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

madmoe · 28-07-2009 12:46PM

I got no holder with my one lads.....

delly · 28-07-2009 12:58PM

banchang wrote: »

Got this from Komplett, but the My Passport stand wasn't in the box - do they not include this any more ?

Nope, sometime in the last 6 months they stopped including the stand.

banchang · 28-07-2009 02:11PM

Website says 'Included Accessories' : AV cable, remote control, stand

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=408560

I have raised a ticket with them asking for delivery on what was advertised.

opr · 28-07-2009 03:04PM

pauly3 wrote: »

Anyone notice how the newer TVs are starting to include usb ports with media playing chips now? It won't be long before all these external devices are extinct. After widgets comes an integrated web browser, wifi and ethernet, integrated flash drives with time-shift recording.... And thats not even mentioning freesat, freeview, etc. Why don't they just add a net-top and have one of the sources as 'PC' ?

How do you know if a new TV has this functionality or not ?

Also is it technically possible that someone in the future will be able to come up with software you download and install onto your external hard drive so that any TV with a USB connection can play the content ?

Opr

dubmick · 28-07-2009 04:07PM

opr wrote: »

How do you know if a new TV has this functionality or not ?

Check the spec / reviews of the television. The Samsung 6 series have an inbuilt media player.

digiman · 28-07-2009 04:15PM

dubmick wrote: »

Check the spec / reviews of the television. The Samsung 5 series have an inbuilt media player.

I have the series 6, any idea if it can do this?

dubmick · 28-07-2009 04:35PM

yeah, I actually meant to say the series 6. Check the edit.

JM MARCONI · 04-08-2009 05:38PM

Just wondering if this would be a better buy http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=488524

coldfire1x · 04-08-2009 07:47PM

JM MARCONI wrote: »

Just wondering if this would be a better buy http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=488524

Looks interesting. It will be worth checking few reviews.

Plays MKV as well.

Video File Extension: .mp4,.mov,.xvid,.avi,.divx,.asf,.wmv,.mkv,.rm,.rmvb,.flv,.ts,.m2ts,.dat,.mpg,.vob

coldfire1x · 04-08-2009 08:09PM

Details:

http://www.asus.com/News.aspx?N_ID=wUbKQ3nv6gSQaey2

It plays the .rm,.rmvb,.flv formats as well.

Voodu Child · 04-08-2009 11:35PM

That Asus thing looks class, should be a good alternative to the WD. Excellent price, apparently better picture quality and faster menus, plus it has network support. However, these devices succeed or fail depending on manufacturer support (firmware updates/fixes, including requested features etc) and Asus are very crappy in that regard. At least WD put out a near-monthly firmware update. So I would wait for reviews before buying.

As regards the hard-drive stand, WD are bringing out new 750GB and 1TB Passport drives soon, and they will be slightly thicker than the current ones, so i'd say they stopped including the stand simply because the passport drives are no longer 'standard' dimensions. They'd have people complaining that the new drives didn't fit the stand.

Actually, my old passport drive didn't even fit the stand, it was a different shape to the current one. So I wouldn't be whinging too much that it's not included anymore; meh, its just a piece of plastic.

KeRbDoG · 04-08-2009 11:48PM

What about the Xtreamer as an alternative? - http://www.xtreamer.net/

beanhead · 17-08-2009 12:23PM

HDX1000 - which I think is slighly better designed than the popcorn hour A110 (the newer popcorn) is back on ibbod today at 10euros less than last time

madmoe · 17-08-2009 12:36PM

Just read this today about the WD HDTV 2 lads - http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/16/wd-tv-2-spruces-up-western-digitals-already-attractive-media-pl/

I only bought my WD HDTV a few weeks back!!

Voodu Child · 17-08-2009 01:07PM

madmoe wrote: »

Just read this today about the WD HDTV 2 lads - http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/16/wd-tv-2-spruces-up-western-digitals-already-attractive-media-pl/

I only bought my WD HDTV a few weeks back!!

There's always something better around the corner, but for €90 the original one is still a bargain. The new one will likely be a little more expensive, probably in the €120-130 region.

madmoe · 17-08-2009 01:27PM

True mate.

EKRIUQ · 17-08-2009 08:00PM

Just for anyone else looking for one, elara have them at €93 + €8 postage, plenty in stock and next day delivery.

coldfire1x · 17-08-2009 08:09PM

EKRIUQ wrote: »

Just for anyone else looking for one, elara have them at €93 + €8 postage, plenty in stock and next day delivery.

Komplett now has them again for €89 - and you can collect to save on postage.

