Ok, I expect anyone who wants a product like this to do some homework first and have some tech knowledge. That being said, I love this device.
I've been putting downloaded media onto TV's for years. I had an old ati card that had a composite out to my 22" crt back in 2002. Loved that but getting up to change the volume/file playing etc was a pain.
In college I bought a $40 philips dvd player that would play divx/xvid files I burned to cds and later dvd's - loved that and used it for years. I could fit a half a season of a show on one dvd disc!
More recently I watched everything in my room on my 22" lcd using a basic usb remote and windows media center. It works well though the screen is a bit small.
Enter my living room. I have an HDTV. A blu ray player that streams netflix well (love the LG players!). Still, I download a lot of content, archive even more, and watch hulu often. What about all those HD movies I have?
The WDTV Live is the best solution I've seen for playing/storing media in HD. It's gorgeous quality, fast UI, and great featureset make this the best technology purchase I've seen in ages.
Pandora? Check
UPNP/DLNA - Buy playon and suddenly you have Hulu, Netflix and many other streaming options at your fingertips
The network just works flawlessly for me (I have an Ethernet to 802.11N adapter that works well).
Haven't seen a file yet that this can't play. It's so fast and natural you could set one up for your household and I'm willing to bet just about everyone could figure it out.
If you're looking at this sort of device, this is THE one. I've researched it for weeks, and let me tell you this can't be beat. Unless you need more functionality or flexibility, in which case you should build a home theater pc.
Protip:
Once this is on your network, you can transfer files to the device from there. I have a desktop downstairs hosting my files, and from my laptop upstairs I can transfer everything I want - albeit more slowly.
Awesome, simply awesome. If only it had esata and gigabit ethernet...Get more detail about Western Digital WD TV Live Network-ready HD Media Player WDBAAN0000NBK-NESN.
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