Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080P HD Media Player Review
Summary
Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p Media Player enhances your entertainment experience by providing a complete multimedia package from your big screen TV in Full-HD 1080p maximum resolution. It supports DVD navigation for added flexible user control. This device is a network-ready media player that smoothly transitions your music, movies, and photos from the Internet to the HDTV screen. It could also stream movies from popular internet sites such as Netflix, CinemaNow, and Blockbuster On Demand. The WD TV Live Plus can also work with all kinds of video, audio, and photo formats. It also has a one-year limited guarantee upon purchase.
Price $89
Sample Customer Quotes from Amazon
“Great little media player”
“Easy connections”
”Good, but could be better”
Features
One of the best come-ons of the WD TV Live Plus is its full-HD 1080p playback and DVD navigation support. From the video to audio, everything is crystal clear. You can enjoy movies and shows from your favorite websites from the comfort of your living room with your big screen TV, instead of your cramped computer screen. You can also choose between using the traditional wired connection or an optional Wi-Fi connection via an Ethernet port. It also has two USB ports that allow you to connect multiple devices at a time, and access these easily and smoothly.
This device can play all types of media file. But if you are still attached to your computer, you can control your media content using the Windows 7 Media Player. Since the WD TV Live Plus is a complete media player, you have the option to transfer or delete files from one drive to the next. In addition, you can view photos or home videos straight from digital cameras or digital video recorders.
The Western Digital WD TV Live Plus 1080p Media Player can access a wide range of content, as outlined below.
Play Your Video Files on Your TV
| Play your own video files (in popular formats such as .avi or .mkv) | Yes |
| Maximum screen resolution | 1080p |
| Hard drive storage | No |
| Wirelessly stream content from anywhere on your home network | Yes |
| Attach a USB drive | Yes |
Online Services
| Access Netflix (subscription required) | Yes |
| Access content from iTunes (account required) | No |
| Access content from Amazon on Demand (subscription required) | No |
| Access HD movies from Vudu (subscription required) | No |
| MLB, NBA, NHL (subscriptions required) | Yes |
| Access Hulu+ (subscription required) | No |
| Access Pandora (subscription required) | Yes |
| Browse the Internet | Yes |
| Use dedicated Apps (such as Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, …) | No |
Conclusion
The WD TV Live Plus is a good media player and good value for money because it offers Full-HD video playback, including navigation. It also offers a lot of excellent media content since you can easily stream your favorite movies and TV shows from popular sites such as Netflix, Blockbuster On Demand, and CinemaNow. Another plus factor for the WD TV Live Plus is it can play any kind of media file without transcoding, even those stored from your PC and USB drives.
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