Today WD launched the brand new WD TV Live, an upgrade to the WD TV which was released last year on November 3rd. WD sent me the WD TV Live two weeks ago and I have been playing with it non stop.
The WD TV was a cool device that allows you to connect an external hard drive via USB ports to your television and display its content on it. From Pictures to Videos even Music. The device worked pretty well but it lacked one key feature, it was unable to connect to your network and stream content on your network.
Well that flaw has now been fixed with the WD TV Live. The WD TV Live delivers the same great features as the WD TV but it now can connect to your network and pull content from your network as well as any storage device connected to it and display it on your television.
I made a quick unboxing video of the new WD TV Live so check it out below.
As you can see from the video, it’s pretty much the same device with the exception of having a Ethernet Port so that it can connect to your network. While it does not have wireless capabilities built in, you can buy a USB wireless adapter and it should connect to your wireless network. (I personally did not test it but WD says you can)
It’s very easy to set up the WD TV. Just connect it to your HD Television via the HDMI port and then to your network. The setup is painless and quick. Atleast for me it was.
In less than a minute I was streaming 1080p content from my computer onto my 1080p HD TV, easier than ever before.
While the same device the addition of the networking capabilities is a huge improvement. Pulling content from over your network has never been easier and the WD TV Live made the entire process painless. I have used similar devices and they were hard to use.
It even works great if you have a HomeServer on your network as it found my content on my HomeServer and streamed it with no problems. It supports all DLNA enabled devices too.
The UI on the WD TV Live is also one of the best available. I like the UI for Apple TV and the HP MediaSmart connector a lot and I think those two are the best but the WD TV live interface is pretty high up there, and very easy to use. It definitely is better than the UI on the Seagate Theater.
Overall the WD TV Live is a great upgrade to the WD TV and if you are looking for an easy to use device that will get your content onto your television the WD TV Live is something you should consider and pretty affordable at $149.99. For more information on the WD TV Live visit http://www.shopwd.com
Comments: (13)
Jass on Tue, Oct 13th, 2009 at 01:19 PM
I am looking for something similar but it needs to also store content on the device do you have any recomendations?
IPFREELY on Tue, Oct 13th, 2009 at 07:35 PM
Apple TV! Jass but yo this can work I mean you just ogtta like connect a hard drive to it.
Yo 150 kinda high imo
Michael on Tue, Oct 13th, 2009 at 10:39 PM
as IPFREELY said you can connect a HDD to this.
WD TV Live on Thu, Oct 15th, 2009 at 02:22 PM
Thanks for the great information and we are glad you are enjoying the product! If you haven’t already check out our blog at http://www.wdtvlive.com/blog for how-to information, product tips, interviews, event updates and more about the WD TV Live product line. Make sure to check our blog post from today to see a special Hardwaregeeks.com shout out and thanks again for the great review!
Also, you can follow us on Twitter @WDTVLive for quick and easy updates.
r.herk on Fri, Oct 16th, 2009 at 06:35 AM
I’m curious what video is shown on the TV during music playback? Vizualization, Screensaver, or the UI menu burning into my hd screen?
ferotaraba on Fri, Oct 16th, 2009 at 08:21 AM
during music playback? First the UI menu burning into your screen and then screensaver.
r.herk on Fri, Oct 16th, 2009 at 08:39 AM
Thanks.
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air jordan on Sun, Jun 13th, 2010 at 07:58 AM
The WD TV Live delivers the same great features as the WD TV but it now can connect to your network and pull content from your network as well as any storage device connected to it and display it on your television.
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