Nice product, does what it says. Plays Youtube videos in full screen from "top-category", "most watched", most rated, etc. You can search using onscreen keyboard. However, it would be nice if it remembered recent searches, as I had to type the same keywords again each time. Also there is no-auto-complete words option during typing searches like some LG/Samsung BlueRay youtube streaming devices have.
Cons: Played Flickr photos like in thumbnail views... not sure if I would ever want to go to Flickr to view photo albumbs in small views. Also live365 needs a paid account.
Browsing Youtube videos can be painfully boring. So another nice feature to have would be NETFLIX video streaming, whenever that becomes available. Hopefully, a new software auto-update to WD box can make this magically happen.
Also, It did not play some of the videos from created on iPhone3G (CyCorder), but it this is just FYI and did not matter to me.
Another thing I noticed on my 5 yr old Syntax Olevia 27" LCD TV was that the YPbPr /YCbCr input could not pick up any of the refresh rates or resolutions sent by WD box (I tried all available ones on WD box), picture was garbled, so I just had to stick to Component RCA (A/V) input. Maybe time for me to upgrade to a new HDMI LED TV. Again this is just FYI for you Syntax Olevia folks out there.
Also, another nice PRO feature was that it was able to pull off videos from my MacbookPro over home Wifi. To share the Movies folder on Mac on wifi, was easy. Just had to enable SMB sharing from Advanced options under Settings->sharing menu in the macbook for WD box to see them. Streaming was fairly smooth on most videos from Macbook over wifi.
Overall a very nice product. I liked its performance, small size like that of Apple TV and versatility.
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