Out of the box, it worked for exactly one day before (presumably) the automatic firmware update rendered it useless. The UI was a bit clunky, but it was playing 1080 HD files off of Windows 7 network shares and all kinds of cool stuff. But now it's worthless junk. It will no longer connect to my shares, regardless of the credentials entered. Scrolling takes about 3 seconds per step, half the time it won't find attached USB drives, and when it does find it (the same drive), it churns on it forever, the UI slows down even more, and you're lucky if it will play anything. The fault seems to be with the latest firmware update, but when checking, my unit says it's up to date. WD should be taken out to the tool shed for this monumental screw-up.
UPDATE:
I returned my defective unit for refund, and purchased a new replacement plus another for a friend. Both work as my first initially did with the exception of YouTube content, which no longer allows you to log in to your own YouTube account. Apparently, YouTube has imposed this limitation for some reason and it's not known at this point if the problem will ever be resolved. The new units report incessantly that a new firmware update is available, but for obvious reasons I will not be performing this update until I'm sure that the previous problems are resolved.
This is a fabulous device, and future upgrades to network services and the GUI could make it superlative. The picture quality when playing 1080p mkv files is no less than stunning.
But I do find it amusing that Amazon users voted to find my initial report of the defective device that I received as unhelpful. This was not an isolated occurrence and I would think it helpful to find out in advanced that a device that you may purchase could have the functionality of a brick.Get more detail about Western Digital WD TV Live Network-ready HD Media Player WDBAAN0000NBK-NESN.
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