WEST · 18-08-2009 09:06AM

basquille wrote: »

Got mine today.. is the business alright!

Have it hooked up using HDMI and optical out to my 5.1 sound system. Looks and sounds the biz!

Have the 1.02.10_B-RAD.CC_WDLXTV-0.5.5 firmware on it.

All that's left is..

Anyone have alternative for a Mac? Have an XP PC too but a Mac one would be handy.

Hi basquille,
I'm thinking of using WDLXTV firmware with laurent G's OSD mod so I can view the movie sheets created by beanian's great app:
http://wdtvforum.com/main/index.php?topic=1349.0

I remember using the WDTV (with the latest official Firmware) to view the move cover art but I found the browsing the movies very chucky and slow. In the end I set the view to 'list view'. This could be due to the fact that my move cover art was not set to the ideal resolution for the WDTV. Can you or anyone else share their experience of using the above mod combo with the movie sheets and cover art? If you have 100+ plus movies, is the browsing very slow etc?

Thanks in advance,

W.

glic83 · 21-08-2009 12:13AM

cant wait for the wd hdtv 2,if the price is right could be the 1 to go for

builder22 · 22-08-2009 12:59AM

kerbdog wrote: »

What about the Xtreamer as an alternative? - http://www.xtreamer.net/

Hey there,

Has anyone bought one of these, are they any good?

degsie · 22-08-2009 07:51PM

Lot of unhappy ppl on xtreamer forums regarding delayed delivery and noisy fans. Could be be biz when bugs are ironed out.

Neilw · 23-08-2009 07:51AM

Hi all,

I bought a ED TV a couple of weeks ago along with a 1tb WD HD, I'm having some problems with the unit

Whats happening is sound and picture tend to go out of sync sometimes. I was watching a 1 hr show, at the start the sound and picture were in sync but by the end of it there was about a 1 second difference.

Also the picture seems to be slightly jumpy at times, if there is a scene in a move where the camera is panning across a landscape it seems to pause for a split second. The pictre is not fluid if you catch my drift

Anyone seen thhese problems before, the unit has the latest firmware and is connected to my tv with a hdmi cable.

Thanks.

confuzed · 23-08-2009 11:02AM

Neilw wrote: »

Hi all,

I bought a ED TV a couple of weeks ago along with a 1tb WD HD, I'm having some problems with the unit

Whats happening is sound and picture tend to go out of sync sometimes. I was watching a 1 hr show, at the start the sound and picture were in sync but by the end of it there was about a 1 second difference.

Also the picture seems to be slightly jumpy at times, if there is a scene in a move where the camera is panning across a landscape it seems to pause for a split second. The pictre is not fluid if you catch my drift

Anyone seen thhese problems before, the unit has the latest firmware and is connected to my tv with a hdmi cable.

Thanks.

Are you sure this is not problem with downloaded print. Try running same print on comp. May be movie itself if out of synch.

FredH3as · 23-08-2009 11:42AM

confuzed wrote: »

Are you sure this is not problem with downloaded print. Try running same print on comp. May be movie itself if out of synch.

Neilw · 23-08-2009 11:50AM

FredH3as wrote: »

Yep

Why would the start of a movie me in sequence and start to go out of sequence as it plays. A 1hr file was about 1.5 seconds out of sync by the end.

BArra · 23-08-2009 12:22PM

what he meant im guessing was the file was of poor quality, something to do with the way it was encoded and it ended up going out of sync

and he wanted you to try and play it on ur laptop or your computer to see if it replicated the out of sync problem

try another file and see if the same problem persists

eamon234 · 23-08-2009 12:52PM

I find if you rewind by a couple of seconds it usually goes back in line.
My DVD player here at home plays AVI's perfectly never goes out of sync but I found when I was in Spain last week my DVD player there which also has USB was constantly going out of sync.
The files in question were also on my iPhone and played perfectly.

Neilw · 23-08-2009 02:41PM

eamon234 wrote: »

I find if you rewind by a couple of seconds it usually goes back in line.
My DVD player here at home plays AVI's perfectly never goes out of sync but I found when I was in Spain last week my DVD player there which also has USB was constantly going out of sync.
The files in question were also on my iPhone and played perfectly.

Something else for me to try, thanks

madmoe · 24-08-2009 08:35AM

I have noticed with some AVI movies that when it is panning it can be jumpy but this was only on my Philips DVP 560 DVD player, I must check to see if the same thing happens using my WD HDTV. I have a 1TB Western Digital Elements hooked up to it. What type of 1 TB drive did you buy mate?

Cheers,
M

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

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