The new western digital media player TV 2

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The new western digital media player TV 2

I am going to get myself one of these it has network support and DTS :cool:

WDTV-2.
With DTS support.LAN
Specification:
WD TV (TM)
Live Media Player
Features
-Play Full HD 1080p video, music and photos on your HD TV
-Supports widest variety of file formats and devices
-Network capable for easy access to the newest content from PCs, network drives, internet favorites
Kit Contents
-Media Player
-Compact remote with batteries
-Composite AV cable
-Component AV cable
-AC adapter
-Quick Install Guide

Compatibility
HDMI, Full HD (1080p), AAC, MP3, JPEG, USB 2.0, H.264, SimplayHD™, Energy Star®, Dolby Digital, DTS,
DLNA, Bonjour, AVCHD, Windows Vista

Media Formats
AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1),
TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1) MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, WMV9
JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG
MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS
Playlist – PLS, M3U, WPL

Subtitle – SRT, ASS, SSA, SUB, SMI

MPEG2 MP@HL up to 1920x1080p24, 1920x1080i30, or 1280x720p60 resolution. MPEG4.2 ASP@L5 up to
1280x720p30 resolution and no support for global motion compensation. WMV9/VC-1 MP@HL up to 1280x720p60
or 1920x1080p24 resolution. VC-1 AP@L3 up to 1920x1080i30, 1920x1080p24, or 1280x720p60 resolution.
H.264 BP@L3 up to 720x480p30 or 720x576p25 resolution. H.264 MP@4.1 and HP@4.1 up to 1920x1080p24,
1920x1080i30, or 1280x720p60 resolution.
An audio receiver is required for multi-channel surround sound digital output. Compressed RGB JPEG formats only
and progressive JPEG up to 2048x2048.
Single layer TIFF files only. Uncompressed BMP only. Specific details, please refer to the user manual

tman

Looks pretty damn nifty... I've been considering getting the older version, but may hold off for this one

spillcoe

Anyone know how much these are and where I can pick one up?

Basq

spillcoe wrote: »

Anyone know how much these are and where I can pick one up?

Not released yet.. and no information on pricing or release date yet.

spillcoe

Any word on when this is out? Harvey Norman have an Iomega 1TB media player for €180, so if the WD isn't out soon I might just go with the Iomega.

MediaTank

spillcoe wrote: »

Any word on when this is out? Harvey Norman have an Iomega 1TB media player for €180, so if the WD isn't out soon I might just go with the Iomega.

I wouldn't waste your money on the Iomega, either wait for the WD2 or look at one of the NMT devices - Popcorn Hour, iStar, eGreat etc.

Adam anto

Komplett say they'll have them in a couple of days. They've been saying that for a while now seemingly so tread carefully.

This is so close to completing the ideal setup for me but it's lacking in one thing. Why did they restrict the internet to YouTube, live365, Flickr and Pandora? And Pandora only works in the US now. For me this is the only weak point. Would like to get the RTE real player and stream KCRW radio which is not on Live365 (and more). Other than that... what a box for the buck!!!

Might we see third party firmwares for these? Were there some for the last version.

Hunty

Please excuse my ignorance, but what exactly can this do??


Can it play any of my media files I have on my hard drive on my TV?

If so, how good does the quality of the file have to be to come out good on a TV?

Would a 700mb film or 350mb (~40min) TV show be good enough?

Thanks

Adam anto

Hunty wrote: »

Please excuse my ignorance, but what exactly can this do??


Can it play any of my media files I have on my hard drive on my TV?

If so, how good does the quality of the file have to be to come out good on a TV?

Would a 700mb film or 350mb (~40min) TV show be good enough?

Thanks

Yep. It plays videos, music and photos. They say it can handle practically every type of video except for apple/itunes movies.

Has a hdmi output and is capable of 1080p full HD streaming.

The quality depends on a couple of things,

What do you call good/bad quality?
What kind of tv would you be viewing them on? Larger tvs would make bad videos look worse.
The quality of the source material.

If you have a pc/laptop with a composite video out, plug that into your tv to see what it's like.

akaSol

If its only €130 its value for money.
But all of the video, none of the Audio...
Shame.

>Sol

Adam anto

akaSol wrote: »

If its only €130 its value for money.
But all of the video, none of the Audio...
Shame.

>Sol

Not sure of the audio it can't do. Can you fill us in with a bit more info? Would be good to know.

Adam anto

akaSol wrote: »

If its only €130 its value for money.
But all of the video, none of the Audio...
Shame.

>Sol

Not sure of the audio it can't do. Can you fill us in with a bit more info? Would be good to know.

aphex™

Does it work with BBC iplayer iphone site? (connectivity issues aside)

webels

According to Madmoe on Bargain Alerts this is now available on Komplett

http://www.komplett.ie/k/search.aspx?q=WD+HD+TV+Live

Adam anto

aphex™ wrote: »

Does it work with BBC iplayer iphone site? (connectivity issues aside)

Asa far as I know it doesn't. Seems to only have youtube, live365, pandora and flickr.

3rd party firmwares??

Voodu Child

Hunty wrote: »

Please excuse my ignorance, but what exactly can this do??


Can it play any of my media files I have on my hard drive on my TV?

Yep, should play just about anything. There are very few common video formats it won't play. RM/RMVB is about the only one I can think of, and that is only popular in China anyway.

If so, how good does the quality of the file have to be to come out good on a TV?

Would a 700mb film or 350mb (~40min) TV show be good enough?

Thanks

700MB Xvids are pretty low quality, miles below commerical DVDs even, and that will show up on a large high-def TV. Pixellation and colour banding etc will be pretty visible.

But that's just the nature of your material, the WD will play whatever you throw at it and make the best of it. It supports the MKV container which is commonly used for higher quality x264-based videos.

Adam anto

Gave in and ordered one. Should be here tomorrow..
Hopefully I'll be posting happy posts very soon.

BaconZombie

Did you order it from Komplett?

Can you test it with "MKV's" and "x264, 720p .avi's" ?

Adam anto wrote: »

Gave in and ordered one. Should be here tomorrow..
Hopefully I'll be posting happy posts very soon.

Adam anto

Yep, from Komplett. Delivered on day 3. All good.

Any chance you could give me a link to a sample file. I don't have the type of files you suggest.

I have played 1080p 25fps files that I recorded on a camcorder from my NAS drive over a wired connection with no problem what so ever.

Some of the problems that the box is having are mainly network related. I have a small collection of various divx/avi movies. When streaming from the NAS drive there is no audio on some of the movies but, when I play them from a local usb drive they are fine. Also, the box is having trouble with the thumbnails for movies over the network. Once again work fine on local usb.

Locally over USB it's played everything I've thorwn at it so far.

Good box though. Will be better very soon with a 3rd party firmware that's being cooked up. I have the trial version on my box and goign good.

Adam anto

Just got a sample MKV file 1080p (I have a 1080p TV too)

Played no prob at all. DTS on the file too playing full surround.

Anto

clansman

would i be right in saying that the WDTV2 is named as WD TV™ Live Media Player.

Adam anto

clansman wrote: »

would i be right in saying that the WDTV2 is named as WD TV™ Live Media Player.

Correctamundo..

John Dough

Whats the difference between models of WD : P00BE media player and BAAPooooBK players lads?

OK sussed it one has the ethernet the other none but big price difference.

Voodu Child

Theres three models :
WD TV Mini (very basic, only old formats and no HD)

WD TV - Has HDMI and supports all the high-def formats, MKV etc

WD TV Live - Same as the WD TV except with networking and some youtube features etc.