigma 8655 ang chipset. One of the fastest today at 500mhz, better than any realtek out there so far. its memory is also good at 512KB both for RAM and ROM. this is one reason why i'm excited with this unit.

For comparison of the specs on the available media players, check this link:

http://www.iboum.com/artkill/tablesort.php

SPECS doesn't always count, we still need to see the performance of this "FASTEST" chipset. HIGHER RAM doesn't always mean better performance.

UPDATE:
     Read a few feedbacks from new owners of WDTV Live and it was able to play the sample file of NBA video clip with 60fps which is problematic with many existing media players. So this new chip seems better.  

    With this in mind, I still will not bite the bullet yet (though I want to try it if I can get a hold of one  ). Because my current media player is still serving its purpose hehe! Maybe next year!

[Clondalkin]

Im quite intrigued by the single mini-plug component video output. 

[JT]

Acdg to this, it seems WDTV Live got DTS decoders. Not bad esp if price will be lower than current model.
http://gizmodo.com/5338415/leaked-western-digital-tv+2-media-player-reveals-modest-upgrades-codec-support
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/12/new-western-digital-wd-tv-live-media-player-hits-best-buy/

[disturbed]

priced ata for 149-159 yata?

someone posted it passes Dolby TrueHD 7.1 but extracts core if DTS-MA is used..

[leftover]

specwise alone very promising na!

group buy na!!!

[Bluebeard]

The WDTV Live is Very promising  kaya lang VERY lousy support on Firmware upgrades based on the orig WDTV experience 

[leftover]

The WDTV Live is Very promising  kaya lang VERY lousy support on Firmware upgrades based on the orig WDTV experience 

Hindi kaya dahil sa hardware limitations kaya hindi nila mamaximize ang firmware upgrade, kaya ayun naglabas ng bagong unit na mas advance ang hardware...

just my cents

[Bluebeard]

Hindi kaya dahil sa hardware limitations kaya hindi nila mamaximize ang firmware upgrade, kaya ayun naglabas ng bagong unit na mas advance ang hardware...

just my cents

Don't think so, I believe they just don't want to pay DTS royalties. There are hacked FW versions so perhaps WDTV company owners just want us to buy new ones.

[2RM]

how about .iso files, supportd ba?

[disturbed]

^ still a work in progress last time i checked

[macdon]

WDTV Live YouTube video review:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vor6P9_LTqw&feature=player_embedded#

[JT]

Hindi kaya dahil sa hardware limitations kaya hindi nila mamaximize ang firmware upgrade, kaya ayun naglabas ng bagong unit na mas advance ang hardware...

just my cents

Its simply for more profit.

[leftover]

Its simply for more profit.

That's what businessmen do anyway... if what ive read from avsforum holds true, it can play 'planet earth 1080p' without hiccups then at least wd people brought out an interesting hd player a notch higher than most nmts out there.

[Tempter]

That's what businessmen do anyway... if what ive read from avsforum holds true, it can play 'planet earth 1080p' without hiccups then at least wd people brought out an interesting hd player a notch higher than most nmts out there.

I have read somewhere in the forum that it actually stutters also in the bird scene. Not sure how much though, perhaps smoother than most media players out there?

The NBA clip(60fps) plays smooth as I have seen it in you tube, this plays slow on my pc and does not on my media player.

Still, not enough for me to abandon ship, my media player still serves me well. Im not planning on stocking videos that have this kind of specs anyway. Not worth my HD Space.

[keymaker]

  I read in some forums that it can handle 16 reframes at 1080p while most other nmts can only handle up to 7.

[Tempter]

  I read in some forums that it can handle 16 reframes at 1080p while most other nmts can only handle up to 7.

I think i read that too. But as long as most of the available videos out there are not using that, then it will just be a good trait without actual use. 

This might be useful in the coming years when media sources do this 16 reframes(which is unlikely) and HardDrive Capacity/Price ratio gets better.

[Tempter]

I might purchase one of these, if its able to Multi-task on any kind of tasks. Copy while watching, playing music, setup etc... 

[HD_MOVIES]

maybe the wdtv live will cost ~7k and will be avail here by november.. pricey compared to xtreamer..

[ditoy_eagle]

Mahal! dami na nilang kalaban, wrong pricing yan