Well, after spending the past month or so with this device, I can say it works wonderfully-- sometimes.
My intent was to use it in the kitchen as I use the Xbox 1 XBMC in the living room. That's not happening.
The streaming on the device constantly drops off within 5-7 minutes of starting any video running from any of my 3 home PC's, and it completely drops off my wired home network (loses IP and needs to be manually reconnected from the network settings menu). Youtube videos work fine streaming (watched about 45 min. of a movie on youtube just to test with no issues at all), as do any USB-stored videos. So I'm kind of baffled, and WD isn't talking or returning emails. A google search tells me I'm not the only one with this issue.
It has tons of potential, and is a great device if streaming from your home network isn't your intended use. Everything else works great! Of course, if there's something someone thinks I'm missing, please feel free to reply here.
I'm keeping the unit for the parts that DO work (the USB portion), as I feel it's worth it for the price. I'm also maintaining hope that it's just a firmware issue that WD will eventually address or return an email on. But I'm not holding my breath.
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