Western Digital TV HD Media Player 1080p - €100 delivered [Expansys]

Voodu Child · 09-07-2009 03:36PM

madmoe wrote: »

Also, where is the best place to buy an optical cable?

M

I got a cable from Komplett at the same time as the WD media unit link. Obviously its not affordable unless you are already buying something expensive to spread the shipping cost.

Try ebay £2.75 + 50p shipping

vibe666 · 09-07-2009 08:42PM

is this the WD HD TV yoke that my mate just bought in peats for 89€?

Sorry, no time to read the whole thread, posting from my phone at the airport!

coldfire1x · 09-07-2009 09:21PM

vibe666 wrote: »

is this the WD HD TV yoke that my mate just bought in peats for 89€?

Sorry, no time to read the whole thread, posting from my phone at the airport!

Cant see that on peats website.

gonker · 09-07-2009 09:38PM

Had the problem with the Hdmi cable too but switched it around and now its working. The quality is amazing:D very happy with the purchase.

vibe666 · 09-07-2009 11:53PM

coldfire1x wrote: »

Cant see that on peats website.

me neither.

i spoke to him about it today and he was saying how great it was. him and another guy from work got one each in peats in blanchardstown for 89€ though.

i'm assuming it's the same thing, he said it was western digital with a hdmi connection and 2 usb ports for playing back movies etc.

i can't imagine WD doing more than one device of that sort, so i guess it's the same thing.

i don't know if they know you can mess around with firmwares on them etc. though, so i'll have to send them to this thread.

bricks · 10-07-2009 01:41AM

vibe666 wrote: »

me neither.

i spoke to him about it today and he was saying how great it was. him and another guy from work got one each in peats in blanchardstown for 89€ though.

i'm assuming it's the same thing, he said it was western digital with a hdmi connection and 2 usb ports for playing back movies etc.

i can't imagine WD doing more than one device of that sort, so i guess it's the same thing.

i don't know if they know you can mess around with firmwares on them etc. though, so i'll have to send them to this thread.

I got it in Komplett, they had a few of them in the komplett Depo. Was able to buy it there and then.

coldfire1x · 10-07-2009 12:08PM

bricks wrote: »

I got it in Komplett, they had a few of them in the komplett Depo. Was able to buy it there and then.

Do you have the address of Komplett depo?

Basq · 10-07-2009 12:13PM

coldfire1x wrote: »

Do you have the address of Komplett depo?

Here ya go coldfire1x!

vibe666 · 10-07-2009 12:18PM

cool. confirmed with both mates that this is the one they bought in peats in blanch, so i guess everyone has a little more choice on picking it up for less than €90 now (assuming you're in the blanch area where peats and the komplett depot are.

mind you, if the little blanch peats has them, i'm sure the big parnell st. store must have them too?

coldfire1x · 10-07-2009 02:01PM

basquille wrote: »

Here ya go coldfire1x!

Thanks a lot

coldfire1x · 10-07-2009 02:02PM

vibe666 wrote: »

cool. confirmed with both mates that this is the one they bought in peats in blanch, so i guess everyone has a little more choice on picking it up for less than €90 now (assuming you're in the blanch area where peats and the komplett depot are.

mind you, if the little blanch peats has them, i'm sure the big parnell st. store must have them too?

It definately adds more choice. I might pick one up tomorrow.

dubmick · 10-07-2009 02:25PM

got mine in the post today. I am looking forward to playing around with it this evening. Think I'll have to get one of those WD passports now as the WD MyBook that I have is too bulky (and it needs a power plug)

Edit:

found this 250GB WD Passport for £18.55. What a bargain

Pity they don't deliver to Ireland

ntlbell · 10-07-2009 03:55PM

dubmick wrote: »

got mine in the post today. I am looking forward to playing around with it this evening. Think I'll have to get one of those WD passports now as the WD MyBook that I have is too bulky (and it needs a power plug)

Edit:

found this 250GB WD Passport for £18.55. What a bargain

Pity they don't deliver to Ireland

amazon ship to ireland now.

dubmick · 10-07-2009 03:58PM

ntlbell wrote: »

amazon ship to ireland now.

Yeah I know mate but the seller wasn't Amazon. Looks like it was a mis-price as the cheapest price is now £55

dubmick · 10-07-2009 08:20PM

for some reason I can't get mine working with my main tv (32" LG). The picture is black and white and a bit fuzzy using the composite cable. Works fine with the smaller tv (Samsung 20").

It's driving me mad!

Ron DMC · 10-07-2009 08:30PM

Sounds like a PAL vs NTSC problem.

Have you got a setting on the telly to switch between them?

dubmick · 10-07-2009 09:01PM

don't think so, no problem with Sky/ DVD / Aerial

Sound is ok on WDTV

Sad Professor · 10-07-2009 09:27PM

dubmick wrote: »

don't think so, no problem with Sky/ DVD / Aerial

Sound is ok on WDTV

Your tv probably can't handle NTSC. The WDTV is probably set to NTSC out of the box. Your Sky box, DVD player, etc would all be PAL. I don't have a WDTV but there must be a setting on it somewhere to switch to PAL/50Hz.

dubmick · 10-07-2009 09:33PM

thanks lads. The WDTV is definitely set to PAL. I've just checked.

I've found a work around using a Scart Adaptor that came with the Sony Playstation. Now works fine. Only problem now is that I need another scart connection! I'll have to get one of those scart splitter boxes.

Basq · 10-07-2009 09:38PM

Sad Professor wrote: »

The WDTV is probably set to NTSC out of the box.

It's set to 'Auto' out of the box.. and you can choose between NTSC / PAL.

JAMM222 · 10-07-2009 10:20PM

http://www.team-mediaportal.de/dateien/startdown/1310/

cant figure out how to use this app anyone have a tutorial?

golfbgud · 11-07-2009 09:59AM

Bought mine from Komplett this week. Works a dream. Now the whole family can avail of the digital files stored on my 1TB drive (also bought from Komplett).

Haven't tried on the HDMI ouput as yet since most of my TV sets are standard but I expect it to be even better going from what I have read on here!

It's a tiny box too!

markjobrien · 11-07-2009 10:13AM

where can you get one of these today Komplett are out of stcok

Peats in blanch don't seem to have them or peats parnell. They dont even know what it is!!!!

Any ideas?

coldfire1x · 11-07-2009 10:44AM

markjobrien wrote: »

where can you get one of these today Komplett are out of stcok

Peats in blanch don't seem to have them or peats parnell. They dont even know what it is!!!!

Any ideas?

I was looking to pick one myself today

SOD's Lovechild · 11-07-2009 10:50AM

PC World in the Jervis had them for €130 two weeks ago. I'm sure they still have them if they kept them at that price. I had a voucher for the place so that's why I got it there.

It's a great piece of kit. My only issue with it was the HDMI cable interface is a bit loose so if you move the box the picture goes. Not too much of an issue for me as I'll just keep it in the one position but something to factor in if you plan on moving the box to various locations regularly.

peking97 · 11-07-2009 02:17PM

If you mean that the HDMI socket on the WDTV player is loose then that should not be the case and you should follow-up.
Co-incidentally I bought mine as part of a package from Pixmania.ie. Package included WD-TV, 320GB Passport Elite, Case-Logic case for the drive and Pixmania HDMI 2m Gold-Plated (cheap) cable. Price, including DHL Express delivery was Eur 217. Ordered Tuesday evening and arrived 10:00 am on Thursday morning. Very good service. Only problem is the cheap cable led me a merry dance as it was initially intermittently faulty and is now permanently faulty. Hardly even worth returning it! So the moral of this story is pay attention to the cable quality! (Working fine now with a Monster cable).

WellyJ · 11-07-2009 02:22PM

coldfire1x wrote: »

I was looking to pick one myself today

Currys in Liffey Valley had these last week.

Think they were 120 euro or so.

bringingitall · 11-07-2009 03:12PM

they are 130euro in Currys /PC World spoke with them today there's one in PC World Blanch.

Had it out with them regarding the price wouldn't even budge!!!

thats a mark up of 40euro on the komplett price they can sing for it pretty bad they wouldn't evn come down on the price i understand they can't compete with internet retailers but even if they came down 20quid i would have bought it

vibe666 · 13-07-2009 08:56AM

markjobrien wrote: »

Peats in blanch don't seem to have them or peats parnell. They dont even know what it is!!!!

sorry, i have a confession to make. i just asked my mate again and he says he actually got it in komplett, not peats.

something you'd think he'd have mentioned the last two times I asked him "how much was that WD HD TV yoke you got in peats?"

sorry.

coldfire1x · 13-07-2009 09:17AM

vibe666 wrote: »

sorry, i have a confession to make. i just asked my mate again and he says he actually got it in komplett, not peats.

something you'd think he'd have mentioned the last two times I asked him "how much was that WD HD TV yoke you got in peats?"

sorry.

Thats alright, a genuine mistake

Although I did go to peats in Dame and Parnell street, they had no clue about it. All they said is that they sell the iomega ones.

PCWorld in Jervis had one but the price was €129 :eek:

Anyway stock is expected in komplett in next couple of days, so may be next weekend I will pick one.

Western Digital TV HD Media Player 1080p - €100 delivered [Expansys]

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